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COP out? The world's climate talks on global warming seem stuck in repeat

30 years, 30 COPs - still counting degrees. Is this where promises go to melt? This two-part series on COP30 tracks how the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake

China fills US void at Asean Summit with push for trade multilateralism

"We must fully safeguard the hard-earned peace and stability in East Asia," Li said at a meeting of ASEAN, Japan, China and South Korea

Saudi Arabia, rich with oil, wants to be known as the AI exporter

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seizing a chance to turn Saudi Arabia's oil wealth into tech influence

Donald Trump gets royal welcome in Japan, China trade truce hopes rise

Negotiators from the world's top two economies hashed out a framework on Sunday for a deal to pause steeper American tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls, U.S. officials said

Donald Trump says Putin should end the Ukraine war, not test missiles

"They know we have a nuclear submarine, the greatest in the world, right off their shores, so I mean, it doesn't have to go 8,000 miles," Trump told reporters

China stocks close at 10-year high on Trump-Xi trade talk optimism

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended 1.2% higher, slightly shy of the psychologically significant 4,000 mark, while the blue-chip CSI300 Index was up 1.2%

US Navy helicopter and jet crash separately in South China Sea; crew safe

According to a statement released by the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, the incident occurred on Sunday while the helicopter and the fighter jet were conducting separate routine operations

Inside OpenAI's $1.5 trillion chip deals led by Sam Altman's inner circle

Sam Altman and his top team at OpenAI struck chip and infrastructure deals worth up to $1.5 trillion with Nvidia, AMD, Oracle and others, often without help from bankers or lawyers

Donald Trump rules out running for US vice president in 2028 election

The remarks were Trump's latest on the subject, which he has teased in public remarks and with "Trump 2028" hats he hands out at the White House

Ukrainian film agency turned drone maker now has contracts worth $1 billion

Once a casting agency for film and television, Fire Point pivoted to building drones after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out and now has defence contracts worth $1 billion

Former Madagascar president Rajoelina stripped of citizenship after coup

Rajoelina's possession of French nationality had previously caused a debate about his eligibility to run for the presidency in the 2023 polls, an election he won

Javier Milei's libertarian party wins Argentina's midterm elections

Javier Milei's party has now secured the one-third of seats in the Chamber of Deputies required to block any future attempts to overturn presidential vetoes

Australia's Albanese, China's Li hold talks on minerals deal, jet incident

China has removed a series of official and unofficial trade barriers since Albanese's center-left government was first elected in 2022

Prosecutors file new espionage charges against Istanbul's jailed mayor

The new charges against Ekrem Imamoglu stem from an investigation launched last week into alleged links between his political campaign and a businessman arrested in July

Biden urges Americans to 'get back up' amid 'dark days' for democracy

Biden praised those standing firm against Trump's administration, citing federal employees resigning in protest, and universities and comedians facing political targeting

Asian shares rally on US-China trade hopes; Japan's Nikkei tops 50,000 mark

US and China edge closer to a trade deal after officials reached an initial consensus, paving the way for Trump and Xi to finalise the pact during a key meeting this week

China's C919 jet faces turbulent skies amid rising US-China trade tensions

The C919 jet -- a single-aisle passenger plane aiming to rival Boeing's 737 and Airbus' A320 is made by state-owned aircraft manufacturer COMAC

Brazilian President Lula sees 'definitive solution' with US coming in days

Lula spoke a day after he and Trump held a meeting on the sidelines of the summit, and hours after negotiators from Brazil and the US held a follow-up meeting to chart a path forward on trade

China's industrial profits rise for second consecutive month in September

A 21.6 per cent increase in industrial profits last month, the fastest pace since November 2023, followed a 20.4 per cent jump in August, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed

China asks US to protect 'hard-won' results ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

Xi and Trump are expected to sign off on the terms this week in South Korea when they sit down in person for the first time since the US president returned to power