* Thirty-two projects worth over 10 billion yuan (about 1.43 billion USD) were inked at the fifth China-ASEAN Information Harbor Forum, which was held Friday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
* Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for resolute efforts to prevent major forest and grassland fires.
* Russia has barred 41 more Australian nationals from entering the country, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
* Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reported no major overnight incidents on Saturday, indicating that a ceasefire they agreed after intense fighting on Friday remained in effect despite accusations of sporadic shelling by both sides.
* The General Assembly on Friday adopted a decision to exclusively allow the Ukrainian head of state to submit a pre-recorded speech to the General Debate next week, instead of physical presence.
* Hungary's government will submit new laws to parliament next week to end a stand-off with the European Commission and unlock access to EU funds, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Saturday.
* Germany has taken control of a major domestic refinery owned by Russian oil company Rosneft, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) said on Friday.
* The third vessel charted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), left Ukraine's Chornomorsk Black Sea port with around 30,000 tonnes of wheat on board, Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said on Saturday.
* Bolivian President Luis Arce on Friday declined recommendations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at redirecting Bolivia's economy, and reaffirmed the independence and efficacy of the economic model followed by his government.
* US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has lifted defense trade restrictions for Cyprus for fiscal year 2023, the State Department said on Friday.
* The European Union (EU) must strengthen food security, improve the sustainability of agriculture and promote the use of modern techniques, the member states' agriculture ministers agreed in Prague on Friday.
* Consumer electricity prices in Europe's largest economy are to rise by around 60 percent in 2023, the German Association of Local Public Utilities (VKU) said on Friday. However, electricity prices have so far increased less than gas prices.
* Malta's Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Friday that the government was planning to spend around 608 million euros (608 million USD) on subsidizing energy and food prices next year, an increase of 135 million euros over this year's spend.
* Inflation in Austria remained over the high level of 9 percent in August, Statistics Austria said on Friday. At 9.3 percent, inflation in August was 0.1 percentage points lower than the revised July inflation rate of 9.4 percent.
* Oil prices eked out modest gains on Friday, but demand worries kept prices lower for the week.
* Belgian government adopted Friday a new package of energy measures to help households and businesses coop with soaring energy prices.
* Five soldiers were killed by a fresh Israeli missile attack on the international airport of the capital Damascus and military sites south of the capital after midnight Friday, the Syrian military said.
* The leader of Lebanon's powerful Shiite party Hezbollah warned on Saturday that Hezbollah will not allow Israel to extract oil and gas from the Karish field before the completion of maritime border demarcation with Lebanon.
* China's Shenzhou-14 astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Chen Dong successfully exited the space station lab module Wentian on Saturday to conduct extravehicular activities (EVAs), according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
* The Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to evacuate parts of the southern island of Kyushu on Saturday, ahead of a large and powerful typhoon expected to bring up to half a metre (20 inches) of rain when it makes landfall on Sunday.
* At least 37 more people were killed and 92 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in Pakistan, the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
* At least 10 people were killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, authorities said on Friday, as rescuers continued to search for three still missing.
* At least 17 people were killed and five others missing in landslides overnight in Nepal's Achham district, a local official said on Saturday.
* Twenty miners have been buried after landslides occured in a traditional gold mine in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, a rescue operation chief said on Saturday.
