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BEIJING (AP) – China said Friday it will be in touch with the United States after the announcement of a meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump next month after a fall in US stock markets partly as a result of the growing trade war between the world's two largest economies. Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lu Kang, gave no details, but said that "I have also seen the relevant information". "China and the United States maintain communication on dialogues and exchanges at all levels," Lu told reporters at a daily press briefing. The meeting would be held at the G20 summit in Argentina at the end of November.
BEIJING (AP) – China's trade surplus with the United States reached a record $ 34.1 billion in September, with exports to the US market up 13% over the previous year. 39; previous year, despite the worsening of the tariff war. Exports to the United States reached $ 46.7 billion, against 13.4% in August, according to customs data released Friday. Imports of US goods increased 9.1%, from 11.1% to $ 12.6 billion. Chinese exports to the United States have at least temporarily denied the expectation that they would weaken after being hit by punitive tariffs of up to 25% when fighting US complaints against Beijing's technology policy.
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" on Friday added to criticism of US-China trade frictions, telling financial leaders meeting in Bali, Indonesia, that the victory in a commercial war would be moot. a "flowing world" Widodo's comments at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank came as stock markets rebounded after the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post announced that US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet at the top of the Group of 20 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, end of next month. During the finance meetings held at this tropical resort, growth concerns arising from uncertainties and disruptions related to trade frictions were numerous.
TOKYO (AP) – The new governor of Okinawa has stated that he wants the Americans to know the United States and that Japanese governments are imposing the displacement of a US Navy base rejected by the US. inhabitants of the island. Denny Tamaki was elected last month after campaigning to move the disputed Navy base off the island of southern Japan and reduce the US military presence. Tamaki has been meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, calling on Tokyo to do more to reduce the burden of Okinawa and share it with the rest of Japan. Tamaki said the parties remained divided over the move of the base and that he wanted the United States.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited an Indonesian city devastated by an earthquake and tsunami to assess the impact of these disasters. Guterres returned on Friday in the city of Palu, on the island of Sulawesi, during a trip to Bali to attend annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Guterres returned to Balaroa, where the earthquake of September 28 liquefied loose and torn floors of neighborhoods, and the coastal region of Talise, severely damaged by the tsunami that followed the magnitude 7 earthquake. 5. The official death toll rose to 2.073 on Thursday.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – An Afghan official said that Taliban attacks in the north of the country killed eight people – four soldiers and four civilians. Hanif Rezaie, spokesman for the army, said the troops had died in Kunduz province when the Taliban attacked a military post in Archi district on Friday morning. He says six were injured in the assault. According to Mr. Rezaie, civilians were killed on Thursday when a car bomb targeting the headquarters of an election campaign in Faryab province exploded prematurely. According to him, several Taliban fighters died in both incidents. Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections on October 20th. The campaign has already been marked by violence.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Animal rights activists are hoping that this year's festival season in Nepal will be a little less bloody. During the 15-day Dasain festival that started this week in the Himalayan country, families fly kites, organize parties and visit temples, where tens of thousands of goats, buffaloes, chickens and ducks are sacrificed to pleasure to gods and goddesses. practice that goes back centuries. Animal rights groups hope to end the slaughter, at least reduce this slaughter, using this year's campaign to fight a much larger sacrifice of animals expected next year at Gadhimai's five-year festival. .
NEW DELHI (AP) – A global hunger index has been published: about 20% of Indian children under 5 years of age suffer from acute malnutrition during the same week, the International Monetary Fund predicted that India would experience the fastest economic growth in the world. contrasts in the South Asian country. The 2018 Global Hunger Index released Thursday ranks India at 103 out of 119 countries, with hunger in the country being ranked in the "serious" category. India's ranking lost three places compared to last year. The report by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhlife indicates that the only country where the waste of children is even worse – low weight for height – is war-torn South Sudan.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia has assigned a missile frigate to the East China Sea to brag about international efforts to impose sanctions on North Korea, an Australian officer said Friday. Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, chief of Australian Defense Force operations, said the warship, with a crew of 230, would be supported by two Australian-based AP-3C Orion surveillance aircraft. "Despite easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang is continuing its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions," Hupfeld told reporters. "The occasional deployment of maritime patrol aircraft and surface vessels in the region …
DARWIN, Australia (AP) – A ranger was arrested Friday by a crocodile in the Northern Territory, Australia. The indigenous woman was attacked in an isolated location 206 kilometers southwest of the Yirrkala indigenous community, said NT WorkSafe. The job security supervisor said in a statement that he was investigating. Police were traveling by boat and by road to the area of attack, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corp. The body of the woman has not been found yet. The last deadly attack on a crocodile in Australia dates back to last October. Anne Cameron, a 79-year-old patient with dementia, was killed after wandering in a retirement home in Port Douglas in the state of Queensland.
