BANGKOK, April 8 — The Thai Cabinet has approved the construction of a parallel bridge across Sungai Golok, connecting Sungai Kolok district in Narathiwat with Rantau Panjang in Kelantan, Malaysia.

GENEVA, April 8 — Another pandemic will occur sooner or later, and this is not a "theoretical risk" but an "epidemiological certainty," World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday.

SINGAPORE, April 8 — The safe havens yen and Swiss franc held near six-month highs today while the US dollar nursed broad losses as financial markets grappled with mounting recession worries in the wake of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

HONG KONG, April 8 — Hong Kong leader John Lee said today the city would sign more free trade pacts to diversify its risk amid a global trade war triggered by what he called "ruthless" US tariffs that he said were disrupting the world economic and trade order.

BEIJING, April 8 — Several Chinese state holding companies vowed today to increase share investment while a slew of listed companies announced share buybacks as Beijing stepped up efforts to stabilise a stock market rocked by US tariff woes.

WASHINGTON, April 8 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday he will impose an additional 50 per cent tariff on China if Beijing does not withdraw its retaliatory tariffs on the United States.

BRUSSELS, April 8 — Europe had its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said today.

JERUSALEM, April 7 — Israeli troops flattened farmland and cleared entire residential districts in Gaza, Palestine, to open a “kill zone” around the enclave, according to a report today that quoted soldiers testifying about the harsh methods used in the operation.

BRUSSELS, April 7 — The European Commission is considering counting international carbon credits towards its next climate target, a move that could weaken the carbon dioxide (CO2)-cutting efforts it demands from domestic industries, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

SYDNEY, April 7 — Major stock indexes plunged in Asia today as White House officials showed no sign of backing away from their sweeping tariff plans, and investors wagered the mounting risk of recession could see US interest rates cut as early as May.

BRUSSELS, April 7 — European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against US President Donald Trump's tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on up to US$28 billion (RM126 billion) of US imports from dental floss to diamonds.

SEOUL, April 7 — Samsung Electronics is expected to forecast a 21 per cent drop in the first quarter profit tomorrow, hurt by sluggish sales of artificial intelligence chips and continued losses in its contract chip manufacturing business.

WASHINGTON, April 7 — Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, DC, and across the US on Saturday, part of some 1,200 demonstrations that were expected to form the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since they launched a rapid-fire effort to overhaul government and expand presidential authority.

WASHINGTON, April 6 — More than 50 countries have reached out to the White House to start trade talks, a top economic adviser to US President Donald Trump said today as US officials sought to defend sweeping new tariffs that have unleashed global turmoil.

JAKARTA, April 6 — Indonesia will not retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s 32 per cent trade tariff on Southeast Asia’s largest economy, its senior economic minister said today in the government’s first response to the levy.

NYAPYITAW, April 5 — Asean countries, especially Malaysia, hope the military ruling Myanmar will extend the ceasefire beyond the previously announced period so relief and recovery efforts can continue after the earthquake.

WASHINGTON, April 5— Some 1,200 demonstrations are planned across the United States (US) on Saturday in what organizers expect to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since the administration launched its rapid-fire effort to put a conservative stamp on government.

MANILA, April 5 — The Philippines expressed alarm on Saturday over the arrest of three Filipinos in China on suspicion of espionage, saying they were ordinary citizens and the arrests could be retaliation for Manila's crackdown against alleged Chinese spies.

BANGKOK, April 5 — Thailand has offered the Don Mueang Airport to facilitate for use in facilitating the mobilisation of international aid to Myanmar following the devastating earthquake that struck the country on March 28.

WASHINGTON, April 5 — United States Federal Reserve (US) chairman Jerome Powell said on Friday that "the tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected." He made the remarks in a speech to the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Arlington,...