PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — The Court of Appeal will hear on December 22 the government's application to stay a High Court ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are entitled to be Malaysian citizens, pending disposal of an appeal.

TAIPEI, Aug 18 — The Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) on Tuesday reported a new case of Covid-19 imported from the Philippines and provided updates regarding the test results of contacts of a Malaysian man who was confirmed to have the disease after he had already left Taiwan.