The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, October 2.
Asia
MANILA TIMES. The World Bank (WB) has approved a $600 million credit facility for the Philippines to support the country's reform programs and digitalization.
TEMPO. Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned of the risk of rising food prices as more than 20 countries have restricted food exports.
DAILY MIRROR. Several floods have affected more than 5,000 people in Sri Lanka as water levels in many rivers continue to rise due to persistent heavy rain.
BANGKOK POST. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has called for prompt response to flooding occurring in several provinces upstream of Thailand.
IRNA. After joining BRICS, Iran may replace the SWIFT payment system with the BRICS Pay electronic payment system, Parliament Speaker Bagher Ghalibaf said.
Europe
REUTERS. Robert Fico , leader of the Smer Social Democratic Party (Smer-SD), which just won the Slovakian parliamentary election, said he wanted to be given the task of forming a new government.
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| Mr. Fico stressed that he would run for the prime minister's seat as the leader of the party that won the general election. (Source: AP) |
ANADOLU. The Turkish Interior Ministry confirmed that the explosion that occurred near the Parliament building on October 1 was a “ terrorist attack ”, injuring two police officers.
| "They have not achieved their goal and will never achieve it." (Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking to the parliament on October 1) |
REUTERS. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Ukraine needed more military aid and he promised continued EU support.
GUARDIAN. The British government wants to deploy military experts to Ukraine, in addition to training Ukrainian armed forces in the UK or other Western countries, according to Defense Secretary Grant Shapps.
BBC. The British government has awarded BAE Systems a £4 billion ($4.9 billion) contract as part of the AUKUS programme with Australia and the US to build attack submarines.
BLOOMBERG. UN Comtrade data shows that in the first half of 2023, Russia sold at least $6.6 billion worth of fertilizers to 57 countries, with Brazil, India and the United States as key customers.
XINHUA. China is willing to promote mutually beneficial cooperation with Germany and inject positive energy into the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said at the China-Germany High-Level Financial Dialogue in Frankfurt on October 1.
| "Germany is willing to strengthen substantive cooperation with China in the financial and economic fields and promote the development of bilateral relations." |
CNN. The death toll from a fire at three nightclubs located next to each other in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia has risen to at least 13.
REUTERS. A UN mission has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh after more than 80% of the region's ethnic Armenians fled since Azerbaijan regained control.
AFP. The Netherlands has officially halted natural gas production from the Groningen field in the north, Europe's largest gas field, which is believed to be responsible for many local earthquakes.
TVC. The Italian Coast Guard successfully rescued 177 people trapped in a burning ferry at sea.
America
CNN. After the US Senate passed a temporary budget bill on September 30, US President Joe Biden signed this short-term budget bill into law to prevent the risk of a partial government shutdown.
CNBC. The U.S. and Mexico pledged to address the root causes of the growing migration wave and boost cooperation in the semiconductor sector.
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| US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Mexican counterpart Alicia Barcena at a joint press conference on September 29 in Washington DC |
PTI. Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, discussing enhancing defence cooperation, including defence manufacturing.
REUTERS. Canada's Chief of the General Staff, General Wayne Eyre, admitted that Russia is replenishing its ammunition stockpiles faster than expected.
CBC. Swedish battery maker Northvolt will build a $7 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Montreal, a project that, when implemented, will be considered the largest private investment in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Africa
AFRICA NEWS. The Senegalese navy has intercepted two boats carrying 272 passengers, the latest in a series of interceptions of migrant vessels trying to smuggle people to Europe.
SUNDAY MAIL. The death toll from the collapse of a gold mine in Chegutu, about 120 km west of the capital Harare, on September 29 has risen to at least 13, according to Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.
AFP. As part of the investigation into the flood tragedy in Libya in early September that left tens of thousands of people dead and missing, Libyan Prosecutor General Al-Seddik al-Sour ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing the total number of officials arrested to 12.
AFP. Libyan authorities announced that direct flights between Libya and Italy resumed on September 30, after nearly a decade of interruption, despite an EU flight ban imposed on Libyan airlines.
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| Passengers board the first flight from Tripoli to Rome on September 30 after the Italian government lifted a 10-year ban on Libyan civil aviation. (Source: AFP) |
UNICEF. The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing a record number of children killed, maimed, abducted or sexually assaulted in 2023 for the third consecutive year, with more than 1,700 cases in the first half of 2023.
TRT. The interim President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced his intention to partially amend the country's Constitution .
AP. The conflict in Sudan has forced nearly 5.5 million people to flee their homes, according to a new report from the International Organization for Migration.
ANADOLU. Somali security forces have arrested a senior Al-Shabaab leader responsible for procuring weapons and explosives for numerous terrorist attacks across the country.
Oceania
ABC. More than 75 fires were burning across the Australian state of New South Wales on October 1, as heatwaves and strong winds returned to batter the state.
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