Among the headlines for Wednesday, 31 March, 2021, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia and PAS sealed a partnership deal for GE15, and have made it clear that the pact will not accept any new alignment to form a new government.

Also, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says, data was withheld from WHO investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic.

The United States, the European Union and other Western countries immediately called for China to give "full access" to independent experts to all data about the original outbreak in late 2019.

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