A Kremlin spokesman said President Putin has not accepted President Zelenskiy's proposal for direct talks at the U.S. G20 summit and that any meeting between Putin and Zelenskiy could only take place in Moscow.

The Korea Exchange will extend trading into evening hours from Monday, opening almost all domestic stocks until 8:00pm local time versus the current 3:30pm close, as an initial step toward a target of 24-hour trading from December 2027. The move—unprecedented among major Asian bourses—aims to attract sustained global investor demand and will test whether longer hours can sustain liquidity and meet investor needs amid cooling interest in Korean equities. A senior investment manager at a London asset manager, Lee Young-jae, said longer trading windows give investors more flexibility and tend to improve market efficiency, and that trading-focused and hedge fund investors may use the hours more frequently. BofA's head of Korea equity sales, Edward Kim, called it another step in the evolution of Korea's capital markets and their accessibility to global investors.

In New Delhi on Sept 12, CHINA said BRICS marks its 20th anniversary and has grown into an influential cooperation platform for emerging markets and developing countries.