World events of the week

(Baonghean.vn) - Tensions on the Korean peninsula continue to escalate, the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics, a strong earthquake in Italy... are notable events of the week. Let's review with Nghe An Newspaper the outstanding events in the world in the past 7 days.

1. Tensions on the Korean peninsula continue to escalate

On August 22, the US and South Korea began their annual joint military exercise with 75,000 troops, despite North Korea's threat of nuclear attack.In response, on August 24, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that North Korea launched a ballistic missile from a submarine in the eastern sea off the coast of South Hamgyong Province at 5:30 a.m. local time. Continuing, on August 27, North Korea raised its alert level to the highest level ahead of the US-South Korea drills. Photo:nknews.org.

2. Closing Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics

On August 22, after 16 days of exciting competition, the Rio 2016 Olympics officially ended with an impressive closing ceremony in host country Brazil. Present at the closing ceremony, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe transformed into Super Mario to introduce the 32nd Olympics to be held 4 years later in the Land of the Rising Sun. Photo: Reuters.

3. Strong earthquake causes many casualties in central Italy

At 3:36 a.m. on August 24, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in the southwest of the central city of Perugia, destroying thousands of buildings and causing many casualties.The earthquake killed at least 247 people and injured 368. Photo: AP.

4. Controversy surrounding the campaign to destroy drug dealers in the Philippines.

On August 21, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to leave the United Nations after the organization called on him to end his campaign to eliminate illegal drug dealers. Mr. Duterte also announced that he would invite China and other African countries to form a new global organization. On August 22, Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said that Mr. Duterte's statement was a "statement of deep disappointment" with the United Nations and that the Philippines had no intention of leaving the organization. Photo: AP.

5. Agreement to end violence in Syria deadlocked again.

On August 26, Secretary of State John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov met in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss plans to end the four-year conflict in Syria.Despite some agreement on the way forward, the two sides have yet to reach an agreement to ensure a nationwide ceasefire. This once again shows the increasingly complicated situation in Syria as well as the division and loss of trust between Russia and the US. Photo: AFP.

Chu Thanh

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