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SIBU, The Sibu Chinese Calligraphy Society will be organising the Unity Arts Carnival 2024 at the RH Hotel here on Oct 19 and 20. This cultural event, celebrating Sarawak’s rich diversity and artistic traditions, will showcase the beauty of unity through art. It aims to bring communities together to celebrate Chinese and Arabic calligraphy alongside cultural performances. Society president Hii Pee Long said the event is sponsored by the Sarawak Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, facilitated with funds from the ‘Dana Mudahcara Warisan, Kesenian dan Kebudayaan Sarawak’ and supported by the Sibu branch of Sarawak State Library,

DHAKA, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake an official visit to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh tomorrow, following an invitation from Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, Dr Muhammad Yunus. In a statement today, Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry, known as Wisma Putra, said the prime minister is scheduled to engage in a bilateral meeting with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to discuss and strengthen diplomatic relations between Malaysia and Bangladesh, fostering ties of friendship between the nations. ‘The Prime Minister is also expected to pay a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin before departing for Kuala Lumpur later that evening,’

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