Bloomberg Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday as a move toward normalizing ties that have spiraled in recent years. “This was another important step towards the stabilization of the Australia-China relationship,” Albanese said in a statement after meeting Xi in Bali on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit for ...

Bloomberg Russia is expected to agree to extend a United Nations-brokered deal allowing exports of Ukrainian grain and other farm products from the Black Sea, ensuring a vital flow of foodstuffs to the world market. Russia is likely to allow the deal to renew after its Nov. 19 expiration, according to four people familiar with the situation, all of whom ...

  Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating negotiations on a trade deal and boosting cooperation in high-tech manufacturing in a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the first summit between leaders of the two countries in about three years. Xi told Yoon that China and South Korea should work together to maintain the global free-trade system ...