Long-awaited Samoa deal, Ukraine-related treason allegations, US-China summit expected to be effective

The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, November 16.

Asia

ANTARA. Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto called on ASEAN member countries to support Myanmar in finding a peaceful and lasting solution to the current situation.

Speaking at the 17th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM-17) in Jakarta, Minister Prabowo affirmed that as ASEAN Chair, Indonesia will continue to promote concrete progress towards a peaceful solution in Myanmar. (Source: Tempo)

TEMPO. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan to help Indonesia strengthen its human resources and improve labor productivity.

KYODO. The number of foreign visitors to Japan for business and leisure reached nearly 2.52 million in October, up 0.8% compared to the same period in 2019 - the time before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.

The 9th China-Japan Educational Cooperation and Exchange Conference was held from November 14-16 in Tokyo on November 14, with the participation of representatives from 185 universities and vocational schools from the two countries.

CHINA DAILY. The Chinese and Pakistani navies will conduct their first joint patrol at sea as part of the joint naval exercise Sea Guardian-3 from November 11 to 17.

KCNA. The Russian delegation led by Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov arrived in Pyongyang to attend the 10th meeting of the Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the two countries.

BARRON'S. Flydubai 's first flight has landed in Kabul, marking the low-cost carrier's resumption of flights to Afghanistan after a hiatus of about two years.

TIMES OF ISRAEL. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a Finance Ministry plan to amend the national budget to meet the demands from the conflict with the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip.

Europe

AGENCE EUROPE. Members of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States have signed a long-awaited cooperation agreement with the EU.

The new partnership agreement, signed in Samoa, is designed to serve as the legal framework guiding relations between the 27 EU states and 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries over the next two decades. (Source: X)

BLOOMBERG. The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into online retail platform Amazon to assess whether its consumer protection measures violate the EU's new Internet governance rules.

AFP. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal pledged to push through reforms needed for the country to join the EU.

TASS. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a resident of the Siberian city of Tyumen on charges of providing military information to Ukraine.

According to the FSB, investigators opened a case of “high treason in the form of assisting representatives of another state in carrying out activities against the security of Russia.”

ANADOLU. In a phone call with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his hope that Rome would play a supporting role in efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

POLITICO. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas expressed her desire to be considered for the position of NATO Secretary General when Mr. Jens Stoltenberg's term ends.

REUTERS. Amid a series of new outbreaks of bird flu , the Dutch government has ordered farmers to keep their animals indoors until further notice.

REDDIT. Denmark's Ministry of Health has announced it will restrict alcohol sales to minors and increase taxes on nicotine-containing products in an effort to reduce their consumption.

America

REUTERS. US President Joe Biden is expecting a productive meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 15 and advisers to both leaders will stay in touch after the talks.

“We all expect that today's discussion will be productive and set the stage for more communication and dialogue between the two sides in the future.” (US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby)

CNN. The US and Japan agreed to consult more closely to build sustainable supply chains for strategically important goods such as semiconductors and critical minerals.

The two sides reached this consensus after the second consultation meeting on economic policy under the 2+2 model between Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura of Japan, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo of the United States on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco on November 14. (Source: Kyodo)

PRENSA LATINA. The fourth round of migration talks between Cuba and the United States ended in Havana without much significant progress, with the Cuban government calling the talks “useful” although “much work remains to be done.”

TASS. The Russian Customs Service may set up a representative office in Havana to serve Russia's interests in Cuba and also deal with issues related to Nicaragua and Venezuela.

NBC. The US has decided to extend the national security exemption for another 120 days, allowing Iraq to pay for electricity from Iran through restricted Iranian accounts in Iraq or a third country.

AFP. Venezuela's National Assembly has criticized the EU's decision to extend unilateral sanctions against the South American country for another six months.

Africa

GHANA TODAY. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on African countries to unite to demand reparations for damage done during the colonial era and transatlantic slavery.

Speaking on November 14 at a conference of African leaders in Accra regarding the compensation claim, President Akufo-Addo, President Nana Akufo-Addo affirmed that this is a "legitimate demand for justice". (Source: Ghana Today)

BBC. The UK government is to announce a new treaty with Rwanda after the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (SCUK) ruled that plans to send asylum seekers to the African country were illegal.

SUDAN TRIBUNE. Kenyan President William Ruto and Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have agreed to work towards creating a comprehensive dialogue framework to end seven months of conflict in Sudan.

NEW ZIMBABWE. Twenty-two people were killed when a minibus collided head-on with a heavy truck on the night of November 14 on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge road near Bulawayo - Zimbabwe's second largest city.

MAP. Moroccan police and customs intercepted an illegal shipment of 173,650 psychotropic pills in the northern port city of Tangier.

WHO. The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the number of diabetes cases in Africa is increasing sharply due to rapid urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy diets and alcoholism.

XINHUA. About 4.3 million people in Somalia (25 percent of the population) are at risk of famine by the end of this year, facing increased flooding, the United Nations has warned.

Oceania

SBS. Australian police arrested 28 people in a campaign to dismantle the largest criminal network , involved in legalizing more than 1 billion AUD (648.9 million USD) of "dirty money" through transporting guns, drugs, cigarettes...

ABC. The Australian Cyber Security Centre released a report showing that cyber groups and hackers have increased their attacks on critical infrastructure, businesses and agencies with a frequency of one attack every 6 minutes .

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