Indonesia arrests bombing suspect; Google under investigation in Australia
(Baonghean.vn) - Many events have taken place in the world in the past 24 hours: President Putin drove a truck across the bridge connecting Russia and Crimea; many suspects were arrested in a series of bombings in Indonesia; Google was caught up in a data security scandal...
President Putin drives a truck across the land bridge connecting Russia and Crimea
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The Russian President attended the inauguration ceremony in a youthful outfit of jeans, a white shirt and a black leather jacket. |
On May 15, the bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula with southern Russia officially opened to traffic. Russian President Vladimir Putin personally drove on the bridge.
The total cost of the bridge's construction was 228 billion rubles (nearly 3.69 billion USD). With a length of 19 km, the Crimean Bridge has become the longest bridge in Europe.
Vehicles will officially be allowed to circulate on the road from May 16, according to the news agency.RT.
The project is part of Russia’s efforts to help Crimea integrate with Russia. In addition to meeting infrastructure needs for transport links, it is a political symbol following the Crimean peninsula’s annexation by Russia in 2014.
US increases troops to protect embassies in the Middle East
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Marines guard outside the US embassy. Photo:USMC. |
The US Department of Defense has sent dozens of additional Marines to the Middle East to strengthen the protection of its embassies, after the Trump administration opened a controversial embassy in Jerusalem, according toNewsWeek.
Specially trained Marines have been deployed at US diplomatic facilities in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt, in response to possible retaliation after the US moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Malaysian leaders refuse to compromise with corrupt former prime minister
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New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Photo:AFP. |
Malaysia's new 92-year-old prime minister has vowed not to compromise with former prime minister Najib Razak, who faces corruption charges and risks jail.
Malaysia's new prime minister has said there will be no deal to allow former prime minister Najib Razak to use money to cover up losses of up to $3 billion from the 1MDB government investment fund.
The move means former Prime Minister Najib could face criminal charges and jail if convicted.
North Korea invites South Korean reporters to witness dismantling of nuclear test site
Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea. Photo: AP/TTXVN |
On May 15, the South Korean Unification Ministry said North Korea had invited eight reporters from a South Korean news agency and a television station to witness the dismantling of the Punungye-ri nuclear test site, scheduled to take place from May 23-25, where North Korea had conducted six previous nuclear tests.
Each of the above South Korean media outlets will send four reporters to attend the event. The invited reporters will receive visas at the North Korean embassy in Beijing and board a flight from Beijing to Kalma Airport in Wonsan, North Korea, on May 22, along with other foreign reporters. They will then take a train to the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, and return home on May 26 or 27 by chartered plane.
Ukraine may strip citizenship of RIA Novosti journalist
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| Portrait of journalist Kirill Vyshinsky. Source: AFP/TTXVN |
On May 15, Deputy Director of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Viktor Kononenko said that the agency believes that journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, head of the RIA Novosti bureau in the capital Kiev who has been detained, has dual citizenship and Ukrainian authorities will consider stripping him of his Ukrainian citizenship.
For its part, Russia has strongly criticized the actions of Ukrainian authorities in searching the office of the Russian news agency RIA Novosti Ukraine in the capital Kiev and arresting journalist Vyshinsky.
Arrest of many suspects in a series of bombings in Indonesia
Police stand guard at the scene of a bombing in Surabaya, Indonesia on May 13. Photo: THX/TTXVN |
Indonesian authorities announced that the country's police have killed a rebel and arrested 13 other suspects involved in three recent terrorist bombings in Surabaya, the island nation's second largest city, which killed at least 18 people (including the perpetrators) and injured many others.
The suspects were killed and arrested in raids conducted by anti-terrorism forces in Surabaya and other neighboring cities such as Malang and Pasuruan.
Indonesian police are also expanding their investigation into the bloody bombings of three churches in Surabaya, East Java province on May 13.
Royal bride Meghan Markle's father may not attend the wedding
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Photo of future royal bride Meghan Markle and her father, Thomas Markle. Photo:Tim Stewart News Limited. |
Thomas Markle Sr, 73, toldTMZ, a celebrity news website, that he will not be seeing his daughter off to get married. Mr. Markle “decided not to attend because he did not want to embarrass the royal family or his daughter.”
The incident occurred after an article in the newspaperDailyMailon May 13 accused Mr. Markle of staging photos of himself being measured for a wedding suit, lifting weights in a park, reading a book on British history, and searching for articles online about his upcoming wedding. The newspaper published camera photos showing Mr. Markle and the photographer going to a cafe together.
Australia investigates allegations that Google collects user data
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The US-based technology giant is under investigation in Australia over allegations that it collected data from millions of Android phone users, causing them to unwittingly pay telecom service providers for the data they used while the data was being collected.
The investigations come after Oracle made allegations in a report as part of the Australian government's review of Google and Facebook's impact on the advertising market that Alphabet, Google's parent company, received detailed information about users' internet searches and the locations of users of phones running Google's Android operating system.
Meanwhile, a Google spokesman said the company had users' permission to collect data.
Indian school cuts off female students' sleeves to prevent exam cheating
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Female candidates with their sleeves cut off are taking the exam. Photo:Alamy. |
A school in India has been banned from holding exams after staff used scissors and razor blades to cut female students' sleeves before they sat the test.
Video aired on Indian television shows staff at a school in Bihar state using scissors and razor blades to cut off female students' sleeves before allowing them into the exam room.
According toAFPMany female students had to carry their cut sleeves into the exam room while dozens of police stood guard outside.
The incident led to protests outside other exam centers and a barrage of criticism on social media.
