BEIJING, Feb 4 — China today announced a wide range of measures targeting United States businesses including Google, farm equipment makers and fashion brand Calvin Klein’s owner, minutes after additional US tariffs on Chinese goods took effect.

LONDON, Feb 3 — World Health Organisation (WHO) member states will discuss cutting part of its budget by US$400 million (RM1.79 billion) in light of President Donald Trump’s move to withdraw the United States, its biggest government funder, from the WHO, a document released today showed.

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, demanding they stanch the flow of fentanyl — and illegal immigrants in the case of Canada and Mexico — into the United States, kicking off a trade war that could dent global growth and reignite inflation.

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 — Canada will introduce tariffs of 25 per cent on imports from the United States in retaliation to US tariffs, reported German news agency (dpa).

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 — United States President Donald Trump is set to sign an order today imposing hefty new tariffs of 25 per cent on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10 per cent on imports from China, potentially disrupting more than US$2.1 trillion (RM9.35 trillion) worth of annual trade.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 — United States authorities yesterday restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport, after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people this week.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 — The Trump administration has urged government workers to quit their “lower productivity jobs” and seek work in the private sector, and to take a vacation to a “dream destination”, sparking outrage among civil servants.

BANGKOK, Jan 29 — Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut after United States President Donald Trump froze most foreign aid last week, forcing Thai officials to transport the sickest patients to other facilities.

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 — Microsoft and OpenAI are probing if data output from the ChatGPT maker’s technology was obtained in an unauthorised manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek, Bloomberg News reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 — United States President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic, and take aim at transgender troops.

GENEVA/DAVOS, Jan 23 — World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said today that any tit-for-tat trade wars prompted by United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats would have catastrophic consequences for global growth, urging states to refrain from retaliation.

CASTAIC, Jan 23 — A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles yesterday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38sqkm), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 31,000 people.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 — TikTok began restoring its services on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app's access in the US when he returns to power on Monday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — President-elect Donald Trump would not rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTok if steps were taken to ensure American users’ data is protected and stored in the United States, incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz told CNN today.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19 — American search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid yesterday to TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok US, a source familiar with the company’s plans told Reuters.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — United States president-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office tomorrow, as the app with 170 million American users buzzed with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for today.

PETALING JAYA, Jan 16 — The United States government’s potential restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip exports will not affect existing data centres in Malaysia, said Deputy Investment, Trade, and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong.