KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today, tracking the rally on Wall Street overnight as the United States (US) automotive makers get temporary tariff reprieve, but it retreated thereafter on selling pressure.

SEOUL, March 5 — South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok today ordered a review into the impact of United States tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China that came into force this week.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — Bursa Malaysia snapped a four-day losing streak to open higher today, supported by selective bargain hunting in the domestic market, despite Wall Street’s weaker overnight performance amid trade war concerns.

WASHINGTON, Mar 4 — United States President Donald Trump said 25 per cent tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada will take effect today, stoking fears of a trade war in North America and sending financial markets reeling.

WASHINGTON, Mar 4 — A senior official with the United States Agency for International Development in an email on Sunday warned the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths — only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say he had been placed on leave.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today, tracking Wall Street’s rally last Friday, as investors shrugged off concerns over rising tensions between Ukraine and the United States (US).

GENEVA, Feb 29 — US aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children in Haiti as violence spirals and more youth are recruited by armed gangs, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef warned today.

BEIJING, Feb 28 — Beijing accused the United States today of exerting “tariff pressure and blackmail” after President Donald Trump’s latest threat to slap an extra duty of 10 per cent on imports from China, citing a continued flow of fentanyl into the country.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged the United States yesterday to provide a security “backstop” to any future European peacekeepers in Ukraine, saying only that would offer Kyiv a lasting peace rather than a temporary ceasefire.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday urged Apple to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, a day after the iPhone maker’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to keep them in the face of growing pushback from conservative groups.

LONDON, Feb 21 — The United States government’s foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world’s poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months, according to two sources familiar with the sector.

HANOI, Feb 21 — Vietnam will impose a temporary anti-dumping levy of up to 27.83 per cent on some hot-rolled coil steel products originating from China, the trade ministry said today.

MANAMA, Feb 20 — The health condition of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, has significantly improved after receiving conservative treatment, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — United States President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 25 per cent tariff on automotive, semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports will be a challenge for Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Malaysia is expected to face challenges in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres due to the recent restrictions by the United States on AI chip exports, said Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong.

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19 — South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to stop work.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 13 — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has agreed to pay about US$10 million (RM44.6 million) to settle a suit that United States President Donald Trump brought against the company and its former chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 — United States President Donald Trump said today that Israel would hand over Gaza to the US after fighting is over, and the enclave’s population was already resettled elsewhere, which he said meant no US troops would be needed on the ground.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The risk of negative impact on semiconductor exports to the United States amid the implementation of tariffs by President Donald Trump is minimal for the time being, said the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Malaysia is on track to meet its 2025 gross domestic product (GDP) growth target despite risks posed by tariff wars, said Economy Minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli.