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April 12, 2025 at 1:06 am

AP PHOTOS: Furniture exporters in Malaysia race to beat Trump’s 90-day tariff window VIEW

MUAR, Malaysia (AP) — In southern Malaysia, furniture manufacturers are in a race against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. After threatening to impose a 24%...

Business

December 2, 2024 at 11:32 pm

Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced VIEW

Severe floods caused by monsoon rains have killed more than 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Malaysia and southern Thailand, with both countries...

Nation & World

June 1, 2023 at 12:10 am

China and key US partner Singapore agree to top-level defense hotline VIEW

China and Singapore have laid the groundwork for a hotline between the two countries that would establish a high-level communications link between Beijing and a...

Nation & World

March 12, 2023 at 11:58 pm

Michelle Yeoh’s mom tearful, proud of ‘little princess’ VIEW

Michelle Yeoh’s mother cried for joy for her “little princess" when the Malaysian became the first Asian to win the best actress Oscar.

Entertainment

December 15, 2022 at 4:52 pm

Landslide at Malaysia campground kills 21, leaves 12 missing VIEW

A thunderous crush of soil and debris has killed 21 people, including several children, at a campground in Malaysia.

Nation & World

June 11, 2022 at 7:36 pm

China accuses US of trying to ‘hijack’ support in Asia VIEW

China’s defense minister says the United States is trying to “hijack” the support of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to turn them against Beijing, saying...

Nation & World

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a plenary session at the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia’s annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Danial Hakim) SGP103 SGP103

June 10, 2022 at 6:55 pm

US: China’s military activity around Taiwan threatens region VIEW

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has stressed American support for Taiwan, suggesting that recent Chinese military activity around the island threatens to change the...

Nation & World

June 10, 2022 at 9:55 am

Japan vows bigger security role in region to tackle threats

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to boost his country’s diplomatic and security role in the Asia Pacific to tackle what he described...

Nation & World

November 8, 2019 at 10:23 pm

Cambodia’s exiled opposition leader makes it part way home VIEW

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived in Malaysia, making partial progress in his quest to return to his home...

September 10, 2019 at 5:42 pm

Mugabe’s body heading home to Zimbabwe for mourning, burial VIEW

SINGAPORE (AP) — The body of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe was being returned to his homeland Wednesday to lie in state before his burial...