KUALA LUMPUR 31 May (AFP) - Malaysia has criticised the European Union's scrutiny of some of its exports under new deforestation rules, insisting the bloc is using outdated information to decide what level of checks to impose.

WASHINGTON 31 May (AFP) - US President Donald Trump signaled renewed trade tensions with China Friday, arguing that Beijing had "totally violated" a tariff de-escalation deal, while saying he expects to eventually speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.<

KUALA LUMPUR 28 May (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday that the first-ever summit between his country, Southeast Asian leaders and Gulf states was "a response to the call of the times" in a geopolitically uncertain world.

KUALA LUMPUR 28 May (AFP) - Southeast Asian leaders expressed "deep concern" over US tariffs Tuesday, as they held a summit with China and Gulf states hailed as "a response to the call of the times" in a geopolitically uncertain world.

KUALA LUMPUR 27 May (AFP) - Southeast Asian leaders are looking to insulate their trade-dependent economies from geopolitical uncertainty, in particular US tariffs, as they hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Gulf state dignitaries in Kuala Lu

KUALA LUMPUR 26 May (AFP) - Southeast Asian leaders will express deep concern over US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz when they meet at a summit Monday, warning that the unilateral move posed huge challenges to economic growth and stability in th

WASHINGTON 26 May (AFP) - US President Donald Trump threatened Apple and other smartphone manufacturers with a 25 percent tariff unless their devices are built in the United States.

(L-R) Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aung Kyaw Moe, Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Malaysi

DAMASCUS 23 May (AFP) - At a currency exchange in Damascus, Anas al-Shammaa is one of many Syrians hopeful that promised relief from Western sanctions will help revive their country's economy after years of war and isolation.

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.