Nazri suitable as Malaysian ambassador to the US, says Zahid

NAZRI Abdul Aziz has the right personality to be the Malaysian ambassador to the United States as he is able to forge closer ties between both countries, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.  The Umno president expressed his belief that the former Padang Rengas MP could strengthen cooperation between Malaysia and the US. 

Seizing Russian assets easier said than done

THE idea is seductively simple: the West should turn over billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to fund reconstruction. But it faces major legal problems, which means little progress has been made. After the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine last February, unprecedented economic sanctions against Moscow saw an estimated US$350 billion (RM1.51 trillion) […]

Zahid looks to empower rural economy

KUALA LUMPUR: Task forces are being set up to manage quick-win and game-changer programmes to make the rural economy the backbone of the country’s economy, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Read full story