The DEI rollback in the US is a stress test, revealing which firms are genuinely committed to diversity and which were doing so for optics, says Stewardship Asia Centres Sunil Puri.

The prime minister said that the contribution reflects Malaysias responsibility and solidarity as the 2025 ASEAN chair, adding that he has instructed Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan to lead a humanitarian mission to Myanmar.

During his visit to Japan, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsethsaid that the two countriesstood firmly together in the face of "aggressive and coercive actions by the Communist Chinese."

Police have launched a probe into the 56-year-old man, suspected of mistakenly starting the country's worst wildfires in historywhich have killed 30 people and burned more than 48,000ha of forest.

A joint statement was released following a Seoul meeting attended by South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun, his Japanese counterpart Yoji Muto, and China's Wang Wentao.

The massive earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in Myanmar and at least 11 in neighbouring Thailand.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is in Asia on his first official visit, called Japan a "cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific".

The city said only 200 guests would be invited, a number easily accommodated without any disruption to the city, its residents and visitors.

The 2025 Michelin edition, to be released on Monday (Mar 31), promises to celebrate kitchens outside Paris, with new talents uncovered "in all regions in mainland France", said Michelin guide boss Gwendal Poullennec.