Russia and India open new shipping route through the South China Sea; Trump cancels secret peace talks with the Taliban
(Baonghean.vn) - Russia - India open new shipping route through the East Sea; British Prime Minister risks losing his job if he does not comply with Brexit law; Consecutive earthquakes in Sichuan (China)
Trump cancels secret peace talks with Taliban
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President Trump at the White House on September 4. Photo:AFP. |
US President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of peace talks with Taliban leaders on September 8 after the insurgent group admitted to being behind bombings in Kabul. The decision to cancel a secret meeting with "important leaders" of the Afghan insurgent group at Camp David, Maryland, was announced by Trump shortly after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bombings in the capital Kabul last week that killed 12 people, including an American soldier.
"It is not in the interest of the history of Afghanistan to see the Taliban intensify its violence," General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of the US Central Command, told reporters during a visit to Pakistan yesterday. However, General McKenzie declined to comment on diplomatic talks between Washington and Taliban commanders.Russia - India open new shipping route through the East Sea
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Eastern Economic Forum on September 5. Photo AFP |
According to the newspaperSouth China Morning PostOn September 8, Russia and India signed a memorandum of understanding on opening a new shipping route between the Russian city of Vladivostok in the Far East and the Indian city of Chennai. This shipping route will pass through the East Sea.
In addition, India and Russia may strengthen their alliance in the military and technological fields, according to a memorandum of understanding signed at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. Accordingly, the two sides can jointly develop and produce military equipment, spare parts, accessories as well as improve the after-sales service system. Also in the cooperation plan, India will lend Russia 1 billion USD (23,200 billion VND) to develop the resource-rich Far East region.
British Prime Minister risks losing office if he fails to comply with Brexit law
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Al Jazeera. |
Many legal experts in the UK have warned that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be forced to resign and risk jail if he refuses to implement the law to prevent a no-deal Brexit that has just been passed by the British Parliament. This assessment was made by a group of leading legal experts in the UK on September 7, after receiving a request for legal advice from the opposition Labour Party.
According to these experts, immediately after being approved by the Queen of England, the law on preventing no-deal Brexit, which was passed by the British Parliament last weekend, will officially come into effect on September 9. Therefore, if Mr. Boris Johnson does not comply with this law, the British Court will have the right to issue a judgment forcing Mr. Boris Johnson to resign and imprison him.
Election of governors and local legislative assemblies in Russia
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| Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol votes at a polling station in Moscow on September 8, 2019. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
People across Russia will go to the polls on September 8 in elections for governors and regional legislatures. In this election, Russians will elect governors in 16 regions and legislative assemblies in 13 regions and regions. In addition, Russian voters will also have by-elections to the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) in four proxy constituencies, namely in Khabarovsk, Novgorod, Sverdlovsk and Orlov regions.
An estimated 7.2 million Russians are eligible to vote for 45 members of the Moscow legislature, which is currently dominated by the ruling United Russia party. There are 233 candidates running for the Moscow legislature, including 171 party candidates and 63 self-nominated candidates.
Consecutive earthquakes in Sichuan (China)
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A collapsed house at the epicenter. Photo: China News. |
After two earthquakes measuring 3.0 and 5.4 in the early morning of September 8 (local time), another earthquake measuring 4.3 continued to occur here at 10:36 a.m. (local time). Not only causing human casualties, these consecutive earthquakes also caused 86 houses to collapse, nearly 2,300 other houses to be damaged to varying degrees.
Immediately after the earthquake, the leaders of the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management had to hold an emergency meeting to promptly direct the relief work. Nearly 5,000 personnel from the public security forces, police, fire, medical, traffic... were deployed to the scene to conduct search and rescue work. About 4,000 blankets and more than 200 tents were also provided to people in the earthquake area.
