BEIJING, Jun 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, took effect today for the Philippines, confirming that the RCEP agreement is now in effect for all 15 members.

The full RCEP implementation reflects the determination and actions of its 15 members – 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand – in supporting an open, free, fair, inclusive and rules-based multilateral trading system, China’s commerce ministry commented.

WARSAW, June 2 (Reuters) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Friday he would propose amendments to a law on undue Russian influence he signed this week, reacting to criticism that it could result in banning opposition politicians from public office.

Duda on Monday signed into law the bill proposed by the ruling party to let a panel investigate whether opposition parties allowed Poland to be unduly influenced by Russia. He said he would send it to the Constitutional Tribunal for review only after it comes into force.

02 June 2023; MEMO: A confidential European Union report warned of what it described as "drastic acceleration" of Israeli pressure on the Palestinian population in Jerusalem in the past year, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.

The report, which was seen by El Pais, was delivered to the EU's External Action service (EUAA) by the diplomatic representatives in Jerusalem and Ramallah of nearly all EU member states in addition to the EU delegate.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ukraine envoy appealed Friday to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the battlefield” and hold peace talks but gave no indication that his trip to the region made any progress toward a settlement.

Li Hui’s appeal came as Washington and its European allies are ramping up supplies of missiles, tanks and other weapons to Ukrainian forces that are trying to take back Russian-occupied territory.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government says it is neutral and wants to serve as a mediator but has supported Moscow politically.

BELGRADE, June 2. /TASS/: The West made a mistake by recognizing the independence of self-declared Kosovo and providing unilateral support to the Pristina authorities, Petr Bystron, a Bundestag member for the Alternative for Germany party said.

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday ahead of an update on the U.S. jobs market after Federal Reserve officials reignited hopes another interest rate hike might be postponed and lawmakers gave final approval to a deal to avert a government debt default.

Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. Oil prices strengthened.

ANKARA, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's export value in May increased by 14.4 percent year on year to 21.7 billion U.S. dollars, marking the highest figure of the month ever, a cabinet minister said Friday.

"This is the highest May export value of all time," Trade Minister Mehmet Mus said in a tweet.

Imports increased by 16 percent year on year to 34.3 billion dollars in May, he said in a statement released by the ministry the same day.

PHNOM PENH, Jun 2 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, today donated a humanitarian aid of 300,000 U.S. dollars, to cyclone-hit Myanmar, said a foreign ministry’s press statement.

The statement said, the humanitarian package would support Myanmar’s ongoing efforts to alleviate the impact of Cyclone Mocha, which tragically resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and extensive damage to properties and infrastructure in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - Asia's top security meeting opened on Friday, with intensifying competition between the United States and China expected to dominate a weekend of high-level speeches, backroom military dealings and delicate diplomacy.

The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts senior military officers, diplomats, weapons makers and security analysts from around the globe, is taking place June 2-4 in Singapore.

UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The Security Council supports the continued presence of the United Nations in Sudan and is expected to renew the mandate of the UN mission in the country, said Lana Zaki Nusseibeh in her capacity as Security Council president.

BUDAPEST, June 2. /TASS/: Hungary's policy will be determined on the basis of its geographical position within the triangle of three countries - Russia, Germany and Turkey, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on the radio station Kossuth.

He believes that the attention of Budapest, as the capital of a European country, should be focused on the three centers of political and economic power - Moscow, Berlin and Ankara.

"Russia, Germany, Turkey - our life is within this triangle - and it is in this triangle that the lives of Hungarians must be governed well," Orban said.

BRASILIA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday highlighted a "sense of urgency" among South American leaders to strengthen regional integration.

"What brings us together today in Brasilia is the sense of urgency to collectively look at our region again," he said at the summit in Brazil's capital Brasilia where leaders from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) gathered to "relaunch" the regional bloc.