BANGKOK -- Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, held a new round of talks with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan here on Friday and Saturday.

During the talks, the two sides had candid, substantive and fruitful strategic communication on implementing the consensus reached by leaders of the two countries in San Francisco and properly handling important and sensitive issues in China-U.S. relations. (Thailand-China-U.S.-Meeting)

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FUNAFUTI -- Incumbent Tuvaluan Prime Minister Kausea Natano lost his parliamentary seat in the general election held in the Pacific island nation on Friday, according to media reports Saturday.

Natano failed to secure one of two seats of the Funafuti constituency, said the reports. (Tuvalu-PM-Election-Loss)

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KHOST, Afghanistan -- The first-ever commercial flight opened from the Khost International Airport to Al Ain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Friday, the local television Tolonews reported on Saturday.

Two flights are scheduled to take off from the airport every week. Residents and passengers were asking for more flights, Tolonews said. (Afghanistan-UAE-Flight)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia on Saturday pinned honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors in recognition of their contributions to improving medical standards of the Preah Ket Mealea Hospital.

Lt. Gen. Moeung Ponlork, director general of the General Department of Logistics and Finance at the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense, presented the "Knight Class" medals to them at a ceremony held here. (Cambodia-China-Doctors-Medals)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia is looking into extending the period of stay of two giant pandas Xing Xing and Liang Liang at Zoo Negara, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Saturday.

Anwar said that the presence of Xing Xing and Liang Liang had become an attraction that many Malaysians look forward to. (Malaysia-China-Pandas)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand is poised to launch its first commercial green hydrogen project in partnership with a Chinese firm to catalyze the country's transition to green and low-carbon practices.

Chinese new energy company Beijing Mingyang Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd. on Friday signed an agreement with Thailand's first liquefied natural gas distributor, IBCLNG Co., Ltd. to jointly develop a 25-MW electrolysis project. (Thailand-China-New Energy) Enditem

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