17+ hour, 27+ min ago   (812+ words) SEPTEMBER 13 — China’s Pinglu Canal should not be understood simply as another impressive piece of infrastructure. For Asean, it represents something potentially much larger: the gradual geographical reorientation of southwestern China towards Southeast Asia. The 134.2-kilometre canal in Guangxi connects China’s…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (363+ words) HELSINKI, Sept 9 — Google said today that it would invest at least €13 billion (RM60.8 billion) in digital infrastructure, including data centres to power artificial intelligence models, in Finland over the next two years. “This is Google’s largest single investment in Europe and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (382+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 9 — US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy yesterday slammed Ford Motor Company over its reliance on Chinese technology, accusations that the Detroit-based automaker dismissed as “wrongheaded.” In a letter to Ford chief executive Jim Farley published on the agency’s…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1598+ words) SEPTEMBER 9 — For Iran and the United States, August 24 was not so much Groundhog Day as the latest instalment in a franchise that refuses to die. “We are launching an economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe,” declared U....

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (408+ words) BEIJING, Sept 8 — China’s imports and exports surged in August, helped by a global AI buildout that has fuelled demand for technology products and ahead of an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. After achieving a…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (717+ words) MONTREAL, Sept 8 — Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect Tuesday, as a trade war between the North American neighbours heats up. The announced duties of 15 per cent, 25 per cent and 50 per cent apply to C…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (564+ words) FRANKFURT, Sept 7 — The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates again this week as renewed fighting in the Middle East pushes up energy costs and risks further stoking inflation. Some of the heaviest clashes in weeks in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (311+ words) BUENOS AIRES, Sept 6 — Argentina has announced that it will investigate and sanction oil companies working near the Falkland Islands without authorisation, after President Javier Milei said the “winds of change” favour his country’s claim to the archipelago. Britain and Argentina…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) SAN SALVADOR, Sept 5 — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele denied on Friday transferring the country’s bitcoin reserves to a private operator as part of a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Bitcoin has been the most closely watched element…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (241+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 3 — New US tariffs of up to 100 per cent took effect today on drones and certain components, as Washington pushes to lower its import reliance in an industry that China dominates. US President Donald Trump signed an order setting…...