Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association president Wong Siew Hai raised his 2026 forecast for the country’s electrical and electronics exports to above 900 billion ringgit (about $223 billion), citing stronger-than-expected AI-driven demand. He had expected exports to top 800 billion ringgit in Q2. Wong said tech product exports in the first seven months of 2026 rose 44% YoY to roughly 564 billion ringgit, representing about 48% of Malaysia’s total exports; semiconductors account for nearly t

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{"title":"Trump signs order renaming Canada's Lake Ontario 'American Lake'","content":"President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order formally renaming Canada's Lake Ontario 'American Lake', a symbolic move amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute. In the Oval Office Trump said "'American Lake' is a name I've been thinking about for a long time. We have a gulf (he called the Gulf of Mexico 'American Gulf') and a lake. Now we only lack an ocean," adding he might rename the Atlantic or Pacific, "maybe both." He previously posted an image renaming the Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait'."}