China, Russia to deepen cooperation in investment, agriculture
MOSCOW -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here on Monday that China stands ready to deepen cooperation with Russia in investment, energy, agriculture and other fields.
Li made the remarks in his talks with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, adding that the Chinese market welcomes more high-quality agricultural and food products from Russia.
China stands ready to work with Russia to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, further strengthen communication, continuously deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and create more benefits for the two peoples, according to Li.
Mishustin said that currently, the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era is at an unprecedented high level. Russia is willing to further intensify dialogue and exchanges with China at all levels, deepen cooperation in fields such as economy and trade, energy, agriculture, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, create new growth points for cooperation, and continuously enhance good-neighborly friendship, he added.
Iraqi parliamentary election's final results announced
The Iraqi electoral commission announced Monday the final results of the Nov. 11 parliamentary elections, confirming a strong performance by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's political coalition.
During a televised press conference, the Independent High Electoral Commission released the detailed results, revealing only minor adjustments from the preliminary count announced earlier.
Japan's economy contracts 1.8 percent in 3rd quarter
Japan's economy contracted an annualized real 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in six quarters, preliminary government data showed Monday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, in the July-September period declined 0.4 percent from the previous three months, according to the Cabinet Office.
The shrinkage in GDP was widely expected, as the Japanese economy grappled with sticky inflation, sluggish private spending and higher U.S. tariffs.
Spain's economic growth this year revised up to 2.9 percent
The Spanish government and the European Commission on Monday raised their forecasts for Spain's economic growth in 2025 to 2.9 percent.
Spanish Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Carlos Cuerpo announced in a speech in Congress that the government would update its macroeconomic outlook and lift its projection for GDP growth in 2025 from 2.7 percent to 2.9 percent.
In its autumn economic forecast published the same day, the European Commission also revised upward its projection for Spain, raising its estimate from 2.6 percent to 2.9 percent for the current year.
Chile's leftist, Republican candidates face presidential runoff on Dec. 14
Preliminary results from Chile's Electoral Service (Servel) on Sunday showed that leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and Republican contender Jose Antonio Kast will advance to a Dec. 14 runoff, as neither secured more than 50 percent of the vote.
According to Servel, as of 9 p.m. local time (2400 GMT), with 77.79 percent of ballots counted in Sunday's first round, Jara led with 26.69 percent of the vote, followed by Kast with 24.15 percent.
Under Chilean law, the two frontrunners will go to a runoff if no one obtains over half of the votes in the first round of the election.■
