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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the mutually beneficial diplomatic relations that have been established between the two countries since Malaysia gained independence in 1957. According to the Pakistan Press Information Department (PID), Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif agreed on this during their one-on-one meeting held at the Prime Minister’s house (Shehbaz Sharif) today. In a statement posted on the website of Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, it said both leaders discussed a wide range of bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest, including those

KUALA LUMPUR, National carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd (Proton) remained in second place in the automotive sales rankings for September, with sales of 11,269 units (domestic and export), bringing its year-to-date (YTD) total sales volume to 112,758 units. In a statement, Proton projected its market share at 20.1 per cent for the month. Total sales for the automotive industry were down in September, as total industry volume (TIV) is estimated to have dropped to a 17-month low of 56,067 units — a reduction of 22.2 per cent from the previous month. The estimated YTD total for TIV however remained ahead of

KUALA LUMPUR, Recursion announced the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of REC-1245, a new chemical entity for the treatment of biomarker-enriched solid tumours and lymphoma. According to Recursion in a statement, the Phase 1/2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and potential monotherapy efficacy of REC-1245, and is expected to initiate in the fourth quarter of this year. Its Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Gibson said: “In under 18 months, leveraging some of our newer chemistry tools, Recursion rapidly

BUSAN, The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) will hold a meeting with film development agencies from ASEAN countries tomorrow, to discuss the desire to build a film community among the bloc. FINAS chief executive officer Datuk Azmir Saifuddin Mutallib said the discussion agenda included devising impactful programmes as well as discussing policies and incentives to help increase the film market among Southeast Asian countries. “We also want to explore in terms of, for example, organising a film festival that can help develop the market in the ASEAN region,” he told Bernama after attending the opening of the 29th Busan

BALER, Aurora – Six former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels from this province on Wednesday got financial assistance under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), the military said Thursday. Lt. Col. Aries Quinto, acting commanding officer of the Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry Battalion, said the former rebels (FRs) received PHP340,000 from Reynante Tolentino Jr., who represented his father, Governor Reynante Tolentino, at the Aurora Trading Center in Barangay Calabuanan, this capital town of Aurora. Quinto thanked the E-CLIP provincial committee for helping the FRs rebuild their lives. ‘Our FRs significant support is not just a financial boost; it also