US to extradite Huawei CEO; Plot to overthrow Venezuelan President thwarted
(Baonghean.vn) - Japanese Prime Minister meets Russian President to promote resolution of territorial disputes; US will extradite Huawei Director despite China's anger; Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko registers to run for President of Ukraine; Plot to overthrow Venezuelan President is suppressed... are the world's outstanding news in the past 24 hours.
Japanese Prime Minister meets Russian President to push for resolution of territorial dispute
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| Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Singapore on November 14, 2018. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
On January 22, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek ways to promote the resolution of the decades-long territorial dispute over a group of islands that have been under Russian control since World War II. Speaking at talks with President Putin in Moscow, Prime Minister Abe highly appreciated the results of cooperation between the two countries, affirming that the cooperative relationship between Russia and Japan is bringing concrete results.
According to Mr. Abe, many important international projects are planned for this year and Tokyo hopes to work together with Moscow to make 2019 a year of strong development between Russia and Japan. For his part, President Putin said that regular meetings at high levels create conditions for discussing the current state of Russia-Japan relations, as well as the situation in the region. It is expected that the leaders of the two countries will continue to discuss economic issues and the peace treaty that Russia and Japan have not been able to sign since the end of World War II.
Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko registers to run for President of Ukraine
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| Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks at a political forum in Kiev on June 15, 2017. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
On January 22, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko officially registered to run for the country's presidency. Speaking at a meeting of the nationalist Batkivshchyna (Motherland) party, Ms. Tymoshenko declared: "I will run for the presidency." This statement was made in the context of opinion polls showing that she is a strong candidate.
The presidential campaign in Ukraine officially began on December 31, 2018. According to the law, the campaign must begin three months before the election, which is scheduled for March 31. From December 31, 2018 to February 3, those who want to run for office can submit applications to the Central Election Commission (SIK) of Ukraine. The SIK will have five days to complete the registration procedure.
US to extradite Huawei CEO Meng Wanzhou despite China's anger
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| Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Photo: The Canadian Press |
Breaking news: Despite trans-Pacific tensions (between the US and China), the US will move forward with formal proceedings to extradite Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou from Canada to the US.
In an interview on January 21, 2019, Canadian Ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton said that Washington had informed Ottawa that the US side would make a formal request (on extradition) without going into details about the timing. Ambassador MacNaughton said Ottawa was fed up with “its citizens being punished” in diplomatic disputes.
Russian plane makes emergency landing after passenger attempts to hijack plane to Afghanistan
Aeroflot airline plane. Photo: RT
The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed that Aeroflot flight SU1515, which took off from Surgut, Siberia, to Moscow, had to make an emergency landing in Khanty-Mansiysk, after a drunken passenger demanded to divert the plane to Afghanistan.
Security forces arrested the drunken passenger who attempted to hijack the plane. Investigators said the passenger tried to break into the cockpit and claimed he had a weapon. However, security forces did not find any weapons on the passenger.
Plot to overthrow Venezuelan President crushed
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| Venezuelan National Guard maintains order after a mutiny by 27 soldiers. Photo: Reuters |
Venezuelan authorities say they have successfully captured 27 soldiers who were plotting a military coup by kidnapping four officials in the capital Caracas and calling on people to fight to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. A group of soldiers from the National Guard stole weapons, kidnapped four officials, then attacked a guard post in Cotiza, near the capital Caracas. They posted a video on social media demanding that President Nicolás Maduro step down.
Twenty-five soldiers were captured shortly after the fighting broke out, and two others were captured elsewhere. While the rebellion was quickly crushed, it signaled growing discontent within the armed forces, especially among lower-ranking officers, who had little power to change the economy amid hyperinflation of two million percent, which left food and medicine scarce.
