Dec 17 Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 24, with 9 still missing By Associated Press Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of a woman and two children, raising the death toll from a landslide on an unlicensed campground in Malaysia to 24 with nine others still missing. Continue reading
Dec 16 Malaysia campground landslide kills 21 people, leaves 12 more missing By Eileen Ng, Syawalludin Zain, Associated Press A thunderous crush of soil and debris has killed 21 people, including several children, at a campground in Malaysia. Continue reading
Nov 24 Malaysia’s long-time reformist leader Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as prime minister By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as Malaysia's prime minister. Continue reading
Nov 19 Malaysia faces new political crisis as election delivers hung Parliament By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Malaysia tumbled into fresh political turmoil Sunday after a tightly contested general election delivered a hung Parliament with no clear winner and a surprising surge of support for an Islamist party. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 4:35 News Wrap: Karen Bass elected as mayor of Los Angeles In our news wrap Thursday, Los Angeles voters elected Karen Bass as the city's first female mayor, air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as Russian missiles struck more power and gas plants and civilians, a Dutch court convicted three men… Continue watching
Aug 24 Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak goes to jail after losing graft appeal By Eileen Ng, Associated Press The 69-year-old Najib became the first former prime minister to be imprisoned, four years after he was charged with corruption following his election ouster. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 9:21 Poorer nations are ‘perilously at risk’ as delta variant spreads. Can the U.S. help? By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran, Ali Rogin More than 4 million people have officially died from COVID-19 globally, but the actual number is almost certainly much higher. As wealthy nations with high vaccination rates like the U.S. begin emerging from the pandemic, the disease is accelerating in… Continue watching
Jul 08 Malaysia’s attorney general says prime minister still in power after largest allied party pulled support By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Malaysia's attorney general says Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin remains in power until it can be proven in Parliament that he has lost majority support. Continue reading
Jul 07 Key party in Malaysia ruling alliance pulls support for prime minister By Eileen Ng, Associated Press The announcement is a political bombshell that could potentially trigger the collapse of the government if he refuses to quit and spark a general election. Continue reading
Jun 01 Businesses shut as Malaysia enters second virus lockdown By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Malls and many businesses in Malaysia shuttered Tuesday as the country began its second nationwide lockdown to tackle a worsening surge of the coronavirus that has put its health care system on the verge of collapse. Continue reading