Can Malaysia conduct 'orangutan diplomacy' without shipping its apes abroad? Critics say there are better ideas
SANDAKAN: It is 3pm and feeding time at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah.
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Driver dies after Lamborghini crashes, bursts into flames on Malaysia highway
A man died after the luxury Lamborghini he was driving caught fire on the Bentong-Karak Highway in the Malaysian state of Pahang on Sunday.
Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores
ISLAMABAD (AP) — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives. When he got home, he found out that his wife and three children had perished in the deluge.
‘Orangutan diplomacy’: Malaysia plans to gift great apes to ease palm oil deforestation concerns
The idea, floated by Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani, comes as a European Union (EU) deforestation regulation, which mandates that traders who sell palm oil to the EU prove their products have no links to deforestation, is set to come into effect.
Malaysia considers suing foreign banks over 1MDB scandal
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia is considering filing lawsuits against several foreign banks over alleged malfeasance in the multibillion dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal, according to the government's 1MDB Asset Recovery Task Force.