COVID-19 relief

Bidan said he hopes for quick passage by the House of Representatives so he can sign the bill into law soon.

Top Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives filed a joint $1.9 trillion budget measure on Monday.

Democrats are considering using a parliamentary tool called "reconciliation" to get approval for the legislation with a simple majority.

Lawmakers from both parties said they had agreed that getting the COVID-19 vaccine to Americans should be a priority.

Lawmakers enacted $3 trillion in COVID-19 aid earlier this year but have not been able to agree on fresh relief since April.

The revised 2019-2022 revenue budget has been reduced from US$6.56 billion to US$6.44 billion.

The FMM is looking forward to more COVID-19 relief measures from energy providers for severely affected manufacturing sub-sectors.

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

Judges are reviewing TikTok's challenge to a law requiring ByteDance to sell its US assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, "We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

Chaebols are prominent figures from South Korea's family-owned conglomerates.

The implementation of the RON95 subsidy in 2025 is expected to provide savings of RM3.6 billion to government expenditure.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

Also among the highlights, UNICEF report on 12.3pct of teenagers in Klang Valley's PPR face mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.

Here are the resolution's main terms, and a note about subsequent violations and tensions.

So far this year there have been 281 aid worker victims, according to the Aid Worker Security database.

Here's how India counts farm fires - a major contributor to severe pollution in the north - and why its method is being questioned.