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Zawya
3 days ago
- General
- Zawya
Minister and Tunisian Foreign Minister discuss cooperation
Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi received a phone call from Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of the Republic of Tunisia. The call addressed cooperation and discussions on concluding a new set of agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries. The Ministers also exchanged views on current regional and international developments, as well as issues of mutual interest. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Foreign Ministry of Oman.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Malaysia taps career diplomat as new US ambassador
Shahrul Ikram Yaakob served for 34 years in the diplomatic service, including two stints in the US. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia has tapped a career diplomat as its new ambassador to the US, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks tariff relief from Washington. Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, who retired as the secretary-general of Malaysia's foreign affairs ministry in 2022, will be the new envoy, although his appointment has yet to be ratified by Washington, the people said, asking not to be identified because they're not authorised to speak publicly. The 64-year-old is currently an independent non-executive director at state-controlled conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd. The foreign affairs ministry, the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby couldn't immediately comment on Friday. The position has been vacant for more than three months even as Malaysia negotiates with the US to bring levies on the Southeast Asian nation down from the 24% that President Donald Trump has pledged to impose. The previous ambassador, Nazri Aziz, ended his two-year stint in Washington in February. The outcome of the tariff talks will be crucial for trade-reliant Malaysia, which counts the US as its largest export market and China as its biggest trading partner, making it vulnerable to the trade war between the world's two largest economies. Shahrul served for 34 years in the diplomatic service, including two stints in the US. He was first secretary to the embassy in Washington in the 1990s, and was the country's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York from 2017 to 2018, according to his professional biography on Sime Darby's website. He also had stints as Malaysia's ambassador to Qatar and Austria.
New York Times
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
+Could You Make a Podcast With Your Ex-Husband?
In a career spanning more than four decades, reporting from the ground of the Gulf and Bosnian wars, interviewing world leaders in the wake of Sept. 11 and beyond, Christiane Amanpour has gone where few others dare to go. This month, Ms. Amanpour, the chief international anchor for CNN, broke more fresh ground, unveiling a new podcast that she is hosting with her ex-husband. 'Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex-Files With Jamie Rubin' is a weekly foreign affairs show from the media and entertainment group Global that Ms. Amanpour, who lives in London, tapes with James Rubin, a former U.S. diplomat now in Washington, D.C. Separated by an ocean and a 2018 divorce, they mull on crises and conflict zones with an occasional trip down a shared memory lane. Most people would recoil at the prospect of scheduled public dialogue with their former spouses. But at a time when many mainstream figures are looking for a way — any way — into the podcasting gold rush, Ms. Amanpour sees her unorthodox reunion with Mr. Rubin as an example of how to build bridges against the odds. President Trump and President Putin, are you listening? This interview, at her home last week, has been edited and condensed. Whose idea was this podcast? The idea of a podcast was something I'd been mulling since last spring. It's an overcrowded pool, and I'm late to the game, but I thought it would be good for me, as a television veteran, to see what I could do with this medium. Then the U.S. election happened, and my ex-husband, who had worked for the Biden administration in the State Department, was out of a job. I knew I wanted a show that delved into foreign policy and touched on history and shared experience. At a time that has never felt more divided, I wanted to say: 'Can't we all just find solutions and try to get along? Does it always have to be like this?' It felt like I needed a partner. And then I thought, 'Why not ask Jamie and see what he thinks?' There was a chance he might think it was crazy. But he said yes. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Arab News
4 days ago
- General
- Arab News
Saudi FM meets with chairperson of African Union Commission
RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received the chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf in Riyadh on Thursday. During the meeting, the two officials reviewed aspects of relations between the Kingdom and the union and ways to strengthen them in various fields. Topics of common interest were also discussed.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
US Says It May Take Trump Tariff Case to Supreme Court Friday
The Trump administration said it would go to the US Supreme Court as soon as Friday if a federal appeals court doesn't put on hold a decision finding that most of the president's tariffs are illegal. In a Thursday court filing in Washington, the Justice Department said the decision a day earlier by the US Court of International Trade harmed the government's diplomacy and intruded upon President Donald Trump's exclusive authority to conduct foreign affairs. It asked the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to put the ruling on hold while the administration pursued a formal appeal.
