JAKARTA, June 4 — Indonesia’s Health Ministry has confirmed seven new Covid-19 cases between May 25 and May 31 amid a fresh rise in infections in several neighbouring countries.

BEIJING, June 4 — Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday as global automakers joined their United States (US) counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures, and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution.

TOKYO, June 4 — Oil prices edged lower in early Asian trade on Wednesday, weighed down by a loosening supply-demand balance following increasing OPEC+ output and lingering concerns over the global economic outlook due to tariff tensions.

SEOUL, June 4 — South Korea's liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president in yesterday's snap election, six months to the day after he evaded military cordons to vote against a shock martial law decree imposed by his ousted predecessor.

LOS ANGELES, June 3 — Events for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games will be held in downtown LA, Exposition Park, Venice Beach, Long Beach, Carson, and Arcadia, under the venue plan released by Games organisers LA28 today.

SEOUL, June 3 — South Koreans turned out in force to vote in a snap presidential election on Tuesday, as millions of people sought to restore stability after six months of turmoil sparked by a shock martial law briefly imposed by former leader Yoon Suk Yeol.

GENEVA, June 3 — United Nations (UN) human rights experts have called for the safe passage of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition vessel Madleen, which departed from Italy on Sunday carrying essential medical supplies, food and children's items destined for Gaza, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.

MANILA, June 2 — The Philippines and the European Union (EU) have agreed to establish a dialogue to deepen cooperation on defence and security, aimed at combating emerging challenges including cyber threats, foreign interference, and information manipulation.

ISTANBUL, June 2 — Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to sit down on Monday in Istanbul for their second round of direct peace talks since 2022, with no sign they are any closer to an agreement, one day after Kyiv struck some of Moscow's nuclear-capable bombers.

JAKARTA, June 2 — Indonesia's economic policy package aimed at stimulating demand, which includes fare subsidies as well as cash and food handouts over June and July, will cost the government 24.44 trillion rupiah or US$1.5 billion (RM6.38 bln), said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

NEW DELHI, June 2 — Global airlines shaved a key forecast for 2025 industry-wide profits on Monday, blaming trade tensions and declining consumer confidence, while hitting out at "unacceptable" delays in jetliner deliveries that have hindered their growth plans.

JAKARTA, June 2 — Indonesia booked a trade surplus of around US$160 million (RM680.9 million) in April, the lowest since April 2020, amid a surge in imports, while the country's inflation cooled in May, data from the statistics bureau showed today.

SEOUL, June 2 — South Korea's Industry Ministry has said that it will respond to the looming 50 per cent United States (US) tariff on steel products as part of its trade discussions with Washington in order to minimise the impact on industry.

BEIJING, June 2 — China has protested to the United States (US) against "vilifying" remarks made by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, while accusing it of deliberately ignoring calls for peace from regional nations.

PARIS, June 1 — More than 500 hundred people were arrested by police during the Champions League final celebrations in France, with two people reportedly dead and 192 injured, the interior ministry said today.

PHNOM PENH, June 1 — The Myanmar government has extended a temporary ceasefire that expired yesterday to June 30 to facilitate rebuilding and to prepare for the general election.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 — A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from invalidating work permits and other documents granting lawful status to about 5,000 Venezuelans, a subset of the nearly 350,000 whose temporary legal protections the United States Supreme Court last week allowed to be terminated.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, June 1 — Alphabet’s Google yesterday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition than the 10-year regime suggested by antitrust enforcers.

SINGAPORE, May 31 — US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that the threat from China was real and potentially imminent as he pushed allies in the Indo-Pacific to spend more on their own defence needs.

SHANGHAI, May 31 — China on Saturday called for its automotive industry to halt brutal price wars, warning that they threaten the sector's health and sustainable development, after key executives jousted over pricing pressure following large discounts offered to buyers.