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Malaysia's Anwar calls for dialogue over coercion at East Asia summit

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

The East Asia summit is a regional forum between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its key regional partners — Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the United States — to discuss political, security and economic challenges.

“Today we must renew... Read More

Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.

Melissa was centered about 130 miles (205 kilometers) south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 315 miles (505 kilometers) south-southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 160... Read More

Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment with billions of dollars in backing from the Trump administration.

In the election widely seen as a referendum on Milei's past two years in office, his upstart La Libertad Avanza party scored over 40% of votes compared with 31% for the left-leaning populist opposition movement, known as Peronism, exceeding... Read More

For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived on Monday in Japan where new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is banking on building a friendly personal relationship with the U.S. leader to ease trade tensions.

One key to this strategy might lie in an idea floated by Japan’s government to buy a fleet of Ford F-150 trucks, a meaningful gesture that may also be impractical given the narrow streets in Tokyo and other Japanese cities.

It's an early diplomatic test for Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan. She took office only last week, and has a tenuous coalition backing... Read More

The Latest: Trump arrives in Japan, where he'll meet new Prime Minister Takaichi

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived on Monday in Japan, where he’ll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time. The meeting is an early diplomatic test for Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan. She took office only last week and has a tenuous coalition backing her.

Trump spent Sunday in Malaysia, where he participated in a regional summit. His focus in Asia has been trade and his desire to realign the international economy in his vision of “America first.”

A trade deal between the U.S. and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two... Read More

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Malaysia's Anwar calls for dialogue over coercion at East Asia summit

Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Jamaica

Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington

For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

The Latest: Trump arrives in Japan, where he'll meet new Prime Minister Takaichi

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