RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 — China President Xi Jinping announced a raft of measures designed to support the Global South at a gathering of leaders of the Group of 20 major economies in Rio de Janeiro, China’s state television CCTV reported yesterday.

BEIRUT, Nov 19 — Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a United States-led proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content, a top Lebanese official told Reuters yesterday, describing the effort as the most serious yet to end the fighting.

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 — A United States Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing today on Chinese hacking incidents, including a recent incident involving American telcos.

KARLSRUHE, Nov 19 — A German court has ruled that Facebook users affected by extensive data theft at the platform a few years ago should face only minimal hurdles for obtaining financial compensation, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

MANILA, Nov 19 — At least eight people were killed as Super Typhoon Man-Yi hit the Philippine archipelago over the weekend, unleashing fierce winds and strong rains that triggered landslides and storm surges.

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 — India has imposed a penalty of 2,131 million rupees (US$25.4 million or RM113.5 million) on Facebook parent company Meta for unfair business practices and told it not to share user data it collects via WhatsApp on other platforms within the group.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 — The G20 leaders' meeting in Brazil have voiced profound concern over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the escalating tensions in Lebanon.

GENEVA/CAIRO, Nov 18 — A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks in what aid workers said was one of the worst such incidents in the more than 13-month-old war, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid official told Reuters today.

LONDON, Nov 18 — Britain is allowing parts for F-35 fighter jets to be exported to Israel despite accepting they could be used in breach of international humanitarian law in Gaza, lawyers for a Palestinian rights group told a London court today.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 18 — Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies were set to meet on Monday in Brazil for their annual summit, bracing for a shift in the global order with the return to power of United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump.

BAKU, Nov 18 — The world’s warming tropical wetlands are releasing more methane than ever before, research shows — an alarming sign the world’s climate goals are slipping further out of reach.

WUXI, Nov 18 — A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17, police said yesterday, prompting further soul-searching just days after the deadliest attack in the country in a decade.

TOKYO, Nov 18 — The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will continue incremental interest rate hikes to align with the nation's economic and price improvements, its governor Kazuo Ueda said today, reported Xinhua.

HONG KONG, Nov 18 — A Hong Kong court will sentence 45 democratic campaigners in a major national security trial this week, with potentially heavy jail terms poised to further damage the financial hub's once lively pro-democracy movement, critics say.

GUWAHATI, Nov 17 — The police arrested 23 people on Sunday in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur for ransacking and setting fire to the homes of lawmakers and ministers, while hundreds demonstrated against recent violent killings in defiance of a curfew.

SINGAPORE, Nov 17 — Singapore has offered to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in 2030, said its Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

NEW YORK, Nov 17 — The UN Security Council is set to hold a briefing session on Monday on the situation in the Middle East.

LIMA, Nov 17 — Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to work with the incoming United States (US) administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts from cybercrime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and Russia.

TOKYO, Nov 17 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Saturday that a face-to-face meeting he had sought with United States President-Elect Donald Trump would not go ahead.

LIMA, Nov 17 — China will host the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in 2026, visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday.