KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Germany has expressed its appreciation to Malaysia for playing an active mediating role in resolving the recent border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

BERLIN, May 6 — German conservative Friedrich Merz was sworn in by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the country's 10th chancellor on Tuesday, hours after suffering a humiliating defeat in the German Parliament, reported the German News Agency.