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WATCH: White House announces Biden will visit Hanoi next month to strengthen U.S.-Vietnam relations

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden is heading to Vietnam next month to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders, the White House announced on Monday.

U.S., China agree to talk export controls, but make no concessions on other disputes

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government wants to revive foreign investor interest in China as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump.

China to stop requiring negative COVID-19 test from incoming travelers

By Simina Mistreanu, Associated Press

Beijing ended its tough domestic “zero COVID” policy only in December, after years of draconian curbs that at times included full-city lockdowns and lengthy quarantines for people who were infected.

Japan’s neighbors share fear and frustration over radioactive water release

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

Public fears and frustrations are being shared in Japan's neighboring countries about the release of treated radioactive wastewater from a crippled nuclear power plant.

Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Egypt among 6 nations set to join China and India in BRICS economic bloc

By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six nations that have been invited to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies.

U.S. approves new $500 million arms sale to Taiwan as aggression from China intensifies

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Although the deal is modest in comparison to previous weapons sales, the move is likely to draw fierce criticism from Beijing, which regards self-governing Taiwan as a renegade province and refuses to rule out the use of force to reunify…

2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea

By Jim Gomez, Aaron Favila, Associated Press

It's the latest flare-up from territorial disputes in the busy sea that has become a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China rivalry.

Putin remotely attends BRICS summit in South Africa while facing war crimes warrant

By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

Russia, India, China and South Africa is holding its first in-person meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Putin's travel to Johannesburg was complicated by an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over the abduction of children from Ukraine.

Russia, China to advocate for their agendas among developing nations at BRICS summit

By Gerald Imray, Associated Press

Leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will hold three days of meetings in Johannesburg.

China’s Xi calls for measures to mitigate flooding amid economic downturn

By Associated Press

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for measures to mitigate the effects of this year's disastrous flooding which has left scores dead and inflicted massive damage on crops, homes and infrastructure, including in and around Beijing.