The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, November 30.
Asia
ANTARA. The Jakarta metropolitan government has decided to spend 6.9 trillion rupiah ($446.9 million) from the 2024 budget to ease traffic congestion by improving public transport.
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| Solving traffic congestion is one of the priority agendas of the Jakarta city government in 2024. (Source: Antara) |
KYODO. Companies in Japan raised or plan to raise average monthly wages for employees by a record high 3.2%, or 9,437 yen ($64), in 2023.
JIJI. A US Osprey military aircraft crashed into the sea near Japan's Yakushima Island, killing at least one of the eight people on board.
MINT. India and the US are planning to launch a joint remote sensing satellite in the first quarter of 2024, Indian Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said after a meeting with a high-level NASA delegation in New Delhi.
PTI. At least 24 workers were injured in a fire at a chemical plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, possibly caused by a chemical leak in a large storage tank.
HINDU. Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become a net zero emissions nation by 2040, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.
NEWS WIRE. Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration and Emigration said the country is exempting visas for residents of China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan.
AP. Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh beat out South Korea's Busan and Italy's Rome to win the right to host the 2030 World Expo in a vote in Paris, France.
TIMES OF ISRAEL. Israel will launch a program to support garlic farmers in a bid to save the industry from extinction and ensure domestic supply, with a total budget of NIS 3 million (about $820,000).
AL JAZEERA. The United Nations has called on the international community to move towards a two-state solution to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, reaffirming that Jerusalem should be the capital of both states.
Europe
HELSINGIN SANOMAT. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said the last border checkpoint with Russia would be closed in response to the worsening migration problem.
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| More than 600 migrants arrived at the Finnish border in November 2023 alone, mainly from countries including Yemen, Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria. (Source: Reuters) |
AFP. The EU will adjust its legal framework and strengthen the role of relevant agencies to strengthen its response to migrant trafficking , European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen said.
GUARDIAN. The EU has announced a fourfold increase in the bloc's spending on training Ukrainian troops, with an additional funding of nearly 200 million euros ($220 million).
TASS. Experts from the Russian company Neurobotics have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be controlled by the power of thought.
LE PAIS. Spain is very close to signing an agreement with the UK on the post-Brexit status of the territory of Gibraltar, according to Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.
POLITICO. Türkiye will approve Sweden's NATO membership application in the coming weeks, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told reporters on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
REUTERS. Speaking when arriving in Brussels (Belgium) to attend the NATO meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba proposed the idea of establishing a common EU-Atlantic defense industrial zone.
BBC. Consumer demand for second-hand goods in the UK and Europe has brought online retail giant Amazon £1 billion ($1.3 billion).
America
AP. The United States and its allies remain steadfast in their support for Ukraine despite doubts about future assistance and the stalemate in the conflict in the Eastern European country, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
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| Secretary of State Blinken made the statement after a meeting between NATO and Ukraine in Brussels, Belgium. |
AP. US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with his UAE counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed and discussed the war in the Middle East as well as the upcoming climate summit.
WHITE HOUSE. US Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Dubai (UAE) from December 1-2 to attend the COP28 Conference, on behalf of President Joe Biden.
POLITICO. The US Department of Defense currently does not have enough funds to increase military forces in the Middle East.
CBC NEWS. The Canadian government and Google have reached an agreement to resolve disputes over the Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18.
REUTERS. In a video posted on YouTube, the commander of the Royal Canadian Navy warned that the force is so short of resources and manpower that it is about to be unable to fulfill its basic commitments.
Africa
EGYPT NEWS. Egypt and Qatar are working together to push for an extension of the temporary humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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| Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made the announcement during a consultation meeting in New York between the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is currently serving as President of the UN Security Council. (Source: JT) |
REUTERS. The EU will cancel its election observation mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, “due to technical limitations beyond the EU’s control”, according to EU diplomatic spokeswoman Nabila Massrali.
AFP. More than 1,300 French soldiers have left Niger, along with more than 80% of their war supplies, moving towards the capital N'Djamena of the Republic of Chad and France, part of the French withdrawal from Niger.
AFRICA NEWS. The Senegalese Navy seized nearly 3 tons of cocaine when searching a ship anchored offshore - one of the largest drug shipments in Senegal detected by authorities.
XINHUA. The Libyan Illegal Migration Control Bureau repatriated 248 illegal migrants , including 120 deported by air to Niger and 128 deported by land to Chad.
AFP. Humanitarian agencies are calling on leaders attending the COP28 conference in the UAE to find lasting solutions for those affected by the climate crisis in Somalia.
SUDAN TRIBUNE. Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan have launched a Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, seeking $1.8 billion to reach 6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance by 2024.
Xinhua News Agency. Tanzanian police said at least 13 passengers were killed and 25 others were seriously injured when a bus carrying them collided with a train in the central province of Singida.
Oceania
ABC. The Indo-Pacific region is in the midst of a significant arms race that Australia must respond to, according to Australian Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy.
SBS. The European Council has approved a trade agreement with New Zealand that could come into force "in early 2024" after Wellington ratifies it.
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