ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan plans to introduce its first national “stablecoin” as part of a broader push to bring virtual assets into the formal financial system, the head of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) announced. Speaking at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, PVARA Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib said the countr...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — A recent look at national eating habits reveals an uncomfortable contradiction – Malaysians have plenty to eat, yet many are still malnourished. The issue, experts say, lies in the quality of food, not the quantity, reports Business Today. Dr Lee Ching Li, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at IMU [&hell...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Indonesian businesses are hoping that Jakarta does not fall into the same trap as Malaysia did in its U.S. tariff negotiations, reports Jakarta Globe. Jakarta is still trying to bring down Washington’s import tax on strategic commodities like palm oil to zero as negotiations continue. Malaysia – Indonesia’s t...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia has become one of the world’s preferred destinations for hospital-based medical tourism, driven by competitive pricing and a healthcare ecosystem that blends quality, technology and cultural familiarity, reports FMT. Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad’s (MIDF) Malaysia Healthcare thematic r...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – As parts of Southeast Asia reel from the effects of deadly flooding, Indonesia faces a significantly higher death toll than its regional neighbours, reports CNA. As of Sunday (Dec 7), the archipelago had recorded at least 940 deaths, 276 people missing and around 5,000 people injured, in one of the deadliest [&hell...
BERLIN, Germany (MNTV) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said parts of the new US national security strategy unveiled last week were “unacceptable to us from a European perspective.” “I see no need for the Americans to now want to save democracy in Europe,” Merz said after the document accused Europe of undermining political liberty and [&hel...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – Online violence against women in public life has surged, with seven in ten women human rights defenders, activists and journalists reporting digital abuse, according to a new UN Women report produced with the European Commission and research partners. The report found that 41% of surveyed women experienced offl...
GENEVA, Switzerland (MNTV) – UNICEF Communications Manager Tess Ingram said the number of underweight babies in Gaza has risen sharply in 2025, with 10% of all births — around 300 babies a month — affected in the first half of the year. The trend reflects a worsening cycle of maternal and infant malnutrition amid Israel’s […]
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – UN officer-in-charge for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Kayoko Gotoh warned the humanitarian and security situation in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating as the country approaches a fourth winter of war. “As the holiday season approaches, Ukrainian civilians are preparing to end yet another difficult year ...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the global humanitarian system is being pushed to the brink as funding for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) falls to its lowest level in a decade. “We meet in very difficult times,” Guterres told the High-Level Pledging Event for the 2026 CERF, [&helli...
