Xinhua world news summary at 0900 GMT, March 25

LIMA -- Peruvian judicial authorities imposed travel restrictions on ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, banning him from

leaving Peru for 18 months, Judge Juan Carlos Sanchez said on Saturday.

The order was due to an ongoing investigation into allegations that the former president accepted bribes from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, said Sanchez, who heads probes into public-sector corruption. (Peru-Ex-President)

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BERLIN -- The U.S. government's latest tariff plan on Chinese imports has raised concerns of various quarters of German society that the trade protectionist move will lead to "multiple losses."

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to 60 billion U.S. dollars of imports from China and restrictions on Chinese investment in the United States. (Germany-U.S.-Tariff)

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KIGALI -- Rwanda has been selected to host the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa 2019, a senior health official said Saturday.

Rwanda has launched the preparatory phase of the conference which is expected to bring more than 10,000 participants including government officials, researchers and representatives from academia and private sectors, said Patrick Ndimubanzi, Rwanda's Minister of State in the Ministry of Health in charge of Public Health and Primary Health Care. (Rwanda-AIDS)

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MUAR -- The death toll from a capsized dredger off the southern Malaysian state of Johor in the Mallaca Strait has risen to 4, as rescuers decided to terminate diving operations but expand surface search on Sunday morning.

Sanifah bin Yusof, deputy director of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Southern Region, said diving operation has been stopped due to the fact that "all areas have been checked multiple times and there are no more results." (Malaysia-Death) Enditem