NEW YORK, Sept 22 - Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla plans to join a lineup of corporate titans on Thursday at US President Donald Trump's state dinner at the White House for Chinese President Xi Jinping, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
The Easter Sunday attacks killed 279 people.
BRUSSELS, Sept 22 - Latvia's Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron had agreed to start talks with his country about joining a French nuclear deterrence initiative and that France has committed to boosting its presence in Latvia.
The reshuffle announced on Sept 22 saw three new party secretaries appointed.
BRUSSELS, Sept 22 - EU envoys agreed to drop two billionaires from its Russian sanctions list and to roll over the remaining 3,000 individuals and entities for three years after Latvia dropped its veto, EU diplomats said on Tuesday.
Philippine government says the effect on the mountain-dwelling indigenous Aeta people will be minimal.
Three churches and three luxury hotels were targeted in the 2019 attacks which killed 270.
The law “answers the roots of agrarian inequality that has not been resolved completely”, says one MP.
The shark was first spotted on Sept 18 in an artificial waterway at North Port Waterfront Park.
Existing rules require prescriptions for purchases and limit sales to licensed medical facilities.
More than 40,000 of the recorded respiratory cases affected toddlers.
TAOYUAN, Taiwan, Sept 22 - A Taiwanese minister returned from a rare trip by a senior official to China on Tuesday, saying he was well-treated and not \"belittled\" while attending a regional APEC meeting though still happy to be home.
The weak 4.4-magnitude quake struck about 27km south-west of Batu Pahat.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Trade, investment, counterterrorism and regional diplomacy are likely to feature, alongside Pakistan’s efforts
Proposed digital tracking standards aim to eliminate irregularities as China raises sustainable jet fuel production.
China is the primary origin of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, a highly potent opioid.
The 15-member Security Council is set to meet on Sept 23 to discuss AI and international security.
Countries around the world are aiming to regulate the explosion of AI while courting investment.
TOKYO – If US President Donald Trump plans to make a big issue of the yuan on Thursday, Xi Jinping’s team just complicated things for the White House. The yuan started the week at its strongest level since July 2022. The People’s Bank of China is guiding the currency of the
Beijing is a top economic partner and diplomatic backer of Iran.
Barisan Nasional controls the Melaka state government and will be looking to build on its recent victories in Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Who it partners or whether it goes solo will be closely watched, say analysts.
This week, Cambodia welcomes foreign diplomats, law-enforcement officials and financial regulators to Phnom Penh for the “International Conference on Combating Online Scams.” Prime Minister Hun Manet’s administration is presenting the gathering as proof that it is ready to
Phnom Penh began a high-profile crackdown in 2025 under pressure from its key ally China.
Bangladesh has spent years trying to find the perfect name for a law governing what people say on the internet. It has had the Information and Communication Technology Act, the Digital Security Act, the Cyber Security Act, the Cyber Protection Ordinance and now the Cyber
Lockheed Martin was responsible for managing the F-35 global supply chain.
Kim was found guilty by a lower court in June of accepting luxury items in exchange for political favours.
He warned that rhetorical gestures may bring heavy economic costs for the small, trade-dependent country.
The cost of diesel has effectively doubled since the start of the US-Iran war in February.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading into an unusually consequential meeting with Donald Trump. The two are expected to meet in New York on September 22, just two days before Trump is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington. The timing matters: Tokyo
The current 28-seat state assembly’s term was due to expire on Dec 27.
Lian Yunzhi posted averages of 4.52 and 4.27 seconds, after solving the Rubik’s Cube five times.
Sept 22 - Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to call for the US to halt arms sales to Taiwan when he meets President Donald Trump in Washington this week.
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 - China's Xi Jinping is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint statement during a visit to Washington this week, which he could do at the US National Archives, sources briefed on the matter said.
When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan. The latest summit, due to begin in the United States on Sept. 24, looks set to focus on the same set of issues again. The main difference will be
The rainy season is estimated to arrive in early November for most parts of Indonesia.
The case centres on whether he had met the education requirements to contest the 2024 election.
An ad hoc group will be set up to consider new members for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Climbers were so close together that they could have touched one another simply by reaching out.
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The US-China relationship stands at a perilous threshold, defined by military friction, accelerating technological competition, and shrinking margins for
Beau Lamarre-Condon says his ex-partner and his new boyfriend were accidentally shot in separate struggles.
In July 1971, Henry Kissinger, then American national security adviser, had arrived in Pakistan on an official trip but suddenly developed a convenient case of “Delhi belly.” The top envoy was supposedly too ill to continue his itinerary. Instead, under cover, Kissinger slipped
In late July, two tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia left the Red Sea port of Yanbu and headed south toward Bab al-Mandeb. Then they stopped and turned around. The Rodos and the Xin Long Yang were carrying a combined 2.8 million barrels when they reversed course, hours
His image was shown at a new museum display in September at Dhaka University – only to be torn down.
Search operations were continuing for six people missing after landslides triggered by heavy rain.
MIURA, Japan, Sept 22 - Torrential rains brought by a powerful typhoon lashing Japan's Pacific coast caused landslides that killed four people with six missing, public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday, while snapping electricity supply to about 45,000 homes.
The haze might force them to delay their journeys, alter flight paths or make additional stopovers.
Lian Yunzhi broke the women's world record twice in three days at World Cube Association competitions.
