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Malaysian leader says trade being used to ‘pressure, isolate and contain’ as top US diplomat Rubio set to visit region. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned of global trade being weaponised against weaker countries, as Southeast Asian ministers gather for a summit against the backdrop of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Speaking…
United States President Donald Trump is set to impose 25 percent tariffs on two key US allies, Japan and South Korea, beginning on August 1 as the administration’s self-imposed deadline for trade agreements of July 9 nears without a deal in place. On Monday, the Trump administration said this in the first of 12 letters…
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been conferred with the Golden Globe Tigers Award 2025 in the category of Intelligent Transportation System, at an international ceremony held at The Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel & Residences, Malaysia, informed a press note from the civic body. This recognition was awarded for GHMC’s pioneering initiative…
Puchong, Malaysia – On a recent Sunday morning, about a dozen men with fishing nets skirted the rubbish-strewn banks of the Klang River just outside the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. Surveying the river, the men cast their nets into the polluted water. The nets billowed open and sunk quickly under the weight of metal…
Ongole-based private college PACE Institute of Technology and Sciences has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) to promote academic and research collaboration. The MoU was signed at a ceremony held at UTeM in Malaysia on Wednesday. PACE Secretary Dr. Sridhar Maddisetty and Principal Dr. G.V.K. Murthy represented PACE and…
For most married couples, separation is a last resort. For Malaysian shuttler Shevon Lai Jemie, it’s a tactical option she’s perfectly willing to embrace for Sudirman Cup glory. As the team prepares for its Group C battles in Xiamen against Japan, Australia and France starting on Sunday, Lai is perfectly comfortable leaving husband Goh Soon…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Malaysia as part of a Southeast Asian tour which is seen as delivering a personal message that Beijing is a more reliable trading partner than the United States amid a bruising trade war with Washington. Xi arrived in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday…
The Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year is a major celebration in many Asian countries and their diasporas around the globe. Chinese New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival, is roughly a two-week-long celebration marking the first day of the Chinese calendar year, which lands on Wednesday this year. Each Chinese…
Plastic waste piled outside an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat, Malaysia October 14, 2018. Picture taken October 14, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters Malaysia’s trade ministry said it has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, originating or exported from China and Indonesia. The anti-dumping duties range from 6.33%…
Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US. The United States has transferred 11 Yemeni detainees from its notorious Guantanamo Bay detention centre to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge as part of Washington’s so-called “war on terror”….
