The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, August 7.
Asia
JAKARTA POST. Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that the country's President-elect Prabowo Subianto plans to announce his cabinet on October 21.
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Mr. Prabowo will take office on October 20 as President of Indonesia for the 2024–2029 term. (Source: Getty) |
STRAITS TIMES. Indonesia's Ministry of Transport will test an autonomous rail system in the new capital city of Nusantara on the island of Borneo.
BANGKOK POST. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is ready to consider a cabinet reshuffle if he remains in office after the Constitutional Court delivers its verdict next week.
REUTERS. Bangladesh's parliament has dissolved, just a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country amid violent protests.
JAKARTA GLOBE. ASEAN is on track to become the world's fourth largest economy by 2030 from its current fifth position.
China's Foreign Ministry said Beijing is closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and hopes the South Asian country will soon restore social stability.
CHINA.ORG. China launched a new group of satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi.
Europe
TASS. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu said that Russia and Iran are rapidly increasing cooperation .
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| Speaking on Rossiya-24 TV channel on August 6, Mr. Shoigu emphasized: "The scope of cooperation is very wide, and it is developing rapidly in all areas." (Source: Sputnik) |
AFP. The Russian Foreign Ministry expelled a Moldovan diplomat, a move believed to be in retaliation after Chisinau expelled a Russian diplomat on espionage charges.
REUTERS. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country has poured more funding into its domestic missile program, as Kiev tries to narrow the capability gap with Russia.
SPUTNIK. An Italian citizen was detained by Russian law enforcement in Moscow after flying a drone near the Kremlin.
EURONEWS. Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has announced that Rome will not participate in military operations in the Middle East.
| “We are not participating in military operations with the United States or the United Kingdom (against the Houthis), but are limited to participating in the Aspides Defense Mission to protect commercial ships and vessels in the Red Sea,” Tajani said on Rai 1 Radio on August 6. |
POLITICO. A group of 70 members of the European Parliament has asked the European Commission to suspend Hungary's participation in the Schengen area.
AP. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that his country will file an application to join South Africa's case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice.
America
CNN. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her 2024 vice presidential running mate .
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Mr. Walz, 60, is a former member of the US National Guard and a former teacher. (Source: The Hill) |
DEFENSE ONE. The US Air Force plans to upgrade its fleet of B-52 Stratofortress bombers built in the 1960s at a cost of at least $15 billion.
REUTERS. Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said he would open a criminal investigation into opposition leaders over their objections to the July 28 election results.
AFP. The Brazilian government has reached an agreement with Venezuela to take over the headquarters of the Argentine and Peruvian embassies in the capital Caracas.
BBC. The US National Transportation Safety Board has opened a hearing to gather information from witnesses involved in the mid-air door failure of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX.
NIKKEI ASIA. The US announced plans to provide $450 million to SK Hynix to fund an advanced packaging plant and research and development facility for artificial intelligence products in Indiana.
Africa
REUTERS. Ethiopian authorities said a landslide occurred in Kawo Koisha district, Wolaita region, southern Ethiopia, killing at least 11 people.
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| Local officials warn the death toll could continue to rise. (Source: Borkena) |
AFRICAN NEWS. A court in the Algerian capital Algiers said three disqualified presidential candidates have been placed under judicial supervision , while 68 others have been detained as part of an investigation into election fraud.
ALLAFRICA.COM. South African police have killed eight people and arrested five in a raid on a group suspected of planning to rob a cash-laden truck in the Cape Town town of Khayelitsha.
AHRAM ONLINE. An Al-Qaeda affiliate in the Sahel region of West Africa has released a video showing it holding two Russian citizens hostage in Niger.
Oceania
BEEHIVE. Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to the United States this week to attend the 34th Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN).
RNZ. Australia's Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek has warned that an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country could lead to the extinction of native species.
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