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Chinese Vice President Han Zheng has called for stronger multilateralism and greater global cooperation in addressing international challenges in a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Typhoon Dujuan has struck Japan's Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, leaving 12 dead and three missing. Widespread landslides have damaged railway roadbeds in Chiba.

Iran says only diplomacy can resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel, after US President Donald Trump rejected Tehran's 7-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is calling for restoring navigation of the waterway to its status before the US and Israel launched strikes on February 28, without imposing any fees or taxes.

Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have begun their journey to the United States to embark on a 10-year cooperation program in conservation. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced during his state visit to the US that the bears will settle in at Zoo Atlanta.

The disruption is the latest in a series of protests by members of Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard over salary and administrative grievances. Meanwhile, the UN mission in Libya says attacks targeting the north African country's oil and energy infrastructure, or any actions that may lead to its undermining, could trigger punitive measures under UN Security Council resolutions.