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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economic leaders should work together to find coherent and timely solutions to complex global challenges for the region to continue thriving.

Chair of APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) for 2021 Rachel Taulelei said a prosperous, peaceful and resilient future would only be achieved through collective efforts as the challenges faced were profound, but also shared.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Police blocked opposition lawmakers from marching Monday to protest a two-week lockdown of Malaysia’s Parliament, which they consider another ploy for the embattled prime minister to dodge a no-confidence vote.

With a crucial parliamentary session due, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin instead postponed it and Parliament will be shut for two weeks. The health ministry said Parliament was deemed a high-risk venue because four of 11 COVID-19 cases detected among staff and others were suspected to be the fast-spreading delta variant.

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Aug 1 (NNN-Bernama) — Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs (Security Cluster) Hishammuddin Hussein is scheduled to lead the Malaysian delegation to the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (54th AMM) and related meetings, from tomorrow (Aug 2) until Aug 7. 

The Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) said in a statement that all the meetings via video conference will be hosted by Brunei Darussalam, in its role as ASEAN Chair for 2021. 

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has proposed a motion stating that the Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) has lost confidence in Muhyiddin Yassin and that he should resign as the Prime Minister immediately.

Anwar, who is Port Dickson member of parliament, said the motion was submitted to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun under Regulations 14(1)(h), 26(1)(d) dan 36(12) of the Standing Orders and the Federal Constitution.

“I, Anwar Ibrahim, on behalf of Dewan Rakyat members hereby submit the motion as follows:

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faced calls to resign on Thursday from the opposition and the biggest bloc in the ruling coalition, after a rare rebuke by the king over the government's handling of emergency ordinances.

Muhyiddin's government said earlier this week that on July 21 it had revoked all ordinances that had come into effect since a national state of emergency was imposed in January.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 (NNN-Bernama) — Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia is one of the fastest countries to vaccinate its people against COVID-19 with vaccine injection capacity having reached more than 500,000 doses a day at present.

The Prime Minister said the government would ensure that the vaccination process is carried out in an orderly manner, fast and covered all parts of the country under the National Recovery Plan (PPN).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (NNN-Bernama) — Sinovac Biotech Ltd, the developer of CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine, has defended the efficacy of its two-dose vaccine including against the Delta variant.

Company spokesperson Liu Peicheng said although no data is available on its protective effect yet, studies have proven the vaccine’s efficacy in countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, Chile and Turkey where the vaccine has been widely used.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Indonesia has converted nearly its entire oxygen production to medical use just to meet the demand from COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe. Overflowing hospitals in Malaysia had to resort to treating patients on the floor. And in Myanmar’s largest city, graveyard workers have been laboring day and night to keep up with the grim demand for new cremations and burials.

21 July 2021; MEMO: The bidding process for the hosting rights for the 2027 Asian Cup has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be held in 2022 instead of this year, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

The selection of the host nation was initially due to be done at the AFC Congress on Nov. 27, 2021.

India, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are bidding to host the continental governing body's flagship men's tournament.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said data showed that vaccination has succeeded in sharply reducing the number of serious COVID-19 cases in the country.

He said this was evident from the figures for admission of senior citizens in categories four and five cases to Hospital Sungai Buloh, which had dropped by more than 50 per cent in the past one month.

“Now the positive impact of vaccination is beginning to be seen,” he said in a Facebook post Saturday.