WASHINGTON 23 May (AFP) - US senators on Thursday blocked California's landmark mandate phasing out gas-powered cars, dealing a blow to the state's move towards electric vehicles in a pointed rebuke of Democratic climate change policies.

LUXEMBOURG 23 May (AFP) - A Luxembourg court Thursday fined Edmond de Rothschild bank 25 million euros ($28 million) for its role in a money-laundering scandal in which a Malaysian wealth fund lost billions of dollars.

As Malaysia’s new Cabinet steps into its full stride, it does so under the weight of the Madani Economic Framework — a bold, seven-pronged agenda designed to re-anchor Malaysia’s economic and social trajectory over the next decade.

But ambition alone is not strategy.

BANFF, Canada 22 May (AFP) - G7 finance ministers held talks Wednesday on thorny issues like the economic disruption caused by US President Donald Trump's tariffs and support for Ukraine, seeking to find a common voice.

LONDON 22 May (AFP) - Bitcoin hit a record high on Wednesday, driven by a wave of optimism over cryptocurrency legislation in the United States.

HONG KONG 19 May (AFP) - Asian stocks fell with the dollar Monday after Moody's removed the United States' last gold standard sovereign bond rating, citing the growing debt pile that it warned could balloon further.

NEW YORK 16 May (AFP) - Oil prices fell Thursday while global equities were mixed after President Donald Trump said the United States was close to making a deal on Iran's nuclear program.

From (L-R): Mr. Mohd Reduan Mohd Zabri, Director, Johor Office Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Mr.

PENANG, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 15 May 2025 - Tenchijin Inc., a space-tech innovator based in Tokyo, will participate as a featured speaker at Penang Slush'D 2025, taking place from May 19-21, 2025, in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.

JEJU, South Korea 15 May (AFP) - Trade ministers from the top economies that make up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, are meeting on South Korea's Jeju island from Thursday as trade cooperation falters globally.

WASHINGTON 15 May (AFP) - Big tech companies are increasingly waving the US flag in Washington where President Donald Trump is back in charge, pushing his America First agenda.

BEIJING 15 May (AFP) - The United States and China slashed sweeping tariffs on each others' goods for 90 days on Wednesday, marking a temporary de-escalation in a brutal trade war that roiled global markets and international supply chains.