JOHOR BARU: Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz and Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan head for Washington DC to initiate talks on the United States’ reciprocal tariffs tonight. We are scheduled to meet the US Trade Representative and his team as well as other stakeholders on April 24...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, as the ASEAN chair this year, has requested, through its Foreign Ministry, a special United States (US)-ASEAN summit to discuss the tariff issue. Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz also confirmed that all ASEAN leaders have agreed to go to the US to meet up with President...
Highly classified military and intelligence documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine's air defences to Israel's Mossad spy agency, have US officials scrambling to identify the leak's source, with some Western security experts and US officials saying they suspected it could be someone from the US. Officials say the breadth of topics addressed in the documents,...
The prosecution of former President Donald Trump has evenly divided Americans but appears to have boosted his chances of winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday (April 6). The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, following Tuesday's indictment of Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business...
The US on Thursday (March 30) said it had imposed sanctions on a Slovakian man for trying to arrange the sale of over two dozen types of North Korean weapons and munitions to Russia to help Moscow replace military equipment lost in its war with Ukraine. The action, which comes as Washington warned that Russia is seeking...
Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.Reuters The US federal prosecutors on Wednesday (March 16) accused Chinese government agents of trying to spy on and intimidate dissidents living in the US including a congressional candidate. Justice Department officials said the three...
US President Joe Biden dispensed unvarnished advice on Tuesday (Dec 21) to the one in four American adults who have yet to be vaccinated for the coronavirus vaccine: The new Omicron variant can make you very sick or even kill you. A Democrat, Biden took office in January pledging to get the coronavirus under control after...
US President Donald Trump said his focus would now turn to ensuring a smooth transition to a Biden administration in a video released on Jan 7, 2021. WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump conceded on Thursday (Jan 7) that Mr Joe Biden will be the next US president, a day after his supporters stormed the US Capitol as Congress was...
