Russia wants to grant citizenship to all Ukrainian citizens; Sri Lankan police raid rebel hideout
(Baonghean.vn) - Russia wants to grant citizenship to all Ukrainian citizens; the US and Japan are likely to reach a trade agreement in May; Sri Lankan police raid a rebel hideout; North Korea urges South Korea to promote joint projects... are the world's outstanding news in the past 24 hours.
US, Japan likely to reach trade deal in May
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US President Donald Trump (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Reuters |
Speaking at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on April 26, President Donald Trump said that Japan is buying a large amount of military equipment from the United States and that Washington is pressuring Japan to remove its agricultural import tariffs.
For his part, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he looked forward to trade talks while emphasizing the importance of the relationship between the two countries.
Japan has resisted U.S. pressure to link trade to currency issues ahead of the talks, which are expected to also include North Korea and other issues of mutual concern.
Clashes with Israeli soldiers in Gaza, at least 60 Palestinians injured
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Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during clashes at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on April 19. Photo: THX/TTXVN |
At least 60 Palestinian protesters were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces on April 26 in the eastern Gaza Strip, bordering Israel.
The injured, including 19 children, a medical worker and a local photographer, were hospitalized, Gaza Health Authority spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra told reporters.
The clashes occurred during weekly anti-Israel protests that began last year. Organizers had urged Gazans to join the 56th consecutive week of protests against Israel and called for an end to internal Palestinian divisions.
Russia wants to grant citizenship to all Ukrainian citizens
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| President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Beijing on April 27. Photo: AFP |
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 27 that Moscow is “thinking” about ways to make it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship.
“We are really thinking about granting citizenship in a simplified way to all citizens of Ukraine, not only residents of the Lugansk and Donetsk republics,” President Putin said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, according to AFP.
On April 25, President Putin signed a decree to simplify the procedure for obtaining a passport for residents of Donetsk and Lugansk. Accordingly, people here will be issued a Russian passport within 3 months of submitting the application.
Sri Lankan police raid rebel hideout, 15 dead
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Sri Lankan police near the scene of the attack on April 21. Photo:Reuters |
Sri Lankan police, backed by the army, raided a house in the town of Kalmunai on the evening of April 26, suspected of being a militant hideout. The attack left 15 people dead. Three militants detonated explosives, killing three women and six children, while three other militants were killed outside the house.
Security forces after the raid seized 150 sticks of explosives, detonators, materials to make suicide bomb belts, military uniforms and flags of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) organization.
North Korea urges South Korea to push ahead with joint projects despite US pressure
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| South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: EPA- EFE/TTXVN |
North Korea on April 27 urged South Korea to ignore pressure from the United States and promote inter-Korean cooperation. The special message was issued by the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) on the same day Pyongyang and Seoul celebrated the first anniversary of the historic first summit between leader Kim Jong-un and President Moon Jae-in at the truce village of Panmunjom.
In a statement, the CPRC, which handles Pyongyang's daily affairs in Seoul, said the United States was clearly pressuring South Korea, demanding that inter-Korean relations not be allowed to progress faster than US-North Korea relations. The CPRC also criticized Washington for trying to force inter-Korean relations to depend on its sanctions policy.