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.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as the country’s 9th Prime Minister and will be taking his oath of office tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has given consent to Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to act as caretaker Prime Minister until a new Prime Minister is appointed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today resigned after only 17 months of being the country’s 8th Prime Minister.

SHAH ALAM, July 14 — Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) Klang has denied claims that the Emergency and Trauma Department (ETD) was ‘vacated’ because Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was visiting the hospital yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will introduce i-Citra, a new facility aimed at easing the financial burden of the fund’s members due to the impact of the movement control order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Tuesday said Parliament could reconvene by September or October, providing the average number of new daily coronavirus infections falls to under 2,000.

JERUSALEM, June 3 — Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Wednesday that a deal has been reached to form a coalition government that would end the 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reported Xinhua.

SINGAPORE, April 23 — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named Lawrence Wong, who has been tipped as a contender to be the future premier, as the new finance minister on Friday in a broad cabinet reshuffle.

TOKYO, March 1 — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday once again apologised for a scandal involving his eldest son, Seigo, whose company had provided expensive dinners to high-ranking officials, reported Sputnik news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged the industry and public to fully comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the government to ensure that business and trade can continue operations, thus helps break the Covid-19 chain.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 —  Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday welcomed advice and ideas from health experts to reduce the number of Covid-19 infections in the country, and its subsequent impact on the lives of people.

NEW DELHI, Jan 16 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination campaign, reported Sputnik News Agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — A phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial will start on January 21 at nine Health Ministry (MOH) hospitals by their respective Clinical Research Centres (CRC), said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

SINGAPORE, Jan 8 — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine today and urged others to take the jabs in a country that has largely brought the pandemic under control.

SYDNEY, Nov 13 — Australia will not allow foreign students to return as Canberra prioritises the return of locals stuck overseas, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.