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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea | The Latest: US signs up to bring power to Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea— The Latest on the summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Papua New Guinea (all times local):

11:20 a.m.

Four countries including the U.S. have signed up to an effort to bring electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guinea’s people by 2030.

Australia, Japan, the U.S. and New Zealand on Sunday signed an agreement to work with Papua New Guinea’s government on…

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea | The Latest: Pence meets Taiwan’s delegation at APEC summit

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — The Latest on the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Papua New Guinea (all times local):

2:40 p.m.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has met with the head of Taiwan’s delegation to an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting.

The U.S. doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province, but is obliged by an act…

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea | China’s Xi: World faces choice of confrontation, cooperation

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — China’s president says the world faces a choice of cooperation or confrontation in a speech to a summit of leaders that is divided by tensions stemming from increased U.S. protectionism.

President Xi Jinping expressed support for global free trading system that has underpinned his country’s rise to world’s second-biggest economy.

Xi says, “The future of mankind…