Putin Invites Trump to Moscow; Hundreds of People Stuck in Laos Rescued
(Baonghean.vn) - The world over the past 24 hours has been filled with many outstanding news such as: Russian President invites US counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow; US plane arrives in North Korea to receive soldiers' remains after 65 years; Hydroelectric dam collapse in Laos: Hundreds of trapped people have been rescued; China is still secretly stealing US trade secrets...
Russian President invites US counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow
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| US President Donald Trump (left) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a press conference after their summit in Helsinki, Finland on July 16. Source: EFE-EPA/TTXVN |
On July 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had invited his US counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow, emphasizing that both leaders were ready for a second summit.
Speaking at the expanded conference of the Group of the World's Leading Emerging Economies (BRICS) and leaders of invited countries, taking place in South Africa, President Putin said he is ready to meet his US counterpart and President Trump also has similar thoughts.
US plane arrives in North Korea to receive soldiers' remains65 years
A ceremony to return the remains of US soldiers killed in Korea was held in 2000. Photo:AFP
A US transport plane flew to Wonsan early on June 27 to retrieve the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War. The White House confirmed that North Korea transferred the remains early on June 27 as agreed between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a summit in Singapore in June.
According to South Korean media, the US may receive from North Korea 55 sets of remains of soldiers killed in the war more than half a century ago. After returning to Osan military airport, US Department of Defense representatives will conduct a preliminary examination of the remains, then transfer them to Hawaii next month for identification.
Shortly after North Korea returned the remains of American soldiers killed in the Korean War (1950-1953), President Donald Trump sent his thanks to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Announcing on Twitter, President Donald Trump emphasized that after many years, this will be an important moment for many families whose relatives died, and at the same time thanked leader Kim Jong-un.
Hydroelectric dam collapse in Laos: Hundreds of trapped people rescued
Many people were evacuated from the isolated area by rescue helicopters. Photo: Quang Thai/VNA
Four days after the Sepien Senamnoi dam collapse, the water level began to recede, and the search and rescue work and evacuation of people in the isolated area have yielded results. By 12:00 (local time) on July 27, the search and rescue team of Attapeu province had rescued 72 families with 413 people, including 199 women. The number of rescued people was mainly concentrated in the six villages most severely affected by the dam collapse.
At around 3pm, a rescue helicopter took 30 people from the isolated area to safety. All the rescued people have been accommodated in the administrative center of Sanamxay district in good health.
China is still quietly stealing US trade secrets.
The US National Counterintelligence and Security Center has just warned that China is creating many different approaches to steal US trade secrets.
China continues to steal intellectual property and trade secrets from US companies to fuel its economic and military development, but “at a lower volume” following an agreement reached between the two countries in 2015 to curb the practice, it said.
In addition to its primary method of hacking computer systems, China also acquires technology and know-how from joint ventures and companies, and partners in research and education. Front companies are used to obscure the involvement of the Chinese government in the acquisition of American technology.
Ecuadorian president may force Wikileaks boss to leave UK embassy
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Wikileaks boss Julian Assange. Photo:AFP. |
Ecuador is likely to end Julian Assange's asylum status at its embassy in London. "Julian Assange will eventually have to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Keeping a person isolated for so long is a violation of human rights,"SputnikCiting a statement by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno at a press conference in Madrid, Spain.
With Moreno's statement, the Wikileaks boss's time as a refugee in the Ecuadorian embassy is likely to end soon and Assange may be handed over to British authorities.
Military talks between generals of the two Koreas on July 31
South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo. Photo: YONHAP/TTXVN
South Korea's Defense Ministry announced on July 27 that the country and North Korea have agreed to hold general-level military talks at 10 a.m. (local time) on July 31 to discuss measures to implement the military part of the agreement reached at the inter-Korean summit in April.
The talks will take place at the Peace House, a building on the South Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjeom, the ministry said. The five-member South Korean delegation will be led by Major General Kim Do-gyun, while Lieutenant General An Ik-san will lead the North Korean delegation.
Cambodia ends campaign for 6th National Assembly election
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| President of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), Prime Minister Samdec Techo Hun Sen speaks at the closing ceremony of the National Assembly election campaign in Phnom Penh on July 27. Source: AFP/TTXVN |
On July 27, the campaign for the 6th National Assembly of Cambodia, which started on July 7, ended. On July 29, about 8.3 million voters will go to the polls to elect 125 new members of the National Assembly of this country.
Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC) said that over 300,000 supporters of seven of the 20 parties participating in the election gathered at the Koh Pich Trade Exhibition Center and Democracy Square, then marched on many main avenues in the capital Phnom Penh.
Pakistan Election Commission confirms Imran Khan's victory
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| Mr. Imran Khan (center) speaks in Islamabad on July 25. Source: AFP/TTXVN |
According to the preliminary results of the Pakistani general election announced by the country's election commission on July 27, politician Imran Khan won but did not have enough seats in the National Assembly, so he will have to form a coalition to form a government.
At a press conference, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that only 11 seats were left to be counted, with Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party winning 114 of the 272 seats in the National Assembly - leading by a clear margin and will be the largest party in the National Assembly.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nation (PML-N) won 63 seats and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won 43. The results showed that the PTI did not reach the 137 seats needed in the National Assembly to form a majority government on its own.
Former South African President Zuma appears in court on corruption charges
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| Former South African President Jacob Zuma at a court hearing in Durban on June 8. Source: EPA-EFE/TTXVN |
Former South African President Jacob Zuma appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Municipal Court on July 27 to face corruption charges related to a multi-billion dollar arms deal. This was the third time Mr. Zuma appeared in court.
Former President Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering related to a 30 billion rand ($2.5 billion) European arms deal to modernize the country's armed forces in 1994.
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| Medical staff prepare Ebola vaccines for injection in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 21. Source: EPA-EFE/TTXVN |
On July 26, AFP news agency (France) quoted a source from the Sierra Leone government as saying that researchers had just discovered a new strain of Ebola virus in bats in the country, two years after the end of the most serious Ebola outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people.
The team discovered the virus in the Bombali area of northern Sierra Leone. Scientists said the virus can be transmitted to humans, but it is not yet known whether it can cause a deadly disease or whether there have been any cases of infection. Sierra Leone Health Ministry spokesman Harold Thomas said people in the area have been advised not to eat bat meat.
