The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, June 22.
Asia
CNA. Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab will lay off more than 10,000 employees , or about 11% of its workforce - Grab's largest job cut since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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| Grab CEO Anthony Tan said the main goal of the move was to strategically reorganize the company to move faster, work smarter, and rebalance the resources in its portfolio. (Source: AFP) |
ANTARA. Indonesian President Joko Widodo affirmed that the decision to suspend the visa exemption policy for 159 countries was made based on the results of the benefit assessment.
YONHAP. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol proposed the creation of an international body to set rules to ensure digital order in an increasingly connected world.
KYODO. More than 60 percent of 1,380 Japanese companies that participated in a Teikoku Data Bank survey expressed a positive attitude toward using artificial intelligence (AI) in company operations.
JAPAN TIMES. Japan ranked 125th out of 146 countries in terms of gender inequality in 2023, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on June 21.
KOREA TIMES. YouTube will launch an official shopping channel for live commerce in Korea later this month, the platform's first official shopping channel in the world.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SRI LANKA. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry will visit China from June 24-30, at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
ONA. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Oman and met with senior host Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani to discuss relations between the two countries.
Europe
CNN. EU member states' governments have agreed to impose the 11th package of sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, aimed at preventing third countries and businesses from circumventing the current EU sanctions.
REUTERS. The French Defense Ministry has revealed the possibility of ordering 1,000 Mistral air defense missiles worth about 500 million euros (more than 545 million USD) in the framework of a joint purchase campaign with 4 other European countries.
RANCE 24. Meeting in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni praised their close ties and pledged greater cooperation in the future, marking a thaw in relations.
REUTERS. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia's new generation of Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles , capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads, would soon be deployed for combat duty.
AFP. Nine people accused of crimes related to the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean nearly a week ago appeared before Greek prosecutors to answer questions on charges including manslaughter, forming a criminal organization, human trafficking and causing a shipwreck.
REUTERS. Belarus' armed forces have begun a 10-day annual mobilization exercise aimed at assessing the readiness of state agencies to call up reserve forces.
ASF. The US sent two B-1B Lancers bombers to Sweden to participate in exercises in the NATO guest country.
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| The US military's announcement stated that this was the first time in modern history that US bombers had visited Sweden. (Source: SAF) |
America
PTI. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold talks with host country President Joe Biden, address a joint session of the US Congress, meet the Indian-American community and many top CEOs during his visit to the US from June 20.
CNBC. US President Joe Biden convened a meeting with eight technology experts from academia and advocacy groups to discuss the potential and risks of AI technology.
GUARDIAN. On the sidelines of a conference on Ukraine reconstruction in London, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with new Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss next month's NATO summit.
CNN. Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has set August 14 as the start date for the trial of former US President Donald Trump on charges of willfully withholding classified government documents and obstructing justice.
AFP. At least 41 people were killed in riots between rival gangs at a women's prison in Tamara, 25 km north of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
Africa
DAILY MAVERICK. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen launched a $1 billion green hydrogen fund to kick-start an industry in the fight against climate change.
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| Leaders attend the business forum on "Green Energy Transition and Green Hydrogen Partnerships for Impact" in Pretoria, South Africa. (Source: GCIS) |
ZAWYA. South Africa's inflation rate fell from 6.8% in April to 6.3% in May, the lowest inflation rate the African country has recorded since April 2022.
TIMES OF ISRAEL. Morocco has decided to cancel plans to host the second meeting of the Negev Forum in July in response to Israel's moves to expand settlements in the West Bank.
AFRICA NEWS. The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has begun reducing its troop levels as it moves towards handing over all security duties to the Somali National Army (SNA).
UN. The UN has allocated $20 million for an emergency food security and nutrition campaign in northeastern Nigeria, a region ravaged by famine.
SABC NEWS. Ugandan troops have rescued three of the six students kidnapped by Islamist militants in an attack on a school in the country's southwest last week that left dozens dead.
ARAB NEWS. Two people were killed and 34 others injured when a passenger train derailed and overturned near the town of Msaken, about 150km from the Tunisian capital Tunis.
Oceania
ABC. French renewable energy company Neoen has been granted permission to start construction of a battery storage plant worth about 2 billion AUD ($1.36 billion) in the town of Collie, south of Perth, Western Australia.
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| This is Neoen's first large-scale battery storage project in Western Australia and the company's sixth largest battery project across Australia. (Source: Neoen) |
THE AUSTRALIAN. The Australian government faces its first legislative defeat as the Social and Affordable Housing Bill - Labor's "signature" policy - is delayed by the Greens and Coalition for another four months (until October 2023).
BLOOMBERG. Rex Airlines, Australia's largest domestic and regional airline, has forecast a loss of A$35 million (more than US$23.7 million) for the financial year - a surprise move after the airline had forecast a profit.
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