Malaysia

Singapore has long been a draw for wealthy Chinese, Indonesians and Malaysians who would come for short trips to shop, play  at the casino or get medical check-ups at world-class clinics. Mount Elizabeth Hospital Orchard, just steps from the flagship stores of Gucci and Rolex, features a UOB Privilege Banking Centre in the lobby.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 13 spoke to his Kyrgyz and Afghan counterparts over the phone amid recent Israeli attacks in Palestine, the presidency said.

In talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Erdoğan "exchanged Eid al-Fitr greetings and discussed bilateral relations as well as regional developments."

Sinovac, the Chinese producer of a COVID-19 vaccine, has provided a license to Turkey to manufacturing the jabs.

The company's CEO Yin Weidong said Turkey was among five countries given a production license for the vaccine, along with Indonesia, Brazil, Malaysia, and Egypt, according to Bloomberg.

The Turkish leadership has intensified diplomatic efforts for steps that can be taken at the international platforms in order to reduce the tension in the region after Israeli aggression against Palestinians.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on April 8 thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for Turkey's efforts during the term presidency of the Developing 8 Countries (D8).

The European Commission has so far approved all requests for the export of Covid-19 vaccines, including to Britain, the United States and Japan, since it set up on January 30 a mechanism to monitor vaccine trade, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Brdo pri Kranju – The government has reached no decision yesterday on how education in primary schools will be conducted next week as the epidemiological situation has deteriorated in two of the nine regions where schools reopened for the first three grades this week along with kindergartens, the STA learned. The debate will resume on Thursday.

On Friday, President Klaus Iohannis signed accreditation decrees for several Romanian ambassadors, including Cristian Istrate to Russia, Bogdan Manoiu to Canada and Daniela-Laura Popescu to the UK.

Turkey's largest defense fair, organized by the Istanbul Defence and Aerospace Cluster Association, SAHA, has drawn greater attention from both domestic and foreign investors.

Bulgaria's republican athletics champion became the winner of the Supermodel of the Universe 2020 competition. Ivan Bulkin from Plovdiv got the upper hand over 20 international models who took part in the competition, Nova TV reported.

This year's edition was supposed to be held in Malaysia, but due to anti-pandemic measures it was held online.