Iran to abandon nuclear deal if US withdraws, Afghanistan foils suicide attack plot
(Baonghean.vn) - The world over the past 24 hours has witnessed notable events such as: North Korea begins to close its nuclear test site; Voting in local elections in the UK; Trump admits to paying back lawyers to silence porn stars; sandstorms sweep India...
China exhibits original Karl Marx manuscripts
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| Statue of Karl Marx in London, England. Source: China Plus |
On May 3, original manuscripts of Karl Marx, the leader of the world's proletariat, were put on display at Nanjing University in Nanjing, capital of eastern China's Jiangsu Province. The exhibition was held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great revolutionary (May 5, 1818).
The exhibition uses historical documents and artifacts to show how Marxism was formed, developed and spread to China over the past 200 years. Among the artifacts on display are some of Karl Marx's original notes from his time in Brussels, Belgium.
The above notes are all from the personal collection of Mr. Zeng Huansha, Chairman of Jiangsu Redsun Group. This collection has been evaluated and confirmed by experts from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Humanities and the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam (Netherlands) as original manuscripts of Karl Marx.
North Korea begins closing nuclear test site
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| A tunnel gate at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in 2016. Photo:Digital Globe. |
US intelligence said yesterday (May 3) that North Korea has begun to close the Punggye-ri nuclear test site by dismantling support systems in the tunnels.CBS Newsreport
The removal of cables from the tunnel at Punggye-ri is believed to be the beginning of the process of decommissioning the only nuclear test site in North Korea, and is also seen as Pyongyang's first move to fulfill a commitment by leader Kim Jong-un.
During the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27, Mr. Kim announced that he would invite experts and journalists from the US and South Korea to the country to witness and ensure "transparency" when closing the nuclear test site. The South Korean president then had a phone call with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, asking the UN to confirm the process of closing Pyongyang's Punggye-ri test site.
Iran warns it will abandon nuclear deal if US withdraws
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Ali Akbar Velayati - Chief foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader. Photo:AFP |
Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader, said the government "will not accept any additions or removals" to the nuclear deal it signed with six world powers in 2015 in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions. "If the United States withdraws from the nuclear deal, we will not continue to participate," Velayati said, according toAFP.
The statement was made in the context of US President Trump threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal, calling it "the worst deal the US has ever negotiated". Trump set a deadline of May 12 for European allies to amend the document to be tougher on Tehran.
British voters have begun voting in local elections.
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| British voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Hampshire, west of London. Source: AFP/VNA |
On May 3, British voters began voting in local elections to choose thousands of new members for local councils.
This is seen as the first test for Prime Minister Theresa May since her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority after a snap election last year.
More than 4,300 seats will be up for grabs in local councils in cities across England, including Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle. Prime Minister May's Conservative Party will compete with opposition parties for 32 council seats in London, its traditional stronghold.
Trump admits paying lawyer to silence porn star
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| President Trump (left) and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Photo:New YorkPost. |
The US President said he had paid the refund to his personal lawyer Michael Cohen in monthly transactions. "Campaign money or campaign contributions were not involved in this payment," Trump wrote on Twitter today.
He said Cohen used the money to execute "a private contract between the two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement" and said its purpose was to "stop the false and distorted allegations" of porn star Stormy Daniels, who revealed she had slept with Trump in 2006.
Earlier, Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's new lawyer, said the President had repaid $130,000 to his personal lawyer Cohen. This contradicts Trump's previous statements. A month ago, Trump affirmed that he did not know about the hush agreement between Stormy Daniels and lawyer Cohen right before the 2016 US presidential election.
Some campaign finance experts say that even if Trump paid for the money himself, he could still face criminal charges for causing his campaign to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission. The payment to Daniels could be considered an illegal campaign contribution.
Afghanistan foils suicide attack plot on government building
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| Afghan security forces. Source: Reuters |
Afghan security forces have arrested seven suspected militants who were planning attacks on a public hospital and an Interior Ministry office in the capital Kabul on May 3.
According to Afghan authorities, the seven suspected militants were interrogated and confessed to planning to attack an Interior Ministry compound and the Ghazi Amanullah Khan hospital, which specializes in treating members of the Afghan security forces.
The seven youths were trained in different religious schools in the Chaman district on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. After being equipped, they were taken to Kabul by another person to carry out the attack and become suicide attackers, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement.
Sandstorm sweeps through India, 77 people killed
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The storm darkened the sky over many areas in Rajasthan state. Photo:PTI. |
A sandstorm swept through the western and northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand on the evening of May 2 at 7 p.m. local time and raged for two hours, with winds of 45-59 km/h, according to...Hindustan Time.
According to statistics on the morning of May 3, at least 77 people were killed and 143 injured. Most of the deaths were caused by the storm blowing down houses and falling trees. Heavy rains hit New Delhi yesterday evening after the sandstorm, causing traffic jams in some areas of the Indian capital. 15 flights in New Delhi were canceled or diverted due to bad weather. Governments in Indian states hit by the sandstorm have declared a state of disaster and sent relief forces to the affected areas.
