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Asia
Ministers backed practical AI use in manufacturing, agriculture and services, with new commitments on small businesses, training, cross-border data and regulatory coordination.
Brazil
Xi Jinping told Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that China supports Brazil in defending its sovereignty and rejecting external interference, while the two presidents advanced a broader agenda covering Mercosur trade talks, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, satellites and fertilizers.
Latin America
Caracas called its withdrawal irrevocable and accused the court of bias against the Global South, ending a relationship shaped by an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and years of failed cooperation.
Asia
Indonesia's investment minister said Jakarta wants Chinese companies to move beyond capital deployment and help build supply chains, technology capacity, talent and export-oriented industrial platforms inside the country.
Latin America
Uruguay's president said a U.S. tariff increase from 10 percent to 12.5 percent on certain products would have a limited but concerning impact, affecting about one-fifth of the country's exports to the U.S. market while excluding services and the main export lines.
India
India's foreign minister used a regional summit in Manila to warn that attacks on seafarers, civilian shipping and critical infrastructure cannot be accepted under any circumstances.
Africa
Germany's foreign minister met South Africa's foreign minister in Pretoria during a continental tour that also included Nigeria.
India
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila for wide-ranging talks on trade, tariffs, critical minerals, energy, defence and artificial intelligence, as both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the Quad and a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Asia
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in Manila for annual talks overshadowed by the US-Iran war, with concerns that Washington's military focus on the Middle East could divert attention from China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are among the key attendees.
Asia
Indonesia has received its first Russian crude shipment under a broader import arrangement designed to reinforce national reserves as disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz pressure Asian fuel supply chains.
Middle East
Yemen's Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the US-Iran war and threatening global energy supplies. The announcement came as diplomatic efforts to restore a ceasefire continue, with US strikes on Iranian cities entering their ninth night.
Europe
A Russian missile strike on a corn-carrying vessel off Ukraine's Black Sea coast killed ten people, including a maritime pilot, as attacks on shipping routes intensify. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged Golden Leo was hit by three cruise missiles, prompting an overnight rescue operation that saved eight of the seventeen crew members.
