* Cambodia has pinned hopes on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to boost its exports of garment, footwear and travel (GFT) goods.
* New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins called for deepening economic, trade and environmental cooperation with China at the 9th Annual China Business Summit held on Monday in Auckland.
* The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Japan announced Sunday the resumption of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
* Ferry traffic between the Crimean peninsula and Russia has been suspended following an incident overnight on the Crimean bridge, Russia's transport ministry said on Monday.
* The United States is working with India to develop an investment platform to lower the cost of capital and increase private investment to fast-track India's energy transition, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday.
* Iran is ready to meet Bolivia's demands for defense equipment and advanced technologies to help it counter threats, said Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani when meeting with his Bolivian counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran on Sunday.
* A breakthrough in trade negotiations between the European Union and major Latin American economies known as Mercosur is "within reach", said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as she met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
* Eight Chinese police officers will join their Croatian counterparts to patrol in four major Croatian tourist cities for one month in order to better serve tourists, especially Chinese tourists, in the country.
* African leaders kicked off the mid-year coordination summit of the African Union in Nairobi on Sunday, with participants discussing the economic integration and calling for reforms of the international financial system.
* Iranian Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian said his country will soon begin electricity exchange with Russia through Azerbaijan, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported Sunday.
* Tunisia and the European Union (EU) on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strategic and comprehensive partnership, according to the Tunisian presidency.
* The Iranian embassy in Libya is ready to provide consular services, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported Sunday, quoting the head of Iran's diplomatic delegation in the North African country.
* Iran is ready to meet Bolivia's demands for defense equipment and advanced technologies to help it counter threats, said Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani when meeting with his Bolivian counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran on Sunday.
* Indian tourists are streaming into Southeast Asia, cementing the world's most populous country's position as a key growth market for a travel and tourism sector.
* Cambodia had attracted 45.8 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) from 1994 to the first quarter of 2023, according to a National Bank of Cambodia's report on Sunday.
* A UN replacement ship arrived in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, in preparation to transfer crude oil from a tanker abandoned off the coast of the war-torn country since 2015, UN officials at the scene told reporters.
* A remote township in China's arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52 Celsius (126 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50C weather just six months ago.
* An extreme heatwave peaked in the western United States on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 128 Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) in the California desert, while flash flooding continued to menace the Northeast, killing at least five people.
* Temperatures reached near all-time highs in Italy and Spain on Sunday with even higher temperatures predicted in the coming days.
* Cyprus medical authorities on Sunday reported the first heatstroke death this year as a Sahara heatwave persisted for a fourth day and the meteorology service predicted it will continue for at least one more week.
* The number of people seeking medical treatment since Wednesday because of health problems caused by sandstorms in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan has exceeded 1,000, official news agency IRNA reported Sunday.
* The airport in the Sicilian city of Catania, close to some of the main tourist hot spots in eastern Sicily, has been shut down until Wednesday due to a fire, its management company wrote on Twitter.
