US extends sanctions on North Korea; Ukraine stops radioactive material smuggling
(Baonghean.vn) - The world in the past 24 hours has seen many events such as: US President extends sanctions on North Korea; Ukraine successfully prevents radioactive material smuggling; Syrian government forces gain advantage in the southern province of Daraa; Grenade attack in Ethiopia; Over 700 people rescued in the Mediterranean...
Despite praising Kim, Trump still sanctions North Korea for another year
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| Leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump at their historic meeting in Singapore. Photo:AFP |
After returning from a summit with North Korea in Singapore last week, US President Donald Trump tweeted: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Sleep well tonight." After the meeting, Mr. Trump lavished praise on Mr. Kim, calling the North Korean leader "a very smart, tough, and respectful negotiator."
However, a statement from the president to the US Congress on June 22 showed a different tone when explaining why the Trump administration needs to continue to maintain tough economic sanctions against Pyongyang, according toAFPThese measures first appeared under former President George W. Bush.
For this reason, he said, the six executive orders imposing sanctions on North Korea that his administration and previous US administrations have issued must continue to be maintained after June 27.
Non-OPEC oil producing countries agree to increase production
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| An oil production facility on Khark Island, off the coast of the Gulf. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
Angolan Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo said that 10 oil-producing countries outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), including Russia, have supported increasing oil production.
The decision was made at a meeting of Energy Ministers of OPEC and non-OPEC oil-producing countries in Vienna, Austria, on June 23 to ensure the participation of non-OPEC countries in an internal OPEC agreement on increasing production reached the day before.
Ukraine successfully prevented smuggling of extremely dangerous radioactive material
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SBU officers prepare to move radioactive material to a safe place. Photo: SBU |
The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has carried out a special operation that successfully prevented the sale of radioactive material Radium-226, the Agency's press office informed the Kiev Post on June 23.
SBU discovered highly dangerous radioactive material stored in a cylindrical container buried 2m deep in a family garden. The announcement said that 6 perpetrators, members of an organized crime group, were arrested.
The SBU has collected evidence that members of an organization are plotting to conduct an illegal transaction: selling Radium smuggled into Ukraine from a Central European country.
Syrian government forces gain advantage in southern Daraa province
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| Syrian government forces patrol the road connecting Kabajeb with Al-Shula, on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor. Photo: AFP/VNA |
On June 23, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that Syrian government forces had won their first victories against rebel gunmen in the southern province of Daraa, after 7 days of fierce bombardment.
Since June 19, Syrian government troops have intensified artillery shelling of opposition-held areas in the eastern countryside of Daraa province, before launching a ground offensive against rebels in the area.
After securing the capital Damascus, the Syrian army has focused on the southern part of the country, where rebels still control most of Daraa and Sweida provinces.
Protests demand referendum on final Brexit deal
On June 23, thousands of European Union (EU) supporters gathered in central London to call on the British Government to hold a public vote on the terms of Britain's exit from the EU - Brexit.
A campaign called "People's Vote" by a number of pro-EU groups is being launched to ensure the government holds a public vote so people can decide whether the final deal will make the country's future better or worse.This agreement is considered to be able to affect the lives of many generations of British people in the future.
South Korea: Unemployment rate among highly educated people increases sharply
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| Source: chosun.com |
According to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office of Korea on June 23, in May, the number of unemployed people with a university degree (4-year program) was about 402,000 people (out of a total of 1,121,000 unemployed people), the second highest (with 35.8%) after the group of high school graduates (40.6%). This is also the highest unemployment rate among this group of workers since 2000 (14.2%).
The unemployment rate in Korea last May was 4%, up 0.4% over the same period last year and this was the highest unemployment rate in May in the past 18 years in the kimchi country.
Grenade attack in Ethiopia
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| Ethiopian security forces investigate at the scene of an explosion in Meskel Square, the capital Addis Ababa on June 23. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
On June 23, the Ethiopian Red Cross said at least three people were killed and 164 injured in a bomb explosion at a rally that morning in the capital Addis Ababa.
The Ethiopian Red Cross said the bombing occurred as more than 3 million people gathered in Meskel Square to support new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. About 50 people received first aid at the scene, while 114 were taken to medical facilities.
Over 700 people rescued in the Mediterranean
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| Migrants are taken to a naval base in Tripoli after being rescued off the coast of Libya on June 18. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
On June 23, the Libyan Navy said that five African migrants were killed and nearly 200 others were rescued off the coast of the country while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Specifically, in a first operation on June 22, the Libyan Navy rescued 94 migrants, including 3 children and 9 women, when their boat was sinking off the coast of Garabulli, east of the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Libyan Navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem added that the bodies of five migrants had been found. Also in the same sea area, the Libyan Navy discovered another boat and rescued 91 people, from various African countries.
