SINGAPORE, Sept 10 — Total trade between Malaysia and Singapore for 2022 is expected to be in the region of S$150 billion (S$1=RM3.21), said the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore Datuk Azfar Mohamad Mustafar.

LONDON, Sept 10 — Britain's King Charles III on Friday pledged "lifelong service" in his first address to the nation and the Commonwealth after assuming the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday.

LONDON, Sept 9 — Royal mourning over the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will be observed from now until seven days after her funeral, according to Buckingham Palace announcement on Friday.

LONDON, Sept 9 — The United Kingdom on Friday started a 10-day mourning period, shortly after an announcement from Buckingham Palace on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 — Economic ministers from the United States (US) and 13 Indo-Pacific countries launched negotiations on Thursday on Washington's first major pan-Asian trade engagement effort in nearly a decade, but this time any deal will not cut tariffs.

ANKARA, Sept 9 — Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son Charles became Britain’s new king on Thursday after her death, Anadolu Agency reported.

BALMORAL, Scotland, Sept 9 — Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.

LONDON, Sept 8 — Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at Balmoral, Scotland, after doctors became concerned for her health, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, reported Xinhua.

MANILA, Sept 8 — Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has said that his visits to Indonesia and Singapore were "fruitful and engaging", resulting in "signed and sealed" investment commitments amounting to over US$14 billion.

HANOI, Sept 8 — The Vietnamese Health Ministry has issued guidance on the wearing of masks in public places for Covid-19 prevention and control, clarifying to who and where it is a must.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Total global traffic for air travel in July 2022, which is measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs, was up 58.8 per cent compared to July 2021, primarily driven by the ongoing strong recovery in international traffic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said.

LONDON, Sept 7 — Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday that she will prioritise economic growth, tackling the energy crisis and improving access to the health service.

BANGKOK, Sept 7 — Thai authorities rescued 51 Rohingya including two children in southern Satun province on Tuesday.

SARAJEVO, Sept 7 — Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will soon be able to enter Türkiye with an ID card instead of a passport, and vice versa, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in Sarajevo.

MANILA, Sept 6 — Year-on-year inflation in the Philippines slowed to 6.3 per cent in August from 6.4 per cent in July, Xinhua reported, quoting the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday.

REUTERS, Sept 6 — A Malaysian businessman at the center of a major US Navy bribery scandal has escaped house arrest ahead of his impending sentencing by cutting off his monitoring anklet, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Monday.

JAKARTA, Sept 5 — Indonesian authorities were on Monday bracing for mass protests after an unpopular hike in fuel prices, a move the government said could see inflation increase to 6.8 per cent this year, though with limited impact on economic growth.

LONDON, Sept 5 — Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has won the Tory leadership race, the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee announced on Monday.

JAKARTA, Sept 5 — Indonesia's government predicts inflation will pick up in the next two months after its weekend decision to raise fuel prices, but would normalise in November and the measure would have minimal impact on economic growth, an official said on Monday.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 3 — Malaysia strongly condemns the assassination attempt on Argentina's Vice President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner late Thursday (September 1).