Xi will be there from Wednesday to Friday, a government statement said.

Australia forecast on Monday that deaths would exceed births for the first time in the 2060s, a demographic shift with far-reaching implications for an economy grappling with an aging population, declining births and cuts to immigration.

Typhoon Dujuan forced the cancellation of at least 275 flights in Japan on Monday and prompted warnings of potentially record-breaking rainfall as the storm nears Tokyo.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions.

Leaders of more than 20 countries urged binding safety measures for advanced artificial intelligence on Monday, warning that the technology's development could outpace the ability to control it.

US television networks staged an extraordinary revolt Monday when they effectively boycotted coverage of President Donald Trump in protest at his decision to ban three leading outlets from the White House.

UK flights faced fresh disruption Monday, with some cancelled due to a technical issue at the nation's air traffic control agency – the second such outage in two weeks.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz starts the week more damaged than ever after his center-right CDU party suffered two bruising regional election defeats at the hands of far-right and far-left parties.

Russia's ruling United Russia party was on track to easily win a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, after Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on the Russian capital.

Denmark and Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, both hailed the agreement and said they would sign it on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the US next week.

US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that he could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war, but also suggested an agreement could come soon amid a diplomatic push at the United Nations.

Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn't make a deal, and the Iranian military saying it would retaliate harshly to any fresh attack.

The head of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon said on Saturday it was critical to ensure other UN agencies and Lebanese troops could assume the tasks carried out by the force before it begins withdrawing at the end of this year.