WASHINGTON, Nov 27 — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed to testify publicly at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the panel said yesterday, after a long dispute with the Republican-led committee.

WASHINGTON, Nov 26 — Neither the United States nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said yesterday, after US president-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional 10 per cent tariff on all Chinese imports when he takes office on January 20.

WASHINGTON, Nov 22 — Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures — including possibly selling Android — to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday.

BENGALURU/BEIJING, Nov 20 — The United States could impose nearly 40 per cent tariffs on imports from China early next year, a Reuters poll of economists showed, potentially slicing growth in the world’s second-biggest economy by up to one percentage point.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Local institutions were net buyers on Bursa Malaysia for the fourth consecutive week, with net purchases totalling RM207.7 million last week, while foreign investors extended their outflows from Asia.

LIMA (Peru), Nov 16 — Joe Biden meets Chinese president Xi Jinping for the last time as US president on Saturday, but the leaders' goal of lowering tensions before Donald Trump's inauguration is challenged by fresh conflicts over cyber crime, trade, Taiwan and Russia.

SHANGHAI, Nov 16 — China is willing to be partners and friends with the United States, China's ambassador to Washington said, seeking to strengthen dialogue between the world's two largest economies.

GENEVA, Nov 15 — Aid access in Gaza is at a low point, with deliveries to parts of the besieged north of the enclave all but impossible, a United Nations humanitarian official said today.

BEIRUT, Nov 15 — An Israeli airstrike flattened a building near one of Beirut’s busiest traffic junctions today, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel kept up its intensified bombardment of Hezbollah-controlled areas of the city.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) welcomed Malaysia’s removal from a United States currency manipulation watchlist, affirming the ringgit’s market-driven status.

BANGI, Nov 14 — Projected changes in the United States’ trade policy are not expected to significantly impact the country’s palm oil sector following Donald Trump’s victory in the recent US presidential election, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said today.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 — The heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said they would work with incoming United States president, Republican Donald Trump, underscoring the importance of private sector funding for developing countries hit by climate change.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 — Arab-Americans who voted for Donald Trump in the Muslim-majority United States city of Dearborn, Michigan, have urged the president-elect to demand an immediate cease-fire in Palestine and Lebanon.

JAKARTA, Nov 12 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory in a phone call after landing in Washington on an official visit that includes a meeting with President Joe Biden today.

NEW YORK, Nov 12 — The United States will decide this week whether Israel has made progress toward improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and how Washington will respond, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday as Israel began to make its case.

BRUSSELS, Nov 11 — The euro dropped to its lowest level in six-and-a-half months against the greenback today as investors worried about possible United States tariffs that would hurt the Eurozone economy.

LONDON, Nov 11 — Bitcoin soared to a record high above US$82,000 (RM361,620) today on expectations that cryptocurrencies will boom in a favourable regulatory environment following the election of Donald Trump as United States president and of pro-crypto candidates to Congress.

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 — United States Vice-President Kamala Harris vowed to keep fighting for the ideals that powered her presidential campaign yesterday in a concession speech that acknowledged president-elect Donald Trump’s win while warning of potential dark times to come.

TEXAS, Nov 6 — Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action yesterday by registered voters who signed his petition to support the Constitution for a chance to win his (RM4.4 million) US$1 million-a-day giveaway, and claim it was a fraud.

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — False or misleading claims by billionaire Elon Musk about the United States presidential election have amassed two billion views on social media platform X this year, said a report by non-profit group Centre for Countering Digital Hate.