Showing 21 - 30 of 238
US Treasury's Adeyemo heads to Apec meeting with focus on trade, 'resilience'
Reuters, Published on 18/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: United States Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Asia this week for a two-day meeting with finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and bilateral meetings in Thailand and Singapore, the US Treasury Department said on Tuesday.
Asean foreign ministers to meet next month in Jakarta
Reuters, Published on 23/09/2022
» Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will gather in Jakarta next month to narrow topics to be discussed at the group's summit in November, the Indonesian government said Friday.
Leaders pay tribute to Elizabeth
News, Reuters, Published on 19/09/2022
» LONDON: World leaders on Sunday convened in London to pay their respects to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth in London. Among them, US President Joe Biden was one of hundreds of thousands of people who filed past the late British monarch as she lay in state before her funeral, which happens today.
Russia, Myanmar not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2022
» LONDON: Britain has not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar to attend the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II due to be held next Monday, a Whitehall source said on Tuesday.
US, Indo-Pacific countries agree on roadmap to strengthen trade ties
Reuters, Published on 10/09/2022
» WASHINGTON: The United States and 13 Indo-Pacific countries on Friday agreed on parameters for negotiating closer trade, environment and economic ties that US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said would boost investment and jobs in the partner countries.
Myanmar junta chief makes another visit to Russia
Reuters, Published on 05/09/2022
» Myanmar's junta leader was on a visit to Russia on Monday, his second trip there in less than two months, as Myanmar's ruling military tries to shore up one of its few diplomatic alliances as it comes under growing international pressure.
China hosts Pacific islands meeting in Fiji, security ties in focus
Reuters, Published on 30/05/2022
» SUVA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a meeting with counterparts from 10 Pacific island nations in Fiji on Monday, midway through a diplomatic tour of the region where China's ambitions for wider security ties has caused concern among US allies.
Australia's new PM scolds China over trade tariffs
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2022
» SYDNEY: New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rebuked China on Tuesday for imposing hefty tariffs on Australian exports two years ago, in remarks made while attending a regional security conference in Tokyo a day after being sworn in.
Delegate protests over Russia to upstage G20 meeting
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: Western nations are preparing to stage coordinated walk-outs and other diplomatic snubs to protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine at Wednesday's meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington, their officials said.
Indonesia police fire tear gas to disperse protest at parliament
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday to disperse hundreds of university students protesting high cooking oil prices and a mooted extension of President Joko Widodo's stay in office.