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...Anwar Ibrahim questioned why Malaysia would “pick a quarrel” with China, its largest trading partner, in response to US criticisms of his country’s ties with Beijing....
...In San Francisco this month Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim was eagerly promoting his country, known as a south-east Asian manufacturing hub and major commodity exporter....
...Anwar is a one-time protégé of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 97, who lost his parliamentary seat on Saturday....
...Anwar Ibrahim is set to become Malaysia’s next prime minister after a chaotic election process and the king’s intervention gave way to historic political change....
...Anwar Ibrahim’s arrival as Malaysia’s prime minister caps one of the world’s most extraordinary political journeys....
...Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Alliance of Hope was in the lead with 82 seats as of Sunday morning. Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s National Alliance had 79....
...Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former nonagenarian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad were among the lawmakers who made an appearance after a parliamentary session last week was cut short and postponed...
...The king appointed Mr Muhyiddin prime minister in February, after a political battle between Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister, and Mr Anwar....
...Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader and Mahathir’s former ally in the previous government, has filed a lawsuit challenging Muhyiddin’s move to seek the state of emergency....
...Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest serving leader, appears to have lost a high stakes battle for power after the country’s king on Saturday abruptly nominated a political rival to be the next...
...Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s nonagenarian prime minister, has announced his resignation, threatening the future of the ruling coalition and plunging the south-east Asian country into political turmoil....
...Mahathir Mohamad, the nonagenarian prime minister, has promised to step aside to make way for Mr Anwar, a one-time protégé turned foe before again becoming a political ally....
...Striding into the room flanked by security guards, Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest serving head of government, moves like a man decades younger....
...Malaysia’s political parties are embroiled in a power struggle after the resignation of Mahathir Mohamad, the 94-year-old prime minister, prompted the collapse of the ruling party and a race to form a new...
...The stunning victory of the then 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia’s elections in 2018 was one of the most extraordinary comebacks in global politics....
...Mr Mahathir promised eventually to hand power to Anwar Ibrahim, another former protégé who was jailed during the reigns of both Mr Mahathir and Mr Najib on politically motivated sodomy charges....
...Mahathir Mohamad, the wily old man of Asian politics, resigned as prime minister on Monday....
...So do you think that at the moment Mahathir Mohamad remains maybe the only person that is able to run Malaysia right now? At the moment, maybe....
...Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has admitted that not enough potential waverers are left. The vote of confidence is a lost cause. The outgoing government made at least two major errors....
...Mahathir Mohamad, who returned to power in 2018, had promised to hand over power to his former nemesis-turned-ally Anwar Ibrahim....
...The breakdown of Bersatu’s coalition with the DAP, coupled with Mr Mahathir’s reluctance to clarify when he would transfer power to heir apparent Anwar Ibrahim, triggered a two-week political crisis that...
...On one wall in Anwar Ibrahim’s office is a glass case exhibiting memorabilia — books, sandals, glasses — from his time spent in prison....
...Jamaludin Ibrahim, Axiata’s chief executive, had said that while the company would offer voluntary separation schemes to its staff in Malaysia if the deal had gone through, there would have been no forced...
...Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the new president of the Maldives, has also pledged to review Chinese construction projects on the archipelago negotiated by his predecessor....
...Mahathir Mohamad, who turned 94 on July 10, is facing rising pressure to pass the baton to Mr Anwar, as agreed by the ruling coalition parties before the country’s general election in May 2018....
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