The World and Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, September 25.
Asia
DAILY MIRROR. Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed a cabinet ahead of early parliamentary elections and the renegotiation of the IMF bailout programme.
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| The President's Office announced the appointment of 54-year-old lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya as Sri Lanka's 16th Prime Minister, concurrently leading the judiciary, education, health and labor sectors. (Source: Reuters) |
MINT. India has recorded its first case of monkeypox caused by variant 1b, which is also the first case of monkeypox caused by variant 1b recorded in South Asia.
KATHMANDU POST. A total of 410 climbers from 55 countries and regions have been granted permits to climb 16 peaks in Nepal this coming autumn.
ADB. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $30 million loan agreement with Bhutan to finance a solar power project .
Xinhua News Agency. Cambodia's trade with ASEAN member countries reached 10.49 billion USD in the first eight months of 2024, up 11.8 percent from 9.38 billion USD in the same period last year.
KYODO. Japan's parliament will hold an extraordinary session on October 1 to elect a new prime minister to replace Fumio Kishida, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced.
NIPPON. Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko met with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, discussing rising tensions in the Middle East as well as bilateral relations.
Xinhua News Agency. 558 people have been killed and 1,835 injured in heavy Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon since September 23, according to Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad.
UNHCR. “The United Nations is extremely concerned about the serious escalation in attacks on 23 September in Lebanon,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh told reporters in Geneva.
CNN. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on the UN Security Council to “ act immediately ” to prevent the escalation of the conflict in Lebanon, lest it “become another Gaza.”
Europe
ANADOLU. Turkey's national carrier Turkish Airlines and low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines have canceled flights to and from Lebanon due to increased risk.
AFP. The world's leading paint manufacturer AkzoNobel of the Netherlands announced cutting 2,000 jobs globally, equivalent to more than 5% of its workforce.
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| According to CEO Greg Poux-Guillaume, the decision will allow the company, which produces the famous Dulux paint brand, to be more flexible in volatile markets, offset barriers such as rising labor costs, thereby improving business efficiency. (Source: AFP) |
TVP WORLD. The Polish government will mobilize up to 23 billion Xloty ( 6.01 billion USD ), including part of the EU budget, to overcome the consequences of the floods, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced.
FRANCE 24. France's budget deficit is at one of its worst levels ever, French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Antoine Armand said.
AGENZIA NOVA. German police carried out large-scale raids in Mannheim and the surrounding areas of Karlsruhe and Worms, arresting at least four suspected human traffickers.
BBC. Lawyers have taken six UK water companies to court, accusing them of underreporting their wastewater discharges and overcharging millions of customers by up to £1.5m ($2bn).
WB. Denmark has pledged an additional 3.3 billion kroner ( $491.7 million ) to the World Bank's fund for the poorest countries, a 40 percent increase on its previous contribution.
EURO NEWS. The European Commission (EC) has proposed 119.7 million euros ($141.4 million) in aid to support farmers struggling due to extreme weather in Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania.
ANI. Peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict can only be achieved with the help of “key players” such as India and China, according to Slovak President Peter Pellegrini.
America
AP. The UAE is the second-largest defense partner of the United States, after India, US President Joe Biden acknowledged after talks with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Washington DC.
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| The two leaders discussed the current tensions in Lebanon and the UAE's role in the conflict in Sudan, stressing that there can be no military solution to the crisis that has led to the world's largest mass exodus. (Source: AP) |
MSNBC. US President Joe Biden is determined to implement a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage deal with Hamas, seeking to reduce tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
MEXICO NEWS DAILY. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador congratulated Interior Minister Luisa Maria Alcalde , 37, on her election as leader of the ruling National Reconstruction Movement (Morena) party.
AP. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, along with more than 10 others, were honored at the 2024 Global Goalkeepers event for their efforts to improve the health and nutrition of children in their communities.
CBA. Canada's newly revised Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, which comes into effect today, September 25, has the Restaurant Association worried about the impact on current hiring.
Africa
Xinhua News Agency. More than 100 African negotiators began a four-day meeting in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to draw up a roadmap ahead of the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November.
EGYPT TODAY. The southern Egyptian province of Aswan is facing a serious outbreak of gastroenteritis , which has left around 480 people hospitalized.
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| Egypt's Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar said the main cause of the current outbreak of gastroenteritis is E.coli, a common intestinal pathogen. (Source: Egyptian Cabinet) |
IANS. Uganda will vaccinate more than 2.7 million children under five years of age in the eastern region against polio, said Michael Baganizi, director of the Uganda National Expanded Immunization Programme.
XINHUA. The 752-km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway built by China has begun transporting livestock from central Ethiopia to ports in Djibouti.
Oceania
ABC. Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles is set to travel to Norway and the UK, meet his counterparts and attend the third AUKUS Defence Ministers' Meeting.
ANTARA. The Indonesian government has returned Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens , who has been held by separatist groups in Papua since February 2023, to the New Zealand government.
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