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Rafizi had resigned from his ministerial post in May 2025 after failing to defend his deputy presidency in the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) internal polls while Tengku Zafrul’s tenure as minister ended in December.Tengku Zafrul had served for two terms as a senator since 2020. He held the trade minister post throughout his term in the Senate, which is the maximum period allowed. In a statement issued earlier on Wednesday, the MACC had said it was tracking down Chai Jin Shern, also known as James Chai, and had appealed to the public to provide any information on his whereabouts. Azam said later…

China is set to unveil a sweeping economic agenda for the next five years during a meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) over the next week at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.China’s 15th Five-Year Plan for 2026 to 2030 will be released during the NPC, one of China’s most important political meetings of the year, which starts on Thursday in Beijing and typically runs for a week, drawing 3,000 delegates from across China.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe last five-year plan was released in March 2021, as Beijing tackled the fallout from the COVID-19…

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has been forced into a repeat primary runoff with far-right gun activist Brandon Herrera, CBS News projects, weeks after Gonzales was accused of having an affair with an aide who later died by suicide — drawing calls for him to resign.Gonzales and Herrera are locked in a tight contest, with neither candidate expected to clear the 50% threshold required to avoid a runoff on May 26.Gonzales was first elected in 2020, and had branded himself as a moderate. In a primary challenge from Herrera in 2024, Gonzales only prevailed by 400 votes. Gonzales has since pursued…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prosecutors in Luigi Mangione’s state trial are defending the search of his backpack and urging a judge to allow the evidence in his upcoming murder trial, despite the defense arguing the search was unconstitutional.Prosecutors argued that Mangione’s bid to suppress evidence taken from his backpack and specific statements he made to police should be denied by the court because Pennsylvania authorities acted “reasonably” during the search, according to court documents obtained by Fox News.The filing comes after a three-week hearing in 2025, in which Mangione’s defense team argued the alleged murder weapon,…

As concerns rise over high oil prices due to the war in Iran, Canada’s oil-producing provinces could actually see revenue increase. The price for a barrel of crude topped USD$73 in the early morning on Monday, up from less than $64 on Feb. 26. As of Tuesday afternoon, that number had jumped to about $74.83.For Alberta, which has projected a $9.4-billion deficit for the 2026-27 fiscal year, the oil price shift could mean a decrease in that large number.“If prices stay in the low 70s, our deficit could drop into the $3 billion range and that would be helpful,” said…

Freedom-of-information documents show the federal government didn’t act on department advice to revoke approvals for salmon farming in a remote harbour.

Separately, Muhyiddin also said he will oppose all efforts for former Bersatu deputy president, Hamzah Zainudin, who is opposition leader, to rejoin PN under a new party.“If he wants to enter PN, I will say no because once bitten, twice shy. After all that he has done, he wants to rejoin the coalition?” he said.Muhyiddin also expressed confidence that the majority of PN’s four components – Bersatu, PAS, Gerakan and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party – would not accept Hamzah joining the coalition under a new entity.Hamzah confirmed on Tuesday that discussions were underway for him to take over Parti Keluarga Malaysia, after…

Benchmark index plummets as much as 12.2 percent, eclipsing single-day plunge after 9/11 attacks in 2001.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 4 Mar 20264 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoSouth Korea’s stock market has suffered one of the steepest falls in history amid the widening fallout of the United States-Israeli war on Iran.The benchmark KOSPI index plummeted as much as 12.2 percent on Wednesday, eclipsing the 12.02 percent single-day plunge triggered by the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US and the 9.44 percent drop seen at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.Recommended…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Attorney General Letitia James is instructing a Manhattan hospital to resume offering gender-transition treatment to transgender youth after it ended such treatments last month over funding threats from the Trump administration.NYU Langone’s decision to close its Transgender Youth Health Program violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws by “jeopardizing access to medically necessary healthcare for some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers,” James wrote in a Feb. 25 letter first made public this week.James’ office threatened “further action” if the hospital does not immediately resume offering hormone therapies, puberty blockers and other…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police in Cleveland, Ohio, are asking the public for tips after two young Black girls were found dead inside separate suitcases buried in shallow graves on Monday.Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd said during a news conference that the girls, believed to be between the ages of 8 and 13 and 10 and 14, were found Monday evening.The discovery was made Monday evening after a man walking his dog near East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue, in a field near Ginn Academy, found a partially buried suitcase and called police.Police responded and located…