The World and Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, November 26.
Asia
YONHAP. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim agreed to upgrade their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
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| South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Seoul on November 25. (Source: Yonhap) |
IRNA. Deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and Britain will meet to negotiate on Tehran's nuclear issue .
REUTERS. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) expressed “deep concern” over the report on Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
China has received a request for consultations from the EU after the bloc filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization about Beijing's provisional anti-dumping measures on EU brandy imports.
KYODO. Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrange to meet former Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe and others attending an international conference in Beijing next week.
GLOBAL TIMES. China has expressed hope that Tokyo will improve people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, after Beijing announced a visa-free deal for Japanese citizens last week.
PHNOM PENH POST. The Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World opened in Siem Reap province (Northwestern Cambodia), under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet.
BANGKOK POST. Thai police have sought an Interpol arrest warrant for a “kingpin” who is believed to have fled the country after running a $200 million investment scam.
Europe
AFP. Admiral Rob Bauer, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, called on member countries to spend more on defense than the 2% of GDP committed since 2014.
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| According to former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, of the alliance's 32 members, at least 23 countries will meet that target by 2024. (Source: Getty) |
REUTERS. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced he will step down as leader of the left-wing Social Democratic Party (PSD) after failing to reach the second round of the presidential election.
EURONEWS. The G7 foreign ministers' meeting opens in Rome, with the first day's sessions focusing on the Middle East amid tensions between Israel and Iran.
RIA. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would consider deploying short- and medium-range missiles in Asia if the US deployed such missiles to the region.
DW. At least one person was killed and three others were injured after a cargo plane operated by German company DHL crashed near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
SWI. Swiss voters are holding referendums on proposals such as highway expansion, landlord rights and health care.
America
BBC. Mr. Scott Bessent, who was nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to be Secretary of the Treasury in the new government, announced that he would prioritize implementing tax cut commitments.
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| Mr. Bessent, born in 1962, in Conway, South Carolina. (Source: AP) |
REUTERS. Outgoing Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou congratulates the victory of Yamandú Orsi, the center-left candidate of the opposition Broad Front, in the second round of the presidential election .
CNN. The US Department of Commerce is awarding nearly $60 million to BAE Systems to produce chips used in aircraft and satellites.
AFP. Heavy rains in Bolivia caused the Pasajahuira River to overflow its banks, flooding the Bajo Llojeta area on the outskirts of the capital La Paz, trapping many people in their homes while waiting for rescuers.
Africa
REUTERS. The UN is working with the Sudanese government to appeal for aid for its 2025 response plan to address the humanitarian crisis.
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| Sudan is going through a difficult period of civil war, seriously affecting people's livelihoods. (Source: theglobeandmail) |
TASS. Jihadists launched a serious attack and captured a military base of the VDP self-defense forces in the Kaya region of central Burkina Faso.
AFP. Niger stressed that it could no longer work with EU Ambassador Pinto da Franca and offered to send a replacement "as soon as possible".
EGYPT TODAY. The “The Piercing Arrow 2024” military exercise has concluded successfully, marking a month-long cooperation between the Egyptian and Saudi armed forces.
Oceania
9NEWS. Conservation officers and New Zealanders used large tarps to rescue more than 30 pilot whales stranded on a beach.
ABC. Japanese and German contractors are in the final selection round to win a contract to build Australia's new multi-purpose frigate worth up to AU$10 billion (about 6.5 billion USD).
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