The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, March 22.
Asia
JIJI PRESS. Senior diplomats from Japan, the United States and the Philippines pledged to further boost cooperation to pave the way for the first trilateral summit next month.
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| Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Philippine counterpart Maria Theresa Lazaro meet in Tokyo on March 21. (Source: Jiji Press) |
KYODO. Japan Airlines will buy more than 40 planes from US conglomerate Boeing and Europe's Airbus in an effort to boost domestic and international operations.
KOREA JOONGANG. South Korean airline Korean Air plans to sign an agreement with aircraft manufacturer Airbus to buy 33 of the company's latest A350 aircraft .
YONHAP. The South Korean and US militaries held a joint urban warfare training course from March 18-22 to enhance their readiness to respond to threats in urban areas and underground facilities.
KOREA TIMES. Starting next week, the South Korean Health Ministry will begin suspending the licenses of trainee doctors who do not return to work.
CHINA DAILY. China has completed testing its first domestically developed urban train running on hydrogen fuel, with a speed of 160 km/h - a breakthrough in the application of hydrogen energy in railway transport.
Xinhua News Agency. Several rare bird species , including a black crane and an oriental white crane, have been newly discovered in Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve in northern China's Hebei Province.
KHAOSOD. Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron signed the Thailand-UK Strategic Partnership Roadmap, upgrading the relationship to a strategic partnership.
BANGKOK POST. The Thai government is prioritizing a crackdown on rising crime by foreigners in an effort to protect the country's tourism reputation.
TEMPO. Mr. Prabowo Subianto, 72 years old, pledged to become President of all Indonesians after the National Election Commission announced the results showing that he won the election last month.
KPI. Representatives of ASEAN countries attended the 18th Meeting of the Working Group on the ASEAN Tax Forum and the 15th Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-Forum on Special Consumption Tax, from March 20-22 in Vientiane, Laos.
PTI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that India will lead the world in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, asserting that AI leadership remains in the country's hands.
| “We are in a new era of AI technology and the world has acknowledged that India will take the lead in AI. Our priority now is to ensure that India does not miss out on this opportunity.” (Prime Minister Modi) |
MINT. Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), a subsidiary of the Adani Group, is implementing a project to build the Khavda renewable energy park with a cost of about 20 billion USD in Gujarat state, India.
Europe
PHILENEWS. Cyprus is hosting a conference with the participation of several countries and international organizations to discuss ways to increase the supply of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through a maritime corridor.
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| The conference, which took place in the port of Larnaca, was attended by representatives from 36 countries, including Israeli officials, United Nations agencies and humanitarian aid organizations. (Source: X) |
AFP. The EU summit takes place in Brussels from March 21-22, discussing aid to Ukraine, building a common defense strategy, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, reforming the European agricultural system...
PRAGUE POST. The Czech Republic, together with Poland and the three Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, has called on the European Commission (EC) to impose restrictions on imports of Russian and Belarusian grain into the EU.
GUARDIAN. The first NATO military delegation led by Admiral Rob Bauer has arrived in Kiev since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
REUTERS. Dutch police have arrested a suspect who threw a flaming object at the Israeli embassy in The Hague, no one was injured and the incident is under investigation.
BLOOMBERG. Denmark's security and intelligence agency has raised its alert level for terrorist attacks and attacks on the country's interests abroad.
AFP. This week, at least 30 schools in the Paris metropolitan area received threatening text messages accompanied by shocking and gruesome violent footage, according to the French Education Ministry.
NIN. The Serbian Parliament elected former Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Vice President of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and head of the Serbian government since 2017, as the new Speaker of the Parliament.
POLITICO. Portuguese President Rebelo de Sousa appointed Luis Montenegro , head of the Democratic Union party, as prime minister after the party won the general election on March 10.
America
NBC. For the first time, the US has sent a draft resolution to UN member states, calling for an "immediate" ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, while warning of growing hunger in the Gaza Strip.
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| The US had blocked similar previous Security Council resolutions, but on March 20, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed this change of position. (Source: UN Photo) |
CNN. The Biden administration will forgive $6 billion in student debt for 78,000 people, bringing the total amount of student debt forgiven by the current administration to nearly $150 billion for nearly 4 million Americans.
WALL STREET JOURNL. American investment firm Apollo has offered to buy Paramount Studios from media and entertainment group Paramount Global for $11 billion.
BLOOMBERG. Meta, Microsoft, X and Match Group have all criticized Apple for charging too much in the App Store.
AP. After visiting Brazil, Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William J Burns went to Argentina, working with the Chief of the Argentine Cabinet, the Minister of Security, the Director of the Argentine National Intelligence Agency...
CBSA. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seized more than 1.5 tonnes of suspected cocaine at a container inspection facility at the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
CBC. Canadians are no longer interested in owning their own cars because the cost is becoming too expensive, even though it is an essential need in harsh weather conditions and traveling between quite long distances.
REUTERS. Mexico will rise four places to become the ninth largest exporter in the world in 2023, thanks to an encouraging recovery and a trend of near -shoring.
Africa
AFP. Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf and his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne spoke by phone to discuss developments in the Gaza Strip.
OCHA. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the increasingly complex violence in Sudan is causing serious famine in the country.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The United States has pledged an additional $47 million in humanitarian assistance for emergency response in Sudan and neighboring countries, including Chad and South Sudan.
Oceania
NZ HERALD. The New Zealand Parliament has approved legislation to implement New Zealand's obligations under the New Zealand-EU FTA , which will come into effect earlier, on 1 May, rather than in July or August.
NAVAL NEWS. Australia will spend billions of dollars on ports, shipyards and factories at home and in the UK to build nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS security treaty.
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| Under the AUKUS agreement between Australia, the UK and the US, Australia will buy five nuclear submarines from Washington in the early 2030s, before jointly building and operating a new SSN-AUKUS class with the UK. |
BREAKING DEFENSE. The government of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed the largest defence export deal in Australia's history to supply Australian-made armoured vehicles to Germany.
FINANCIAL TIMES. Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled a draft law to impose a minimum 15% tax on multinational companies, hoping to pass it by July.
ABC. The total net overseas migration to Australia was more than 150,000 people , the majority of whom were international students, according to the latest population data from the third quarter of 2023 released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
THE AUSTRALIAN. Australia's Northern Territory has issued an evacuation order amid warnings of a "once in a century" flood.
ABS. 1.8 million Australians aged 15 and over were victims of credit card fraud in the 12 months to the end of June 2023, equivalent to 8.7% of the population aged 15 and over, up from 8.1% in 2021-22 and 6.9% in 2020-21.
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