US pours hundreds of millions more dollars into Palestine, Ukrainian President visits Germany, Russian Navy ship visits Cuba

The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, June 12.

Asia

XINHUA. Chinese Premier Li Qiang will pay official visits to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia from June 13-20, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian announced.

CHINA DAILY. Chinese police have arrested a suspect in a knife attack on four foreigners and one Chinese man in a park in Jilin City, Jilin Province.

KOREA TIMES. South Korea and China plan to hold a 2+2 dialogue between senior foreign and defense officials early next week,

KYODO. Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, a potentially fatal disease caused by flesh-eating bacteria, is spreading rapidly in Japan, with the number of cases in the first half of 2024 surpassing last year.

MINT. India will focus on finding a solution to border issues with China, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said after assuming office for a second consecutive term.

TIMES OF INDIA. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani over the phone, reaffirming his commitment to taking bilateral relations to unprecedented heights.

MANILA TIMES. Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo Jr. discussed the South China Sea issue during a visit by his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters to the capital Manila.

In a joint statement after the meeting, both Foreign Ministers stressed their countries' shared commitment to resolving important regional issues, especially the dispute in the East Sea. (Source: RNZ)

BANGKOK POST. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is seeking to partner with at least 11 international airlines in the second half of this year to attract more tourists, focusing on countries with long-haul flights.

THAIGER. A fire has destroyed a pet market in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok, Thailand, killing thousands of animals, including many expensive exotic species.

AL JAZEERA. The Hamas Islamist movement has accepted a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire, Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza and a hostage exchange.

CNN. The US has allocated $404 million in new aid to the Palestinians, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced at an emergency aid conference for Gaza in Jordan.

Europe

TASS. Russia and Iran are continuing to draft a comprehensive bilateral cooperation treaty, although the specific schedule may change, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.

SPUTNIK. Russia's nuclear submarine Kazan and frigate Admiral Gorshkov are practicing using high-precision weapons in the Atlantic, the Russian Defense Ministry announced.

TASS. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan met on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, discussing the situation in the Middle East, the South Caucasus, the Ukraine conflict...

ANADOLU. The Turkish Competition Commission has fined US tech giant Google 482 million lira (about $14.88 million) for violating a ban on its hotel search algorithm.

BBC. The UK labour market continued to show signs of cooling in April, as unemployment rose despite strong wage growth.

The UK unemployment rate in the three months to April 2024 rose to 4.4%, its highest level since September 2021. (Source: AFP)

AFP. Credit rating agency Moody's has warned that early parliamentary elections in France could negatively affect the country's credit rating.

REUTERS. By deploying seven F-18 fighter jets to a base in southeastern Romania, Finland has deployed forces to a joint NATO mission for the first time since joining in April 2023.

EUTERS. The EU has announced the opening of a formal anti-subsidy investigation into the UAE telecommunications group "Etisalat and".

EURO NEWS. The EU has proposed that member states extend the right of Ukrainian refugees to stay in the EU for another year, until March 2026.

GUARDIAN. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Berlin, Germany, to attend the Donors' Conference for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

DW. The Finance Ministries of Ukraine and Germany signed a Joint Declaration on the intention to strengthen bilateral cooperation to support the reconstruction of post-conflict Ukraine.

DEFENSE POST. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense has confirmed the purchase of 54 German-made Leopard tanks , 37 of which will be assembled on Norwegian soil, while tanks for other countries may also be assembled.

BRUSSELS TIMES. Belgium has launched efforts to form a new governing coalition , after far-right and centre-right parties took the lead in the country's parliamentary elections.

NL TIMES. Political parties in the Netherlands have reached a final agreement on forming the next right-wing government , said Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders.

America

CBS NEWS. The US Navy will monitor the visit of a Russian naval fleet to Cuba, after information that the destroyer Admiral Gorshkov, the nuclear submarine Kazan and two logistics ships docked in Havana from June 12-17.

AP. The waterway through Baltimore, Maryland, USA has been fully reopened, after more than two months of being blocked due to the container ship crash that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.

The Patapsco River has now been declared safe for navigation after authorities recovered about 50,000 tons of debris from the bridge collapse from the riverbed. (Source: Getty Images)

RIO NEWS. Brazilian President Lula da Silva spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the upcoming Ukraine peace conference, discussing solutions to end the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

GLOBAL NEWS. Wildfires continue to ravage Brazil's Pantanal region - the world's largest wetland, home to many wild animals such as jaguars, anteaters and giant otters.

BLOOMBERG. The Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Consumer Confidence Index, a gauge of the country's economic health, rose to 54 last week, its highest level since May 2022.

Africa

LIBYA HERALD. Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade Mohamed Hwej issued a directive to launch the Libya-China Joint Economic Chamber to promote economic relations between the two countries.

AHRAM. Gunmen from criminal gangs attacked the village of Gidan Boka in Katsina state, Nigeria, killing 26 people and kidnapping dozens, mostly women and children.

BBC. Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera confirmed that Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine people on board a military plane that went missing a day earlier were killed in a plane crash.

Mr. Chilima is considered a potential candidate in the Malawi presidential election, scheduled to take place in 2025. (Source: X)

IOL. The authorities of Cape Town city, Western Cape province, South Africa, advise people to stay away from seals after detecting a positive case of rabies virus in this animal.

IOM. More than 10 million people in Sudan have been internally displaced by violent conflict and more than 2 million have fled to other countries to seek refuge, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

AP. The death toll from a boat carrying 260 migrants from Somalia off the coast of Yemen has risen to at least 49, with about 140 people still missing after the boat capsized due to strong winds.

Oceania

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AUSTRALIA. Australia welcomes the UN Security Council resolution supporting a comprehensive ceasefire , permanent cessation of hostilities and the commencement of reconstruction in Gaza.

NZ HERALD. New Zealand has announced the deployment of 41 additional military personnel to the UN mission along the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

International organization

UNICEF. Nearly 400 million children under the age of five are exposed to physical and emotional abuse in their own homes, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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