SINGAPORE, July 10 — Asian stocks rose slightly today, riding on optimism from Nvidia’s brief rise to a world-record US$4 trillion (RM17 trillion) valuation and as investors largely shrugged off United States President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvos.

BOSTON, July 10 — United States President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its feud with Harvard University yesterday, declaring the Ivy League school may no longer meet the standards for accreditation and that it would subpoena it for records about its international students.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 — Los Angeles city and other Southern California municipalities are joining a suit against United States President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.

SUBANG JAYA, July 10 — US State Secretary Marco Rubio arrived here today for high-level talks held in conjunction with the 58th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) here, hosted by Malaysia under its 2025 Asean chairmanship.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Malaysia remains optimistic about the outcome of its tariff negotiations with the United States, banking on certain sectors that could be favourable to both countries, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The government will continue negotiations with the United States following the imposition of a 25 per cent retaliatory tariff on Malaysian exports.

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA, July 9 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday said the US would “pretty soon” charge a 10 per cent tariff on imports from BRICS countries, drawing another complaint from Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who just hosted the bloc’s annual summit.

WASHINGTON, July 9 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday said South Korea should be paying for its own military protection and suggested the US ally needed to pay more for the US troop presence there, a day after saying he planned to impose a 25 per cent tariff on its imports.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) will be holding a press conference to address the latest reciprocal tariff rate of 25 per cent on Malaysian exports to the United States, said minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

WASHINGTON, July 5 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday signed into law a massive package of tax and spending cuts at the White House, staging an outdoor ceremony on the Fourth of July holiday that took on the air of a political rally.

WASHINGTON/HANOI, July 3 — The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20 per cent tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said yesterday, cooling tensions with its 10th-biggest trading partner days before the US president could raise levies on most imports.

WASHINGTON, July 3 — A federal judge yesterday blocked United States President Donald Trump’s asylum ban at the US-Mexico border, saying Trump exceeded his authority when he issued a proclamation declaring illegal immigration an emergency and setting aside existing legal processes.

WASHINGTON, July 2 — United States President Donald Trump urged Iran-backed Hamas militants yesterday to agree to what he called a “final proposal” for a 60-day ceasefire with Israel in Palestine’s Gaza that will be delivered by mediating officials from Qatar and Egypt.

WASHINGTON, July 2 — The Republican-led US Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.

DUBAI, June 27 — Iran will respond to any future American attack by striking the United States’ military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel.

BRUSSELS, June 26 — European Union leaders are to tell the European Commission today that a quick trade deal with the United States will come at the cost of Washington getting better terms, or they can escalate the fight in hope of something better.

WASHINGTON, June 26 — United States President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, was pulled into political contention over US vaccine policy yesterday, describing the medications as “life-saving” and telling a Senate panel she has not seen evidence linking vaccines and autism.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — The ringgit extended its gains against the United States dollar today, buoyed by comments from US Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell highlighting uncertainty over the inflationary impact of tariffs.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s initiative to broker a ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the United States successfully defused tensions in the Middle East, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

WASHINGTON, June 24 — United States President Donald Trump accused both Israel and Iran of violating a ceasefire today hours after he announced it, expressing particular frustration with Israel for announcing major new strikes on Tehran.