Senior US lawmakers urge President Donald Trump to stand firm on Taiwan ahead of a closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. US foreign policy and the global AI debate are in the spotlight at the UN General Assembly in New York City. And Taiwan's labor minister says he and his delegation were treated equally at a summit in China, marking a Cabinet minister's first visit there since the DPP took office in 2016. Plus:
- Team Taiwan ups its medal tally at the Asian Games with podium finishes in soft tennis, artistic gymnastics and shooting.
- A year after the deadly collapse of a barrier lake in eastern Taiwan, displaced residents are still struggling in interim housing and waiting for compensation.
- Taiwan's largest cement company is angling to buy Ukraine's second-largest building materials firm, positioning it to profit from an expected post-war rebuilding boom.