World briefs

China-US Fees paid by China to the United States and other countries to deliver packages will nearly triple through 2025 under an agreement by the global postal union following complaints by Washington, the Chinese post office said yesterday.

Japan The toll of death and destruction from a typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan climbed yesterday, as the government said it was considering approving a special budget for the disaster response and eventual reconstruction.

Pakistan is trying to avoid getting blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog, when it meets today in Paris.

Pakistan’s prime minister left for Saudi Arabia yesterday amid his efforts to ease tensions between Riyadh and Iran after a recent attack on the kingdom’s oil industry, a government statement said.

Papua New Guinea police said yesterday they were seeking the arrest of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill for official corruption but the former leader of the South Pacific island nation was refusing to cooperate.

Turkey defied growing condemnation from its NATO allies to press ahead with its invasion of northern Syria on yesterday, shelling suspected Kurdish positions near the border amid reports that Syrian Kurds had retaken a key town.

Poland Jaroslaw Kaczynski has guided Poland’s conservative ruling party to capture the biggest electoral share for any party in 30 years of democracy in Poland — yet the man who has dreamed of power since childhood is still a bit disappointed.

Russia Alexei Leonov, the first person to walk in space, has been laid to rest at a memorial cemetery outside the Russian capital of Moscow.

France The French government believes that the U.K. presented a “serious proposal” to exit the European Union, though it is too early to say if there will be a deal by the European summit later this week.

UK Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate kicked off a five-day tour of Pakistan yesterday, amid much fanfare and tight security.

USA Joe Biden’s son Hunter is rejecting assertions by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies that he did anything wrong in engaging in foreign work in Ukraine and China.