ReutersMalaysia’s Muhyiddin, Anwar race to form government as turmoil drags onMuhyiddin Yassin, a former prime minister, and rival opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim were vying for support from potential coalition partners on Monday, to meet a deadline set by the king after an election delivered Malaysia’s first hung parliament. The inconclusive result prolongs political instability in the Southeast Asian nation, which has had three prime ministers in as many years, and risks delays to policy decisions needed to galvanise an economic recovery. Anwar’s multi-ethnic coalition won the most number of seats in the Saturday election with 82.ReutersSeveral Beijing districts shut schools as China COVID cases riseStudents in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID cases in China’s capital and nationally ticked higher. China is fighting numerous COVID-19 flare ups, from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the southwest and for Sunday reported 26,824 new local cases, nearing April’s peaks. It also recorded two deaths in Beijing, up from one on Saturday, which was China’s first since late May.BloombergMalaysia Assets Decline Amid Deepening Political Instability(Bloomberg) — Malaysia’s stocks and
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