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Australian PM to Visit China Soon as Both Sides Hail Progress

By Kirsty Needham | Reuters

Australia and China have made progress in returning to "unimpeded trade" and more is needed, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday as he met Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a regional summit in Indonesia.

Myanmar Won’t Be Allowed to Lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026

By Niniek Karmini | Associated Press

Southeast Asian leaders decided Tuesday that Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of their regional bloc as scheduled in 2026, in the latest blow to efforts by its ruling generals to gain international recognition after violently seizing power in 2021.

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Pakistan in Uproar as Protests Over Soaring Energy Prices Turn Violent

By Zofeen T. Ebrahim | The Guardian

Protests against rising electricity and petrol prices have rocked Pakistan over the past week, with thousands taking to city streets and setting their electricity bills alight.

Xi Planning to Skip G-20 Summit While China-India Tensions Mount

Bloomberg

Tensions between China and India—the world’s two most populous countries—already threaten to prevent G-20 leaders from issuing a joint communique for the first time since the forum was created in 1999, according to separate people familiar with the situation. Xi’s non-attendance would be a further blow for the host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.