The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, September 13.
Asia
NHK. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to replace the foreign minister and defense minister in a reshuffle expected to be announced on September 13.
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| Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is expected to be replaced by Yoko Kamikawa (left) and Minoru Kihara, who is currently leading a joint Japan-Taiwan parliamentary group, will be defense minister. (Source: Yomiuri Shimbun) |
YONHAP. South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup appears to have expressed his willingness to resign , in order to prevent a possible security vacuum amid calls for his impeachment by the main opposition party.
BANGKOK POST. Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has said the government will ask employers to raise the minimum daily wage to 400 baht (about $11.4) as soon as possible.
BERNAMA. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said all agencies and departments involved in the Halal industry will be coordinated by a government committee to bring the industry to a more competitive level.
TIMES OF ISRAEL. Israel is working on a comprehensive climate law that would for the first time codify national targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Europe
INTERFAX. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on September 12, scheduled to hold a meeting with host country President Vladimir Putin.
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepares to board a train to Russia, departing from Pyongyang station, September 10. (Source: KCNA) |
TASS. The Far East is Russia's top priority in the 21st century, Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed in his speech at the plenary session of the Eastern International Economic Forum (EEF 2023) on the afternoon of September 12.
TASS. Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov said that Japan and South Korea are likely to return to constructive dialogue with Russia.
RIA. During a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that relations between Moscow and Beijing have reached an unprecedented high in history.
POLITICO/ Poland will not lift its import ban on Ukrainian grain because it does not want to harm the interests of Polish farmers, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.
AFP. Belarus has decided to close its embassy in Slovakia, according to a decree published on the Belarusian National Legal Information Portal on September 11 and set to come into effect on September 12.
REUTERS. Greek police say six people have been killed near the capital Athens in a shooting suspected to be linked to organised crime - one of the deadliest shootings in recent memory in the country.
DW. Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius officially launched the project to build six 212 CD class submarines for the two navies in the city of Kiel, Germany.
GUARDIAN. The UK unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in the May-July period, while wages rose to a record high, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
America
CNN. A series of cities and states in the US held events to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
REUTERS. The United States has lifted sanctions to allow the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian funds from South Korea to Qatar - a necessary step to implement a previously announced US-Iranian prisoner swap deal.
CNBC. The US has approved Covid-19 vaccines that are modified to effectively protect against the current circulating variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus amid a surge in new Covid-19 cases.
BLOOMBERG. In the first eight months of this year, the United States suffered 23 natural disasters - the highest number ever, each disaster is estimated to cause more than $1 billion in damage.
MEXICO NEWS DAILY. The government of the city of Queretaro, Mexico announced the recruitment of 800 female drivers to work at the public bus company to replace male drivers.
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| Once the recruitment is complete, Queretaro will be the first city in the world where public bus drivers are entirely female. (Source: MND) |
Africa
ARAB NEWS. At least 2,300 people were killed, 7,000 injured and more than 5,000 missing in the city of Derna after severe flash floods occurred in eastern Libya.
APS. Algeria has dedicated three aircraft of the Air Force of the National People's Army (ANP) to transport intervention and rescue teams from the Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Agency to Morocco after the devastating earthquake.
UNICEF. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling on all public and private actors to join the "First Foods" initiative to transform food systems to sustainably prevent and combat child malnutrition in West and Central Africa.
XINHUA. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a new 26-member cabinet after he was re-elected for a second term last month.
Oceania
SBS. El Nino indicators have strengthened and the weather phenomenon is likely to develop between September and November, bringing hotter and drier weather across Australia.
NZ HERALD. Many New Zealanders have fallen victim to fraud involving bank accounts and credit cards, according to a survey by international research organisation Horizon Research.
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