CANBERRA -- The China-U.S. trade disputes must be solved based on equality and mutual benefit, said Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye in a signed article on Monday.

The article was published on The Australian following Sunday's release by China's State Council Information Office of a white paper titled "China's Position on the China-U.S. Economic and Trade Consultations." (Australia-China-U.S.-Trade)

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WASHINGTON -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced Sunday that it had lifted restrictions on employees of Huawei and its affiliates to edit and peer-review IEEE's research papers.

The move came after the New York-based international technical organization decided Wednesday to bar Huawei staff from participating the research paper peer-review process because of the U.S. Department of Commerce's export control restrictions on Huawei. (U.S.-IEEE-Huawei)

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JAKARTA -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western North Sumatra province on Monday, but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.

The quake hit at 12:57 p.m. local time (0557 GMT), with the epicenter at 30 km southwest of Nias Selatan and the depth at 19 km under sea bed, an official in charge at the agency, Slamet Wijaya, said. (Indonesia-Earthquake)

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SEOUL -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States held talks in Seoul Monday over security situations on the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea's defense ministry.

During the dialogue, South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan shared their assessment on the recent Korean Peninsula security situations, confirming their commitment to support for the bilateral diplomatic efforts for the complete denuclearization of and the peace settlement on the peninsula. (South Korea-U.S.-Korean Peninsula) Enditem

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