Thai and Cambodian leaders are set for talks Monday to halt the deadliest clash between the neighbors in more than a decade, with the US and China sending envoys after President Donald Trump used tariff threats to press for a ceasefire.

"The U.S. already flunked the test and that should be a wakeup call," a former senior U.S. State Department official told Newsweek.

From Beijing’s ‘mediation role’ in Thai-Cambodian conflict to Trump’s Artic push stirring debate in China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

Thai and Cambodian forces continued clashes at their disputed border for a fourth day as US President Donald Trump heaped pressure on them to stop the conflict and said Washington won’t strike a trade deal with either side until hostilities end.