JAPANESE carmaker Toyota Motor said on Saturday it will raise prices for some vehicles sold in the United States by an average of $270 starting in July. The automaker’s decision follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 25% tariff on imported vehicles and auto parts. A Toyota spokesperson, however, denied the tariff directly influenced…
ISRAEL’S Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that the military had killed a veteran commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ overseas arm, in a strike in an apartment in Iran’s Qom. The veteran commander, Saeed Izadi, who led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, Katz said in a statement. There was no confirmation…
NEW YORK: Investors are mulling a host of different market scenarios should the U.S. deepen its involvement in the Middle East conflict, with the potential for ripple effects if energy prices skyrocket. They have honed in on the evolving situation between Israel and Iran, which have exchanged missile strikes, and are closely monitoring whether the…
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s central bank governor warned on Saturday that rapidly rising U.S. debt could be “unfavourable” to the outlook for U.S. Treasuries and that U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies have made investors cautious. Taiwan’s $593 billion in foreign exchange reserves are more than 80% made up of U.S. Treasury bonds, according to the central…
Amid the market performance, BNB is attempting to reclaim the $650 level. Some analysts believe that a breakout toward the $700 barrier might occur next, which could lead to a bigger move to new highs. BNB Breakout To Retest $700 On Friday, BNB dropped to the $640 support after failing to hold the mid-zone of…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Saturday it would maintain anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese and Japanese cold rolled coils of iron and non-alloy steel more than 1,300 mm wide. But the trade ministry said in a statement it would terminate anti-dumping duties on imports from South Korea and Vietnam on Monday. The duties, to…
WASHINGTON: Japan has canceled a regular high-level meeting with its key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been expected to meet Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani…
KUALA LUMPUR: Sri Pahang FC’s decision to skip the 2025/2026 Malaysia League (M-League) season is a big loss to Malaysian football, said former Pahang coach Datuk Zainal Abidin Hassan. Zainal, who was also a legend of The Elephants squad, admitted to being affected by the development, as the team not only have a long history…
This week, Oakley and Meta finally revealed their smart glasses (and they look kinda awesome), we published our Nintendo Switch 2 review (it’s great, but not perfect), and Donald Trump launched a mobile phone (yes, really, and it’s stranger than it sounds). To catch up on all this and more, we have this quick recap…
THE golden boy of German football is set to become the new prince of the Premier League after Florian Wirtz joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen for a club-record fee. Fresh from winning a 20th English top-flight title, Arne Slot’s Reds have broken the bank to land a rising star already labelled as one of the…
