WASHINGTON, March 3 — US President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the World Bank, ex-Mastercard Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga, said he plans to travel to Europe, Asia, Africa and potentially Latin America in coming weeks to hear from donor countries and borrowers on challenges facing the global institution.

LOS ANGELES, March 3 — Two US astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut were safely on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, as their SpaceX ship neared a planned rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory, Nasa said.

LONDON, March 3 — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the house within the grounds of King Charles's Windsor Castle estate they use when in Britain, a spokesperson for the couple said on Wednesday.

PATTANI, March 2 — The Malaysian Government's chief facilitator for the Southern Thailand Peace Dialogue Process, Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, insisted that religion was not the cause of violence in the south of Thailand.

MANILA, March 2 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to the Philippines capital of Manila is a reaffirmation of the two nations’ commitment to strengthen their bilateral ties, says the republic’s president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

NARATHIWAT, March 2 — The Malaysian Government's chief facilitator for the Southern Thailand Peace Dialogue Process Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin wants the local people in southern Thailand to follow the latest developments in the negotiations and support the peace initiative.

HANOI, March 2 — Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday elected Vo Van Thuong as the country's new president, in a reshuffle of the country's top leadership amid a sweeping anti-graft campaign.

SEATTLE, March 2 — Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing division of Amazon.com Inc, said on Wednesday it plans to invest US$6 billion (RM26.8 billion) in Malaysia over the next 14 years to strengthen its cloud services infrastructure in the country.

MANILA, March 2 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa by the University of the Philippines (UP) in a ceremony held at the university's Villamor Hall here, today.

MANILA, March 1 — Efforts to attain peace in Mindanao, southern Philippines, have to succeed because their failure could affect not only the Philippines and Malaysia but also the whole region, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.

JAKARTA, March 1 — The Asia-Pacific’s economy is expected to pick up in the short term with gross domestic product projected to expand by 3.1 per cent this year from 2.6 per cent in 2022.

MANILA, March 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be holding discussions with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, better known as 'Bong Bong', at the Malacanang Palace today, at the start of his two-day official visit to the Philippines.

JAKARTA, March 1 — Malaysia's participation in the hydroelectric power station project in North Kalimantan is a sign of good cooperation between the two countries, said Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

MANILA, March 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived here today for a two-day official visit to the Philippines.

BARCELONA, March 1 — Netflix co-chief Greg Peters has dismissed a call by European network operators for a levy on major online services, reported German Press Agency (dpa).

SINGAPORE, March 1 — Singapore has agreed to declassify and release documents in the famous “Albatross File”, a file that Dr Goh Keng Swee kept in the run-up to Singapore’s separation from Malaysia, said Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Dr Janil Puthucheary.

LOS ANGELES, March 1 — Almost 15.5 million children in the United States are reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

WASHINGTON, March 1 — Twitter announced Tuesday that it has launched its "Violent Speech" policy, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

ANKARA, March 1 — Two people died and 140 others were injured after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the southeastern Turkish province of Malatya on Monday, Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (Afad) announced Tuesday.

ADANA, March 1 — The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two.