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Firefighters in Australia are battling more than 60 wildfires as the country's east bakes under an unusual spring heatwave. Canada and India issue travel warnings to their nationals as a rift widens over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader. China says it is ready to work with UN Security Council members to bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine.

Diplomatic row escalates between India and Canada over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. U.S. national debt hits $33 trillion for the first time as a government shutdown looms. China and Russia agree to increase coordination on international and regional issues, as senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi visits Russia.

“Never too early, never too late”--that’s the theme of the 30th World Alzheimer’s Day, observed worldwide this year on Thursday, September 21st, focusing on risk factors and risk reduction for the disease. Yet the disease still has no cure, and an estimated two thirds of the people globally have little awareness of the Alzheimer’s. However, with aging as a great risk factor for the development of the disease, it has become an increasing challenge for fast aging countries like China. CGTN Radio reporters visited a nursing home in southwest China earlier this year and provide an in-depth coverage of the lives of those living with Alzheimer’s and the challenges in the country’s fight against the disease.

World leaders mark a new phase of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN General Assembly. Iran and the U.S. complete a prisoner swap after nearly 6 billion U.S. dollars of Iran's frozen assets was released. Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi highlights an independent foreign policy for China and Russia when meeting his counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.

The United Auto Workers union threatens to escalate a strike if top U.S. automakers fail to offer wage increase. Libyans rally to provide humanitarian aid for the flood-devastated city of Derna. The China-ASEAN Expo is underway, with boosting trade and economic cooperation high on the agenda.

Libyan authorities are investigating whether human failings were to blame for thousands of flood deaths. Cuba hosts the G77 plus China Summit, focusing on science, technology and innovation. The son of U.S. President Joe Biden faces up to 25 years in prison after being indicted on federal firearm charges.

Libyan officials place the death toll of catastrophic floods in eastern Libya at over 6,000. Meanwhile, foreign aid begin to trickle into Morocco nearly a week after a strong earthquake. Ukraine attacks Russia's Black Sea fleet and a shipyard in Crimea. Trials begin in Brazil for pro-Bolsonaro rioters who stormed the capital.

Up to 2,000 people in Libya are feared dead following a powerful storm. Death toll from the Morocco earthquake soars to nearly 3,000 as search and rescue work continues. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.