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NEW YORK, U.S.--Earlier this year, all eyes were on “Deltacron”—a Frankenvirus, of sorts, that combined Delta and Omicron, and potentially the worst traits of both.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--Four recent events have put the war in Ukraine on a distinctly more dangerous course.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Sebagai pengeluar minyak sawit utama dunia, Malaysia dan Indonesia telah berdepan selama lebih dua dekad dengan pelbagai kempen anti-minyak sawit yang dimainkan oleh negara-negara barat hingga telah menjejaskan pasaran minyak sawit dan produk-produk berkaitan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--As the world’s two top palm oil producers, Malaysia and Indonesia, have for the past two decades or so been subject to numerous anti-palm oil campaigns by western countries and the developed world, which eventually affected the marketability of palm oil and its related products in these markets.

NEW YORK, U.S.--The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have jointly visited Ukraine in an attempt to present a unified European front regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The one-day visit was long on rhetoric but short on substance: European unity remains elusive.

BEIJING, China--Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a video meeting with EU leaders on Friday, offered four suggestions on how China and the EU can cooperate to help with the current Ukraine crisis, especially on supporting the EU play a primary role in promoting communication among the EU, the US and NATO and finding solutions to build an effective and sustainable EU security framework.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--Belarusians voted Monday to allow the country to host nuclear weapons and Russian forces permanently, results showed, part of a package of constitutional reforms that also extended the rule of leader Alexander Lukashenko.

NEW YORK, U.S.--In his lightning trip to Beijing on February 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a "Strategic Partnership" treaty with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The event coincided with the 20th anniversary of another "Strategic Partnership" deal that he had signed in 2002, with then US President George W Bush.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--There is an old saying that “you should talk to the organ grinder, not his monkey.” This is what Russia has chosen to do in breaking off talks with NATO and negotiating directly with the United States. 

NEW YORK, U.S.--Russia has threatened war if the United States and its NATO allies fail to comply — unconditionally — with sweeping demands for a new security arrangement in Europe.

BEIJING, China--As France will take over the presidency of the Council of the EU on January 1, 2022, President Emmanuel Macron has been travelling in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), trying to ease the sharp contradictions between East and West Europe.    

BEIJING, China--From a warning to a solemn condemnation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry is getting tougher in latest remarks on Lithuania's reckless move on the Taiwan question. The ministry vowed to let the Baltic country "pay a price for its mistakes" on Wednesday, while Chinese observers denounced several politicians there for kidnapping the interests of more than 2 million Lithuanians.

GEORGETOWN, Malaysia--Yesterday, I participated in a Regional Webinar on the Ratification and Implementation of the Provisions of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Asia organised by the International Maritime Organization and PEW Research as the executive committee member of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and as a Malaysian MP.