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Trump did not attend the ASEAN leaders' summit and the East Asian Summit in Thailand's capital on November 2-4 and did not send either the Vice President or the US Secretary of State to Bangkok. Robert O 'Brian, US National Security Advisor, arrived in Bangkok as chairman of the Washington delegation.

Southeast Asian countries must be united in the face of a trade war launched by US President Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said today at a high-level regional business forum, Reuters reported.

The meeting, not far from the Thai capital, is a co-event at the Southeast Asian Nations Association (ASEAN) summit, against the backdrop of tense US-China relations.

The Dutch non-governmental organization Ocean Cleanup, which fights pollution of the oceans with plastic, has unveiled its latest invention - a barge that collects waste, the Associated Press and France Press reported.

Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban announced on 24 October 2019 the composition of the Cabinet he will submit to Parliament vote. Ion Stefan was picked for the Public Works, Development and Administration Minister office. *** Ion Stefan was born on 22 January 1969. He graduated the I.M.C. Constanta, electromechanical engineering major, according to cdep.ro.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused in a conflict of interest when he was mayor of London. It is about his acquaintance with a business lady who is alleged to have received funding from the state. The case could lead to a criminal investigation into the prime minister, BTA reported.

Turkey, Pakistan, and Malaysia have agreed to jointly fight the rising global trend of Islamophobia, mainly in the West.       

Bulgaria Air starts offering flights to some of the most exotic destinations in the world.

Turkish intelligence forces arrested the so-called Malaysia chief of the FETÖ in an operation and brought him back to Turkey, security sources said on Aug. 30.       

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday welcomed the ambassadors in Romania of Cyprus, Morocco, Malaysia and Estonia, who presented their letters of accreditation at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Tuesday.

Eight garbage containers - weighing about 210 tonnes - left the second largest city of Surabaya in Indonesia on Monday aboard a freighter traveling to Singapore, the local customs agency said.