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Malaysia’s palm-oil market dominates today, with the government pledging to lift higher-value palm-oil shipments to India as vegetable-oil demand stays strong in its top import market, while futures…

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Experts at 2022 Stockholm Forum discuss youth issues

The 2026 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development will establish a Youth Advisory Board, funded by the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland . The board is composed of nine young…

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A bilateral investment treaty can protect Australian capital in India, an economic cooperation agreement must make the resulting businesses viable.

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Malaysian government bond yields rose as US Treasury yields climbed and oil prices rebounded, snapping a recent rally and pressuring the local bond market.

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SIPRI-UNTFHS forum ties gender equality to post-conflict peacebuilding

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The UN refugee agency, UNHCHR, has voiced concern over Malaysia’s decision to return 1,476 people to Myanmar amid an ongoing civil war and a dire human rights and humanitarian situation . Deportation of Rohingya…

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The latest U.S.-China Board of Trade (BOT) announcement is modest relative to the overall bilateral trade relationship. The BOT’s working procedures envisage mutually agreed lists of imported goods worth roughly $30…

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DPR Korea tells UN its nuclear status is ‘irreversible’, rejects outside pressure

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) told the UN General Assembly on Monday that its status as a nuclear-armed State was irreversible, arguing that its military capabilities were necessary to safeguard the…

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un general assembly day 6: final debate urges action over rhetoric

UN General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman closed the 2026 General Debate on Monday by warning that peace remains elusive while conflict, inequality and rapid technological change dominate global agendas. He said the…

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Australia’s migration dilemma: short-term pressures, long-term costs

Canberra’s new migration rules aim to project control – but the price is being paid by universities and Australia’s ties with Indonesia.

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Australia’s education system leaves Pacific neighbours invisible on classroom maps, a gap the nation must close to maintain regional credibility, according to a Lowy Institute analysis by researcher Sheridan Ward.

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Malaysian government bonds slipped this week as higher US Treasury yields and a rebound in oil prices pulled the market off its earlier rally, putting pressure on local fixed-income investors.

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Canada warns of global order ‘rupture’, pushes multilateralism over great-power retreat

Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand told the UN General Assembly on Saturday that the international system faces a structural "rupture," not a gradual shift, as great powers retreat from economic cooperation and state…

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At the same time, These two moves — foreign capital attraction and domestic friction reduction — point to a coordinated push to make Malaysia easier to invest in and operate within.

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UN expresses deep concern as clashes escalate in Ethiopia’s Amhara, Tigray regions

The UN said on Friday it remains gravely concerned by the continued deterioration of the security situation across northern Ethiopia, as fighting spreads across multiple fronts and increasingly disrupts humanitarian…

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U.S.-China nuclear divide deepens as perception gaps risk unintended arms race

China and the United States are locked in a widening nuclear standoff where each side interprets the other’s military moves as aggressive while framing its own as defensive, according to a new analysis by the Carnegie…

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The Malaysian Palm Oil Board unveiled its PALMS 2030 strategic framework at the National Smallholder Oil Palm Planters Conference in Kota Kinabalu, outlining five pillars to boost productivity and…

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Malaysia’s AI-driven growth outlook dominates today’s market mood, with Moody’s flagging that the country will outpace most Asia-Pacific peers in 2026 as its integration into the artificial-intelligence supply chain…

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Haiti’s prime minister urges UN support for elections amid gang violence

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has called for urgent international backing to restore security and hold elections by December 2026, warning that armed gangs now control large swathes of Port-au-Prince and…

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UN demands children’s voice in AI design or face ‘irreversible harm’

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Tuesday that the first generation raised with artificial intelligence risks becoming its most exploited group unless governments and companies treat children…

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