Plans for the new facility in Arizona are not completely finalised but it will produce advanced 3-nanometre chips, founder Morris Chang said on Monday. He plans to attend the launch.

TSMC envoy Morris Chang, who was Taiwan's envoy at the summit in Bangkok, said his warm words with Xi were his own idea and he just offered his "own opinion".

Astronomers from both nations are exploring the idea of creating instruments together, SCMP said

Bold climate action is not only necessary to protect our planet but it is also a powerful driver of economic growth, Kamala Harris said

"It was a very happy, polite interaction," Taiwan official Morris Chang said, adding that tensions across the Taiwan Strait were not discussed

The two representatives discussed TSMC's new $12 billion microchip plant in the US state of Arizona

The Asia-Pacific market should benefit all nations and protect global supply chains, Xi said

Britain is keen to sign a comprehensive trade pact with New Delhi that would cover 90% of trade tariffs between both countries. No other European country has such a deal yet.

Another 13 companies in China, Hong Kong and the UAE have been hit with US sanctions for helping to sell "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Iranian oil and oil products to buyers in East Asia

Cyber attack on Vanuatu has greatly disrupted government services in the Pacific Island nation over the past two weeks

The Singapore state investor said it had invested $210 million for a minority stake in FTX International, and $65 million in FTX US

Asia-Pacific is no one's backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest, the Chinese President said