CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Jan 23 — Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juárez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under United States (US) President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations.

DAVOS, Jan 23 — Malaysia’s chairmanship of Asean offers hope for mitigating the longstanding crisis in Myanmar, said the United Nations' (UN) Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop.

LONDON, Jan 22 — Prince Harry settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering, his lawyer said today.

JAKARTA, Jan 22 — The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Pekalongan, Central Java, has risen to 19, with two more bodies found on Wednesday morning, said Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

KATHMANDU, Jan 22 — Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35 per cent, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said today.

BERLIN, Jan 22 — Germany's Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has warned that Germany is prepared to impose retaliatory tariffs if the United States (US) proceeds with new import duties on German products, reported Xinhua.

MOSCOW, Jan 22 — There will be no winners in the tariff war between China and the United States (US), and Washington must respect international trade rules and create an environment for bilateral cooperation, said Chinese Embassy in the United States' spokesperson Liu Pengyu to Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — The United States (US), Australia, India, and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States (US) Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,500 people, including some who assaulted police officers.

SEOUL, Jan 22 — South Korea's birthrate is set to show a rise in 2024 for the first time in nine years, following a rebound in marriages that were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — United States (US) President Donald Trump has vowed to hit the European Union (EU) with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10 per cent punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the US via Mexico and Canada.

JAKARTA, Jan 22 — Indonesia's antitrust agency has ordered Google to pay fines of about 202 billion rupiah (RM55.2 million) for unfair business practices related to its payment system services for Google Play Store, its software distribution platform.

JAKARTA, Jan 22 — Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto plans to spend 48.8 trillion rupiah (RM13.3 billion) through 2029 to build the new capital city "Nusantara", with a target of relocating the government there by 2028.

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — Supporters of Donald Trump who attacked the US Capitol four years ago will start leaving prison today, pardoned by the new president in a flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders showing intent to stamp radical change on the country.

NEW YORK, Jan 21 — The United States will leave the World Health Organisation (WHO), President Donald Trump said today, saying the global agency mishandled the Covid-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

BANGKOK, Jan 21 — Thailand’s visa waiver programme for Chinese nationals has come under scrutiny after the high-profile alleged kidnapping of a Chinese actor and similar crimes stoked worries over tourism and security.

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — President Donald Trump once again withdrew the United States from the Paris climate deal yesterday, removing the world’s biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade.

MOSCOW, Jan 21 — Lead levels in the air in Los Angeles exceeded the norm by 100 times due to fires, while chlorine levels increased by 40 times, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti, citing The New York Times yesterday.

WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico, Jan 21 — President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the US military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on US soil.

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — President Donald Trump yesterday pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, in a show of solidarity with supporters who stormed the seat of American power in his name.