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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s government announced on Wednesday (Apr 9) it will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a three-day visit next week, as the two countries grapple with tariffs imposed by the United States. The state visit will go from Apr 15 to Apr 17, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said. “The cabinet ministers have been informed that this visit is not only anticipated but is part of the government’s efforts … to see better trade relations with various countries including China,” Fahmi told reporters.  Xi’s visit marks his first trip to Malaysia since Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim took office. The two…

The Islamic State has been showing renewed vigor in Syria, attracting new fighters and increasing the number of its attacks last year, according to the United Nations and U.S. officials, further raising the threat of instability in a country that is already volatile after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.The group is still nowhere near as strong as it was a decade ago, when it controlled eastern Syria and a large part of northern Iraq, but there is a risk, experts say, that the Islamic State can find a way to free thousands of its hardened fighters who are held…

What’s most striking about President Trump’s tariff war is that he’s being pressured by some of his closest advisers and supporters to end the crusade that has upended the world economy.It’s not just media conservatives like Ben Shapiro, Rich Lowry, Ben Domenech and the Wall Street Journal editorial page. It’s longtime wealthy donors like Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, who denounced the tariffs and cited the 46 percent levy on Vietnam as an example of “bull****,” telling the Financial Times that “right now what everybody’s terrified of is a trade war.” Another billionaire, hedge fund investor Bill Ackman said, “The…

U.S. attorneys for six southwestern border districts charged nearly 1,000 illegal aliens with immigration-related crimes during the first week of April under Operation Take Back America, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.The districts involved include Arizona, Central California, Southern California, New Mexico, Southern Texas and Western Texas.The District of Arizona brought charges against 204 illegal aliens; 83 of whom were charged with illegal reentry and 107 were charged with illegal entry. Fourteen people, including Ivan Mauricio Hernandez-Mosqueda, were also charged with smuggling humans into and within the district. Hernandez Mosqueda, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 46 months in prison…

Two months into his 2022 leadership campaign, Pierre Poilievre spoke at the home of Aditya Tawatia, a politically active Vancouver realtor.“Delighted to host the next Prime Minister of Canada,” Tawatia wrote on X, adding his mother had “blessed” Poilievre’s campaign.Tawatia donated $1,675 to Poilievre’s leadership bid and has since kicked in another $3,750 to the Conservative Party of Canada.It wasn’t the first time Tawatia had backed an aspiring prime minister: He is the founder of a Canadian organization set up to elect Narendra Modi in India.The summer before Modi’s 2014 election victory, Tawatia was among a group of supporters that…

The former director general of Roger Cook’s own department abruptly left her role last month after the Premier’s re-election.

An NHL prospect was forced to hang up his skates before ever playing for the team that drafted him.Chaz Lucius, a first-round pick four years ago, announced his retirement Tuesday due to an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome diagnosis.Lucius was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets with the 18th overall selection and had been playing for their AHL affiliate. Winnipeg’s Chaz Lucius applies pressure on the forecheck during the third period against Ottawa on Sept. 29, 2023. (Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)”I thought I was just unlucky. With this diagnosis of EDS, I now realize that my body could not handle the…

Joint efforts should be made to safeguard regional stability through security and law enforcement collaboration to address various risks and challenges, the Xinhua statement said, adding that China’s leadership pledged to boost people-to-people exchanges. Xi addressed the meeting just days before his expected coming visits to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia, all important neighbours for China. China is among a group of countries with the most neighbours in the world, sharing land borders with 14 nations – a distinction it shares with Russia – while facing eight other nearby countries, including US allies Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. The Indo-Pacific…

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, says despite occasional cancellations at some universities, she continues to speak out and share her work. She says there is a growing global censorship around Palestine and its supporters, and points out an entrenched policy-level bias, as a driving force behind the silencing.

Federal prosecutors say Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump as he golfed last September during the 2024 campaign, also attempted to acquire an anti-aircraft weapon to shoot down Mr. Trump’s plane.In a filing Monday, the government said that in August, “Routh sought to purchase the devices online from an associate Routh believed to be a Ukrainian with access to military weapons.” Routh allegedly told an associate to “‘send me an rpg [rocket propelled grenade] or stinger and I will see what we can do,'” according to the court document. “I need equipment so that Trump cannot get…