US-North Korea Summit May Still Take Place; Samsung Must Pay Apple More Than Half a Billion USD

Speaking to reporters on May 25, US President Donald Trump suddenly announced that communication between Washington and Pyongyang had been resumed. "The two sides are talking to each other right now,"CNBCquoted the US president as saying.

He also left open the possibility of not changing the plan to hold the summit in Singapore. "We'll see how things go. We're talking to them right now. It could even be June 12. That's what we want," Mr. Trump told reporters on May 25.

President Putin proposes to let Russia participate in MH17 investigation

However, he stressed that Russia needs to directly participate in the investigation process in order to accept the final results.

On the same day, May 25, the Netherlands officially called on the Russian government to take responsibility for the downing of flight MH17. The Dutch cabinet said that the next step could be to take the case to an international court for a verdict. Amsterdam also said that Australia shared their view on Russia's role.

Huge Assets Discovered in Apartments Related to Former Malaysian Prime Minister

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives to testify before the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on May 24. Photo: Reuters

On May 25, Malaysian police seized a large amount of cash worth a total of 28.6 million USD kept in 35 bags as part of the investigation into corruption at the state fund 1MDB.

According to Reuters news agency, at a press conference today, May 25, the director of the Malaysian Commercial Crime Investigation Agency - Mr. Amar Singh said that the authorities also confiscated 284 boxes containing many expensive jewelry and watches of undetermined value.

Just last week, Malaysian police conducted a surprise search of three apartments at the Pavilion apartment complex in Kuala Lumpur, two of which belonged to the son and daughter of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak; the third apartment was unoccupied.

Palestinians continue protests in Gaza

On May 25, hundreds of Palestinians gathered to protest against Israel at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

This is the ninth week of Palestinian protests since late March. Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli troops.

The protests were aimed at protesting Israel's occupation and the move of embassies by countries including the United States, Paraguay and Guatemala to Jerusalem, which Palestinians see as the capital of a future independent state.

Another school shooting in the US

Students were taken out of the school by bus.Source: abcnews.go.com

On the morning of May 25, US time (the same evening, Hanoi time), a shooting occurred at a middle school in the US state of Indiana, leaving two people seriously injured.

Police said the perpetrator was arrested shortly afterwards. Among the two injured victims, one is a minor and is in critical condition.

Currently, authorities are investigating the perpetrator's motive for the crime.

Ukraine continues to ban a series of Russian media outlets

According to a VNA correspondent in the CIS region, on May 25, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed and announced a decree on restricting Russian media.

The banned list includes TV channels “Rossia-24”, “Channel 1”, “NTV”, “Nashe Radio”, “Ren TV”, joint stock company “TNT-Teleset” and “Moskva Media”.

According to the decree, the ban lasts for three years. The above-mentioned media companies are prohibited from using assets in Ukraine, from using Ukrainian radio resources, and from providing telecommunications services and using telecommunications networks.

Previously, Ukraine also banned the news agencies “Rossia segodnya” and “RIA Novosti-Ukraine”. Since 2017, Ukraine has banned the Russian social networking sites “VKontakte”, “Odnoklasniki”, the search engine “Yandex”, and the movie viewing site “Kinopoisk”.

Indonesia passes tough anti-terrorism law

Indonesian anti-terrorism police. Photo: Xinhua

On the morning of May 25, the Indonesian Parliament passed an anti-terrorism law with stricter provisions as the Southeast Asian country tries to prevent the rise of radical Islamic groups in the country.

The new law is essentially an amendment to the 2003 Anti-Terrorism Law, which allows police to detain suspects for longer periods and prosecute those who have joined or been recruited by militant groups.

Samsung must pay Apple more than half a billion dollars for patent infringement

Image comparing Samsung and iPhone phone models. Photo: Insidercdn

A US court has just ruled that Samsung must pay Apple $539 million for violating five iPhone patents in Samsung smartphone models released in 2010 and 2011.

According to CNET, the verdict announced by the San Jose court on May 24 is the conclusion of the legal dispute between two technology giants Apple and Samsung that started 7 years ago.

Of the massive total fine, $533,316,606 was for infringing three of Apple's design patents; $5,325,050 was for infringing two minor utility patents.

Colourful Sydney Light Festival

On the evening of May 25, the Vivid Sydney festival opened with a wonderful light show at many locations in downtown Sydney.

The highlight is the magical light show on the roof of the Sydney Opera House. From 6pm, the light show on the roof of the Sydney Opera House officially begins, opening the Vivid Sydney festival that lasts from May 25 to June 16.

Vivid Sydney is the world's largest festival of light, music and ideas, organized by the state of New South Wales for the past 10 years to attract tourists to Sydney during winter, the low tourist season.