Xi arrives in Kuala Lumpur for state visit to MalaysiaChinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Tuesday for a state visit to Malaysia.He was warmly welcomed by Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.In a written statement upon his arrival at the airport, Xi said he expected to take his visit as an opportunity to further deepen the bilateral traditional friendship and strengthen political mutual trust.OPEC lowers 2025 oil demand outlook amid U.S. tariff concernsThe Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has revised down its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2025 to 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd), citing the expected impact of recently announced U.S. tariffs. The adjustment was outlined in OPEC's monthly oil market report released on Monday.In the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, oil demand has been revised downward and is now expected to increase by only around 40,000 bpd. Meanwhile, demand in non-OECD countries, also subject to a downward revision, is forecast to expand by almost 1.25 million bpd in 2025, the report said.Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 51,000: health authoritiesThe death toll of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has climbed to 51,000 since the outbreak of the conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Tuesday.In a press statement, the health authorities added that 116,343 others have been wounded in the ongoing Israeli military assaults.Houthis say 123 civilians in Yemen killed in one month of U.S. airstrikesA total of 123 civilians have been killed and 247 others injured, mostly women and children, since the U.S. military resumed airstrikes across Yemen in mid-March, Houthi-run health authorities said in an updated statement on Monday.The statement was issued following U.S. airstrikes against a ceramic factory on the western outskirts of Yemen's capital Sanaa late Sunday night, which killed seven people and injured 29 others.Trump administration freezes 2.2 bln USD funding to Harvard after it rejects sweeping changesThe Trump administration on Monday announced a freeze on 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in multi-year grants and a 60 million contract to Harvard University, hours after the university rejected a list of demands from the federal government.Earlier in the day, Harvard refused to comply with the administration's demands to make sweeping changes to the univeristy's governance, hiring and admissions practices, noting that it will not "negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights."Internet summit in Hong Kong highlights digital futureThe 2025 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit kicked off here Monday, attracting nearly 1,000 participants from around the globe to explore future development and potentials across various domains in digital technology.The two-day summit was held under the theme of "Integration of AI and Digital Technologies Shaping the Future -- Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace."Peruvian court sentences ex-President Ollanta Humala, his wife to 15 years in prisonA Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison "after finding them guilty of money laundering."The decision was handed down by the Third National Collegiate Criminal Court presided by Judge Nayko Coronado, with a majority of the judges voting in favor of the sentence. The time the former president and his wife have spent in pretrial detention, approximately nine months, is to be considered time served.