SINGAPORE, Aug 16 — Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that the actual timing of him succeeding Lee Hsien Loong as the prime minister has not been decided yet.

LONDON, July 21 — UK former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain's next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson, multiple UK news agencies reported Wednesday.

LONDON, July 12 — Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson coming this week.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Exports of up to 3.6 million chickens will be stopped from June 1 until chicken prices and production stabilise, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Feb 1 — The government has allocated grants amounting to RM19.2 million this year for welfare voluntary organisations (PSK) that provide care, protection and rehabilitation to the target group of the Social Welfare Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19— Floods have wreaked havoc in the Klang Valley, especially in Selangor where the situation was described as unprecedented with many areas submerged in water, rendering major roads impassable and forcing many victims to be evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The National Family Month will be called Malaysian Family Month (BKM) beginning this year, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 10 — The government has agreed to allow Malaysians who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 to travel abroad without MyTravelPass (MTP) of the Immigration Department effective tomorrow, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can travel freely to almost everywhere in the country from tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — A special committee will be set up to ensure that a comprehensive and transparent investigation is conducted into the death of fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim so that justice is served, said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The government will decide next week on whether to advise Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Nazrin Shah, who is performing the functions of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, to declare an Emergency proclamation to postpone the Melaka state election.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today stressed that all factory owners who employ foreign workers should set up their own vaccination centre (PPV) at their premises.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — The ringgit retreated from its four-day winning streak in the early trade as the market sentiment turned cautious ahead of the announcement of the new Cabinet line-up expected at 11am today, as well as mild profit-taking following the recent gains, dealers said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will announce his new Cabinet line-up at 11am tomorrow, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

KUANTAN, Aug 26 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob arrived here today believed to have an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to seek His Majesty’s consent for his proposed Cabinet line-up.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — The ringgit rose against the US dollar in early trade Monday as improved market sentiment following the certainty in Malaysia’s political environment helped lift investors’ risk appetite.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today gave an assurance that he will pursue and enhance the previous government’s strategies in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic by taking into account the views of national Public Health experts.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, in his maiden national address as the prime minister, invited the leaders of Opposition parties to be part of the National Recovery Council (MPN) and the Special Committee on Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — The ringgit is expected to trade between RM4.23 and RM4.24 against the US dollar next week with the market expected to be calmer after the country's latest political development, said Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd economist Adam Mohamed Rahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — The ringgit finished the week easier against the US dollar on Friday as the country's new Covid-19 infections continued to rise, coupled with the declining oil prices, a dealer said.