WASHINGTON, Oct 25 — The United States and Australia are expected to make a major announcement regarding the joint undersea cable project that seeks to improve internet connection to Pacific Island states, a senior US administration official told reporters.

CHICAGO, Oct 25 — The impacts of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against the Big Three US automakers continue to increase as it enters the 40th day with UAW workers at the largest and most profitable plants of Ford Motor Co, General Motors Co (GM) and Stellantis NV on strike.

SYDNEY, Oct 25 — Out-of-control bushfires have destroyed five houses and burned out 8,000 hectares of land in the eastern Australian state of Queensland, while the remains of a person were found in the state's southeast, German news agency (dpa) reported.

VIENTIANE, Oct 25 — Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members have pledged to enhance their partnership in culture and the arts, aiming to promote the role of Asean culture and the arts for inclusion and sustainability.

BEIJING, Oct 25 — Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that China is willing to cooperate with the United States as both sides manage their differences and work together to respond to global challenges, according to Chinese state media.

RAMALLAH, Oct 24 — More than 5,795 Palestinians were killed, and 18,000 others wounded from the ongoing Israeli occupation forces aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since October 7.

BANGKOK, Oct 24 — Thailand has decided that starting November 1 until April 30 next year, visitors entering the country via the Sadao Immigration Checkpoint in Songkhla will be temporarily exempted from submitting the TM6 immigration form.

TOKYO, Oct 24 — Japan and Denmark are set to agree later on Tuesday to join hands in researching and developing floating offshore wind power technologies in a bid to combat climate change, an official at Japan's industry ministry said.

SYDNEY, Oct 24 — Qantas Airways said on Tuesday the company and China Eastern Airlines have withdrawn their application to the Australian competition regulator that sought to extend their joint business.

TOKYO/PARIS , Oct 24 — Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors will invest up to €200 million (RM1.02 billion) in the new electric vehicle unit of French counterpart Renault, Mitsubishi said on Tuesday.

TOKYO, Oct 24 — A key measure of Japan's trend inflation accelerated to 2 per cent  in September, hitting a record and matching the central bank's target, data showed on Tuesday, heightening the case for dialling back its massive monetary stimulus.

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SINGAPORE, Oct 24 — City Energy Pte Ltd and Gentari Sdn Bhd have inked a joint feasibility study agreement to construct a pipeline from Malaysia to Singapore for the import of hydrogen into the republic.

GAZA (Palestine), Oct 24 — The Health Ministry in Gaza warned early Tuesday that electric generators in hospitals will cease functioning within the next 48 hours due to a fuel shortage.

NEW YORK, Oct 24 — United Nations (UN) General Assembly President Dennis Francis announced on Monday (October 23) that he will resume the 10th Emergency Special Session of the assembly on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reported Xinhua.

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 — Officials from the United States and China on Monday held a two-hour long virtual meeting to discuss domestic and global macroeconomic developments, the US Treasury Department said, calling the meeting "productive and substantive".

GAZA CITY, Oct 23 — The death toll from ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 5,087, said the Palestinian Health Ministry today.

JAKARTA, Oct 23 — Indonesia's Ministry of Health confirmed the presence of seven active monkeypox cases in Indonesia, all detected in Jakarta.

MANILA, Oct 23 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called security and defence officials for a special command conference on Monday, as the Chinese ambassador was summoned a day after Chinese and Philippine vessels collided in the South China Sea.

NEW DELHI, Oct 23 — Japan's Toyota Motor is lobbying the Indian government to cut taxes on hybrid vehicles by as much as one-fifth, arguing they are far less polluting than petrol cars but do not get commensurate policy treatment, a company letter shows.