South Korea develops anti-UAV weapons; 'Zelensky formula' brings peace to Donbass?
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"Zelensky formula" brings peace to Donbass?
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| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has truly brought a "new wind" to the East. Illustration photo |
Russia's TASS news agency recently quoted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Pristaiko as saying that Kiev will establish peace in Donbass within the next 6 months or 1 year. This is called the "Zelensky formula". According to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, this formula was set out by President Zelensky on many issues. The Ukrainian President only said that he wanted Kiev to make every effort to fulfill everyone's expectations.
Accordingly, Kiev will exchange prisoners with separatist forces in Donbass, reform the Constitution - one of the major issues in the Minsk-2 peace agreement that the government of former President Petro Poroshenko failed to implement. The Ukrainian government will take steps to reach out to the people of Donbass, restore communication lines, simplify procedures for applying for pensions... A series of measures have been put forward with humanity to call on people living in Donbass to have a positive view, stop boycotting the Ukrainian government to participate in the unjust war.
Bombing at Afghan presidential campaign site kills 24
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| Scene of the suicide bombing. Photo: Twitter |
On September 17, at least 24 people were killed after a suicide bomb attack targeted a rally by incumbent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Charikar city, Parwan province. Dr. Abdul Qasim Sangin, director of Parwan provincial hospital, told AFP that 32 people were also injured and the victims included women and children.
Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said the suicide bomber was seen riding a motorbike and detonated explosives at a security checkpoint at the Charikar police training school where the rally was being held. However, President Ghani was not injured. A suicide bombing also rocked Kabul on the same day, near the US Embassy.
Israeli parliamentary elections
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu casts his vote in Jerusalem. Photo: timeofisrael |
On the morning of September 17, polling stations in Israel began to open for voters to cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections. At 7 a.m. local time, polling stations opened for more than 6.3 million voters to cast their ballots. Voting will end at 10 p.m. on the same day. Preliminary results based on exit polls will be announced immediately and official results will be announced on September 18.
Some 20,000 police, security personnel and volunteers were involved in protecting the vote, while the Israeli military declared a total shutdown of the West Bank and crossings with the Gaza Strip on election day. Arab citizens in Israel also played an influential role in the election.
South Korea develops anti-UAV weapons
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North Korean UAVs during a military parade in 2018. Photo: KCNA. |
South Korea will invest $74 million to acquire air defense weapons specialized in countering small drones by 2023. The system, called Block-I, is designed to track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense announced on September 17.
The decision to develop the Block-I was made after a North Korean UAV was spotted in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in 2017. The UAV took 550 photos of the area where the US missile shield was deployed in South Korea before it crashed into the DMZ.British Prime Minister affirms that he can meet EU commitments
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British Prime Minister affirms that he can meet EU commitments. Photo: National Review |
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed confidence that he can meet European Union commitments on key points including the single market and Northern Ireland.
With less than seven weeks to go until Britain is due to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has yet to reach an agreement with the EU on how to handle the separation between the world’s fifth-largest economy and its largest trading partner. Prime Minister Johnson has insisted that Britain will leave the EU on October 31, with or without a deal, and will not ask for any delay.
Woman swims across ocean for 54 hours
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Sarah Thomas on the English Channel on September 16. Photo: Twitter/Lewis Pugh. |
Sarah Thomas, 37, became the first person to swim across the English Channel four consecutive times in 54 hours without stopping. Thomas, from Colorado, USA, completed her 54-hour swim across the English Channel on the morning of September 17. Before Thomas, only four people had swum across the channel, but only completed three consecutive times. Thomas swam a total distance of about 209 km. The English Channel is located between England and the northern coast of France, with the widest part being 240 km and the narrowest part being 34 km.
Thomas said the hardest part of the swim was the salt water, which made her throat and mouth sore. Her support team said she used swimming as a way to fight her aggressive breast cancer.
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