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Thai banks start cutting interest rates
Published on 14/08/2025
» Thailand’s top banks have started cutting lending rates, following the central bank’s move on Wednesday to reduce the benchmark policy rate to a two-year low of 1.50% to support a weakening economy hit by US tariffs.
Putin ‘bluffing’ about ending war, Zelensky warns
Published on 13/08/2025
» BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he hopes talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin this week will centre on a ceasefire, and that he warned Trump that Putin was “bluffing” about his desire to end the war.
Trump extends China truce for 90 days, averting tariff hike
Published on 12/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump extended a pause of sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days into early November, stabilising trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.
Trump vows substantial India tariff hike over Russian oil buying
Published on 05/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump said he would be “substantially raising” the tariff on Indian exports to the United States over the Asian nation’s purchases of Russian oil, a move New Delhi slammed as unjustified in an escalating fight between the two major economies.
Trump to set new tariffs before midnight, White House says
Published on 01/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday imposing new tariff rates on trading partners that take effect on Friday, the White House said.
Russian attacks killed 22 in Ukraine after Trump's new deadline
Published on 29/07/2025
» KYIV — Russian attacks on Ukraine killed 22 people and injured 85 more in the past day after US President Donald Trump set a new deadline for Russia to make progress toward ending the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Thailand, Cambodia agree to midnight truce after Trump, Anwar outreach
Published on 28/07/2025
» Thai and Cambodian leaders agreed to halt hostilities in their deadliest border conflict in more than a decade, after a push by the US and regional powers for a diplomatic resolution.
Clashes continue Monday as Thai, Cambodian leaders set for peace talks
Published on 28/07/2025
» Clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces continued into early Monday morning as their leaders are set for talks Monday to halt the deadliest clash between the neighbours in more than a decade, with the US sending mediators after President Donald Trump used tariffs threats to press for a ceasefire.
Thai, Cambodian leaders set for peace talks at 3pm in KL
Published on 28/07/2025
» Thai and Cambodian leaders are set to hold talks on Monday in a bid to end the deadliest clash between the two Southeast Asian nations in over a decade, a peace initiative driven by US President Donald Trump, who used the threat of tariffs to press for a ceasefire.
Trump calls Thai, Cambodian leaders in bid to end conflict
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2025
» US President Donald Trump said he called the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia to urge them to stop the fighting that erupted earlier this week, warning he wouldn’t make a trade deal with either country while the conflict continued.