Covid-19: Thai returnee dies, first fatality in more than 100 days
BANGKOK (Sept 19): A 54-year-old Thai man who returned from Saudi Arabia earlier this month died of Covid-19 yesterday, the first death recorded in the country in more than 100 days.
Russia receives request for 1b Covid-19 vaccine doses from 20 states
MOSCOW (Aug 12): -Russia has received a request for the production of 1 bln doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology from 20 states, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev said during an online conference.
Eversendai secures projects worth RM490.1m in Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Eversendai Corp Bhd has secured RM490.
Ex-minister Jamil was not in Riyadh as he had claimed, says MACC man
KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): Former minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom’s testimony that he was with former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in Saudi Arabia on Jan 11, 2010 for an informal meeting with the late King Abdullah was today disputed by a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer.
Jho Low in UAE, has asylum in third country
PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): The key figure in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, is currently in the United Arab Emirates and and has obtained asylum in another country on the basis of human rights and political persecution, legal sources told The Malaysian Insight (TMI).
US$2.5b 1MDB-PSI deal rushed for signing ceremony between M'sia, Saudi Arabia leaders that never happened
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The High Court was told today that the signing ceremony between Malaysia's and Saudi Arabia's heads of state for a US$2.
1MDB coughed up extra US$125m for PSI after Jho Low said Prince Turki 'complained to daddy' King Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) coughed up an extra US$125 million (RM523.
Shahrol: Najib never explained why he didn't sign agreement for 1MDB-PSI JV with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak did not explain why the joint venture (JV) agreement between 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and PetroSaudi International (PSI), which was to be signed by himself and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, did not materialise, according to former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi.
Petronas revenue, govt fuel subsidy to increase as oil prices spike - Guan Eng
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday Petroliam Nasional Bhd's (Petronas) revenue and the Malaysian government's fuel subsidy will increase after crude oil prices spiked following an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
Najib says RM3m was spent on gifts for royalty that has 'good relations with Malaysia'
KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak says he used up the RM3 million limit on his credit cards to buy gifts for a member close to the royalty of a certain government, but did not name the person.
