U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on all United Nations member states to support Taiwan's "robust" participation in the U.N. system, contesting ongoing pressure from China to block the self-ruled island's access to international organizations.
Japanese financial services group Orix Corp is likely to sell software business Yayoi Co for more than 200 billion yen ($1.75 billion), Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Woodside Petroleum will invest more than A$1 billion ($746 million) to build a carbon-neutral hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Western Australia, the state government said on Monday.
China's foreign ministry said on Monday that Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi will meet a delegation of the interim Afghan Taliban government during his visit to Qatar on Oct. 25-26.
President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation's increasing assertiveness globally.