SINGAPORE, June 3 — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday (June 2) called for greater engagement between the United States and China, saying a breakdown in dialogue between the superpowers could have devastating consequences for the world.

KATHMANDU, June 3 — A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a 'very rare' high-altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday (May 31).

NEW DEHLI, June 3 — At least 233 people were killed and 900 were injured when two passenger trains collided in India's Odisha state, a government official said on Saturday, making the rail accident the country's deadliest in more than a decade.

MEXICO CITY, June 2 — A delegation from the Asean Committee in Mexico City had a three-day working visit to Mexico’s Colima state that ended on Thursday (June 1) to strengthen cooperation with the locality, particularly in trade, investment, tourism, education, agriculture, and seaports.

ISTANBUL, June 2 — World trade is slowing sharply due to monetary tightening by central banks, fading fiscal support by governments, and weak demand for consumer goods, Fitch Ratings said Thursday (June 1) in a report.

BEIJING, June 2 — The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement took effect on Friday for the Philippines, confirming that the RCEP agreement is now in effect for all 15 members, reported Xinhua.

PARIS, June 2 — Lawmakers in France have unanimously passed a bill to regulate paid social media influencers and combat fraud, officials said on Thursday (June 1).

TOKYO, June 2 — Parts of Japan were slammed by torrential rain on Friday as Typhoon Mawar neared, bringing winds and heavy rain to a wide swathe of the country and prompting authorities to advise tens of thousands to evacuate.

LONDON/TOKYO/WASHINGTON, June 2 — Sluggish global demand deepened the decline in manufacturing activity across Europe and the United States, and remained a major challenge for many of Asia's big exporters, business surveys for May showed on Thursday (June 1).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Total air passenger traffic in April 2023 rose 45.8 per cent compared to April 2022, with the current global traffic standing at 90.5 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — Global air cargo demand, as measured by cargo tonne-kilometres, fell 6.6 per cent in April this year compared to the same month in 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

LONDON, June 1 — Online giant Amazon has revealed it paid £781 million (US$971 million or RM4.48 billion) in direct taxes in Britain last year, a jump of more than £130 million from the year before, as it continues its rapid expansion across the nation, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

BANGKOK, May 31 – Thailand’s Move Forward Party-led coalition has set up a transition committee as it prepares to form the next government after stunning win in the May 14 election.

DUBAI, May 30 — Sudan's warring military factions agreed on Monday to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement, after renewed heavy clashes and air strikes in the capital threw fresh doubts on the effectiveness of a truce designed to ease a humanitarian crisis.

ANKARA, May 29 — President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkiye and strengthened its position as a regional military power.

ANKARA, May 28 — More than 1.92 million Turkish nationals have cast their votes abroad so far for Turkiye's May 28 presidential runoff, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

BEIJING, May 27 — Economic and trade development in the Asia-Pacific still faces many disturbances and challenges, China's commerce minister Wang Wentao said.

DETROIT, May 27 — Trade ministers from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries agreed on Friday (May 26) to promote more inclusive and sustainable trade, but failed to produce a joint statement due to Russia and China's objections to language on Ukraine.

ANKARA, May 27 — Turkiye is heading to a runoff vote on Sunday (May 28) to elect the president after no candidate was able to reach the 50 per cent threshold in the first round held on May 14.

JAKARTA, May 27 — Indonesia's anti-monopoly agency (KPPU) ordered seven cooking oil companies on Friday (May 26) to pay fines of up to over US$2 million (RM9.2 million) each for restricting sales amid scarce supplies last year.