KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

A series of high-level and bilateral meetings took place on the second day of the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits here yesterday, including

Taking place from Oct. 25 to 28, this year’s ASEAN Summit will be held in Malaysia and is set to be a critical moment in reshaping the Indo-Pacific’s role in the evolving global order.

IEA indicates that Malaysia is critical for future rare earth refining and ASEAN and Austrlia have critical mining, reserves and refining of rare earths.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived in Manila on early Wednesday morning after his participation in the recently-concluded 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney departed for Singapore today after concluding his four-day working visit to Malaysia in conjunction with the 47th

The chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the fifth-largest economy in the world, was passed from Malaysia to the Philippines on Tuesday. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim handed over the Asean chairmanship gavel to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.