KUALA LUMPUR – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has just resigned as Prime Minister at 1.45pm this afternoon after a flurry of activities and intense peculation that he would lead his political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) and form a new government with other new coalition partners. The Prime Minister’s Office announced on their official twitter page that Dr Mahathir …

Italy reported Monday its fourth death from the new coronavirus, an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount. It was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put in lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread of the disease, the region’s …

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, at 94 the world’s oldest leader, submitted his resignation to the king Monday after a bid by his allies to bring down the government and block the succession of leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. The coalition would reportedly have excluded Anwar, Mahathir’s presumptive successor, and most of the lawmakers from his party, which would have stopped him …

Canada’s Teck Resources said Sunday it had withdrawn its application to develop a giant oil sands mine in western Alberta, a controversial project which the federal government had been set to vote on this week. The Frontier project would have cost about Can$20 billion ($15 billion) and had been expected to produce 260,000 barrels of oil per day. But its …

The Royal Thai Police Office has instructed its legal office to look into a statement made by Pannika Wanich, the spokeswoman for the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, accusing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of helping cover up Malaysia’s multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Piya Uthayo said on Monday. Pol Lt Gen Piya, the office spokesman, said Pol …

Customs-cleared exports in January unexpectedly rose for the first time in six months, increasing 3.35% from a year earlier, boosted by higher shipments of gold and oil-related products, the commerce ministry said on Monday. January’s figures compared with a Reuters poll forecast for a fall of 3.0% in shipments, a main driver of Thai growth, and against December’s 1.28% drop.  …

Indo Barometer Executive Director, Muhammad Qodari in a Press Conference in Jakarta, Sunday (02/23/2020) stated that the level of public trust in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) institution has decreased. Decreasing the level of trust is not too significant, but it’s just enough to make Qodari surprised, because the KPK is usually ranked in the top three with the Indonesian …

The Government of the United States of America (US) considers Indonesia to be included in the ranks of developed countries in international trade. For this reason, the US excludes Indonesia from developing country status. Responding to the attitude of the US government, Indonesia must view this as a challenge. Therefore, both the business community and the government need to work …

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) asked political parties not to recklessly provide recommendations to candidates who will run in the elections simultaneously this year. Prospective regional head (Cakada) who will be carried by political parties must be a clean figure, do not have a track record of alleged corruption. As stated by Acting KPK spokesman, Ali Fikri that his party …

Due to the current 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and sent several of its crew back home, Dream Cruises announced that departures of its several cruise ships were suspended. President of Dream Cruises Michael Goh noted in his press statement as quoted by Antara, in Jakarta on Monday that 188 Indonesians crew members had been transferred to an Indonesian naval …