Britain wants to increase defense spending, Brazil cracks down on crime dens, Argentina disbands intelligence agency

The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, July 17.

Asia

YONHAP. ​​South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul met with NASA Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy to discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of space.

BANGKOK POST. The Singapore Navy and the Royal Thai Navy conclude Exercise Singsiam.

The exercise was held in Sattahip, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand from July 7-15. (Source: Defense Studies)

MAINICHI. Five people were taken to hospital after the Takahama City Hall in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, was set on fire.

AFP. The 10th Pacific Islands Leaders' Meeting (PALM) opened in Tokyo, Japan.

TASS. Russia's Pacific Fleet announced that Moscow and Beijing have completed a joint patrol in the South China Sea.

CHINA.ORG. The Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran (Iran) has resumed operations at a new location after nearly a year and a half of closure.

ARAB NEWS. Omani police have killed three suspects in connection with a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the capital Muscat.

Europe

FRANCE 24. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said a 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of injuring a soldier with a knife at a train station in Paris.

The perpetrator was a 40-year-old man born in the Democratic Republic of Congo who became a French citizen in 2006. (Source: AFP)

AFP. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will launch a review of the armed forces' capabilities, setting out a roadmap to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP.

BARRON'S. Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething has announced he will resign after just four months in the job.

NATURAL GAS WORLD. The volume of Russian natural gas exported via pipeline to EU countries in the first 6 months of 2024 increased by 24% compared to the same period last year.

THX. Estonian President Alar Karis gave Mr. Kristen Michal - a member of the Reform Party - the right to form a new government.

1LURER. European lawmakers call for Hungary to be stripped of its EU voting rights after Prime Minister Viktor Orban's visit to Russia and China.

DW. Maltese politician Roberta Metsola was re-elected as President of the European Parliament (EP) after the new parliamentary session opened in Strasbourg, France.

America

AP. Storms and tornadoes swept through the US states of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, causing many trees and power poles to fall.

An estimated 460,000 homes and businesses lost power due to the storms and tornadoes. (Source: Muscatine Journal)

THE STRAITS TIMES. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin meets with his Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen at the Pentagon in Washington.

JANES. The US has offered to reduce interest rates if the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) chooses to buy F-16 fighter jets instead of the Swedish Gripen E/F fighter jets.

THX. Huawei Technologies and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a strategic cooperation agreement to enhance the digital capabilities of Mexico's female business community.

BUENOS AIRES TIMES. Argentina announced the dissolution of the Federal Intelligence Agency and will replace it with the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE).

REUTERS. Brazilian President Lula da Silva warned that attacks on former US President Donald Trump “undermine democracy”.

THE WASHINGTON POST. Brazil mobilized 2,000 military officers and civilians to participate in a campaign to sweep criminal gangs in 10 favelas in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Africa

THX. South Sudan's transitional government of national unity and opposition groups signed eight protocols to accelerate efforts to bring lasting peace and stability to the country.

EGYPT INDEPENDENT. Egypt has denied an audio recording circulating on social media that claims Cairo intends to sell the Suez Canal for $1 trillion.

Red Sea tensions have caused Egypt's Suez Canal revenue to fall by about 60% in the first half of 2024. (Source: Egyptian Streets)

ARAB NEWS. The Jordanian and Egyptian Armed Forces carried out three humanitarian aid drops to several locations in the southern Gaza Strip.

REUTERS. South Africa has granted state power company Eskom the right to operate one of the two units at its Koeberg nuclear power plant, the country's only nuclear power plant , for another 20 years.

AFRICAN NEWS. Côte d'Ivoire is set to become the first country to roll out the R21 malaria vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India and the University of Oxford.

Oceania

ABC. China is providing $20 million in aid to the Solomon Islands to finance the expansion of the country's only international airport.

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