NAIROBI (AP) - Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya’s main airport in the capital, Nairobi, as flight disruptions continued for the second day amid a workers’ strike. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is a key regional transport hub. On Sunday, the airports authority and the national carrier, Kenya Airways, warned departing flights may be delayed. A new round of talks between unions and airport managers was due to take place on Monday, although discussions broke up a day earlier without agreement. Aviation sector workers are on a nationwide go-slow strike to demand better working conditions and the implementation of a previously agreed deal.

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan plans to use drones, artificial intelligence and new methods of warfare as it adapts its defense strategies to suit changing times, according to details of an 8.9 trillion yen ($55.6 billion) budget request for the coming fiscal year disclosed by the Defense Ministry on Monday. The preliminary total is only a small increase from the 8.8 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget requested for this fiscal year. It will be much higher eventually, but further details will come later this year after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government approves the new security and defense strategy aimed at strengthening Japan’s counterstrike capability. Under its five-year defense strategy set in 2022, Japan has doubled its defense spending to about 2% of its gross domestic product to build up its Self-Defense Forces’ offensive role to counter China’s growing assertiveness. Beijing has criticized Japan’s defense buildup as “new militarism.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has prevented certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the world’s most powerful countries, the latest example of how President Donald Trump’s administration has restricted media access. Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News were not granted credentials to the Group of 20 finance ministers’ meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, the Times reported. The Treasury has not explained the decision. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that “it has nothing to do with point of view.”

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ROME (Xinhua) -- The Italian government announced on Monday that it would extend border controls on arrivals from Spain for a further 15 days. The measure, which took effect on Aug. 1 following a migration crisis in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, was extended because the circumstances that prompted Italy to reintroduce border controls remain, according to the Italian Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi told reporters on Monday that the decision was based on an assessment by the Committee for Migration Analysis and Border Security, as the Spanish government and the European Union (EU) were working to address the situation. Piantedosi expressed hope that the extension would be the last, which would mean that the situation in the area is moving toward normalization as expected. Italy is willing to cooperate with Spain and the EU in all possible forms, he said.

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would win a potential second-round vote in the October presidential election against opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Monday. Lula would receive 47.1% of votes in a second-round runoff, compared with 42.6% for Flavio Bolsonaro, son of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, the poll showed. In a July poll, Lula was seen with 49.2% of votes, and Senator Bolsonaro with 42.9%. In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 43.4% of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro (33.7%), Augusto Cury (7.8%), Renan Santos (7.6%), and Ronaldo Caiado (3.3%). The previous poll showed Lula at 44.9% and Bolsonaro at 35.8% in the first round.