US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel Tuesday to a Philippine island near waters claimed by China to show support for the longtime US ally and counter Beijing's growing influence in the region.

Indonesia and China will resume joint exercises and training, which previously were paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both countries eye strengthening military cooperation.

More than 15 million people -- out of 237 million daily Twitter users -- voted on whether to reinstate the controversial profile, with 51.8 percent in favor and 48.2 percent against.

Loss and damage covers a broad sweep of climate impacts, from bridges and homes washed away in flash flooding, to the threatened disappearance of cultures and whole island nations to the creeping rise of sea levels.

Analysts have warned that the multi-racial country, Southeast Asia's third-largest economy, could face further political instability if there is no clear winner and if coalition-building talks took time.

Najib's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) usually dominates Malaysian politics but it suffered a humiliating defeat in the 2018 general election after a massive corruption scandal at state fund 1MDB.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo passed the baton of the Group of 20 presidency to India this week, ushering in the next stage of a four-year period of emerging economies chairing the group, as experts stress the importance of continuity and follow-through in G20 policy.

Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government appeals to ASEAN to seek partners and "creative solutions" to get the junta regime to comply with the regional Five-Point Consensus.

Indonesia’s focus at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Thailand on Friday will be on economic recovery, inclusivity and sustainability, said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday, ahead of his Bangkok-bound flight.

Xi told Jokowi that China will promote joint research and development on vaccines and continue to support Indonesia in building a regional vaccine production centre, according to a readout published by the Chinese foreign ministry.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman will join rulers from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for the high-level talks.

Former British envoy Vicky Bowman, Australian economics adviser Sean Turnell and Japanese journalist Toru Kubota "will be released to mark National Day", a senior officer told AFP.

At stake are 222 seats in the lower house of parliament, to be decided by 21 million registered voters.

* U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for international support for Ukraine and said she wanted to acknowledge a wave of Russian missile attacks on the country in the past day.

Leaders of the G20 nations deplored Russia's aggression in Ukraine "in the strongest terms"

The Group of 20 major economies adopted a joint leaders' declaration and produced other partnerships, Jokowi said.

"The meeting has been cancelled because of scheduling issues," a spokeswoman for the prime minister told AFP.

Delegates at the UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where progress towards an agreement by the end of the week has been slow, have been watching the G20 summit closely for signs that developed nations are willing to make new commitments on climate.

The second and final day of the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit began in Bali on Wednesday with some changes in the schedule as United States President Joe Biden held an emergency meeting with some global leaders over the blast in Poland.

President Jokowi warned G20 leaders about what was at stake if the war in Ukraine continued and the group failed to deliver on policies affecting billions of people in the developing world.

NATO member Poland said that a Russian-made rocket killed two people on Tuesday in eastern Poland near Ukraine, and it summoned Russia's ambassador to Warsaw for an explanation after Moscow denied it was responsible.

Sunak, who took office as Britain's third prime minister in two months in October, will meet leaders from Australia and Indonesia, as well as US President Joe Biden, Downing Street said in a statement.

Xi warned the G20 against the "weaponization" of food and energy, in a possible veiled criticism of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"We must firmly oppose politicisation, instrumentalisation and weaponisation of food and energy problems," Xi told the summit in Bali, while also repeating his familiar opposition to Western sanctions policy.

A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.

Ties between Australia and China have deteriorated sharply in recent years, and Beijing in 2020 blocked a raft of Australian agricultural and mineral exports over Canberra's call for an inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The draft statement, seen by AFP during a summit in Bali, Indonesia, will also call for the extension of a deal with Russia expiring on Saturday that allows the export of Ukrainian grain.

Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country and Southeast Asia's largest economy, assumed the chair of the G20 in December with plans to focus on recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and boosting the interests of developing nations. 

Now is the time to end Russia's "destructive" war and "save thousands of lives", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the G20 summit in Bali via video address on Tuesday.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo told G20 members to "end the war", in an apparent reference to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as he opened a leaders' summit in Bali on Tuesday.