The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, September 29.
Asia
BANGKOK POST. Thai anti-drug police have seized a large amount of drugs, including 15 million ecstasy pills, about 400 kg of crystal meth and nearly 450 bricks of heroin, worth 300 million baht ($8 million).
DAWN. More than 56,000 schools in Pakistan's Punjab province will be closed until the end of this week to prevent a major outbreak of conjunctivitis.
CHINA DAILY. China inaugurated and put into operation its first cross-sea high-speed railway, connecting the cities of Fuzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou in Fujian province.
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| This high-speed railway has a total length of 277.42km, of which 19.9km is built at sea, running through 8 stations with a total investment of 53.04 billion yuan (about 7.25 billion USD). |
Xinhua News Agency. China and Germany will co-chair the 3rd Financial Dialogue in Germany on October 1, marking the resumption of high-level talks that were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
JAPAN TIMES. Researchers at Waseda University (Japan) have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, and may affect the climate in ways that we do not yet fully understand.
KYODO. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) will discharge the second batch of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea on October 5.
EURASIAN. Japan and France conducted live-fire exercises as part of the Brunet Takamori exercise from September 10-30 in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
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| Brunet Takamori is the first joint exercise between the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the French Armed Forces, which includes live-fire exercises and information exchange. (Source: EurAsian) |
TIMES OF ISRAEL. Israel said it has reopened the Erez border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing Palestinian workers to cross into Israel after two weeks of closure due to violent protests.
DW. Germany has signed an agreement to purchase the Israeli-made Arrow 3 hypersonic missile system , becoming an important part of the European Union's air defense system.
Europe
AFP. The Kremlin said Armenia's decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, would be an " extremely hostile" act.
UKRINFORM. Ukraine may withdraw its WTO complaint against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia if the three EU member states commit to not imposing restrictions on Ukrainian goods in the future, according to Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Taras Kachka.
REUTERS. Ukraine's relations with NATO have never been closer, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference after talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.
| On September 28, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu were in Kiev to discuss the continued provision of military assistance to Ukraine. The visit came ahead of Ukraine’s first Defense Industry Forum, which brought together representatives from more than 160 defense companies and 26 countries. |
AFP. Datatilsynet - Norway's data regulator, announced that it will refer the Meta fine for violating user privacy to the EU Data Protection Commission.
ANP. Dutch police said three people were injured after a shooting at a house in the city of Rotterdam and the nearby Erasmus Medical Center, the suspect was 32 years old and the motive for the attack was unknown.
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| Medical staff leave the Erasmus MC hospital which was locked down after reports of a shooting. (Source: AFP) |
DW. The German government has adopted a new Space Strategy, focusing on promoting private sector initiatives in space and calling for fighting climate change from space.
AFP. According to a new document from the Russian Defense Ministry, the country plans to increase defense spending by nearly 70% in 2024, to nearly 10.8 trillion rubles ($111.15 billion), accounting for about 6% of GDP.
REUTERS. Italy's Council of Ministers has approved a new policy to tighten regulations on migration, which could remove special regulations related to the age of asylum seekers.
GUARDIAN. British authorities have given the go-ahead for oil and gas exploration at the Rosebank field in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland, to boost energy security.
America
CNN. The US State Department said it will work with allies and partners in the coming days to conduct an international monitoring mission in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region following last week's conflict.
REUTERS. In a phone call on September 28, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Japanese counterpart Minoru Kihara affirmed that the two countries will cooperate more closely than ever to prevent any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific region.
REUTERS. Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said the Biden administration could help restore the frayed relationship by taking "practical" steps.
CNBC. New York City continues to hold the top spot in the rankings with 763 points, according to the results of the survey evaluating global financial centers released on September 28.
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| In addition to New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago also made it into the top 10 global financial centers. (Source: Getty) |
CBC. The race for the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons appears to be taking shape after Anthony Rota's resignation became official.
RIO NEWS. The Brazilian government is preparing to set up a task force to provide emergency assistance to people in the Amazon region, where a severe and prolonged drought is affecting river levels.
Africa
XINHUA. Kenya plans to import about 20,000 electric vehicles a year to meet growing demand and reduce its burden on fossil fuels.
AP. Burkina Faso has arrested four officers on suspicion of involvement in a " plot to undermine national security" , after the military government announced that security and intelligence agencies had foiled a coup attempt.
AFP. Political groups in Mali have expressed outrage at the military government's decision to indefinitely postpone presidential elections that were supposed to return the country to civilian rule.
AFRICA NEWS. Officials from the East African Community (EAC) say they are exploring new strategies to tackle communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Oceania
SBS. The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) produces easy-to-implement cybersecurity advice and guidance in more than 20 languages to help improve cybersecurity in the Indo-Pacific.
ABC. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Australia is implementing a project that uses AI combined with a large-scale remote image sensor system to analyze the impact of bushfires on wildlife.
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