Ukraine, Poland back EU tightening sanctions on Russia; US and China begin new round of additional tariffs
(Baonghean.vn) - Israel announced to expand the sovereignty of settlements; Ukraine and Poland support the EU to tighten sanctions against Russia; the US and China started a new round of additional tariffs on each other's goods... are the world's outstanding news in the past 24 hours.
Israel declares to expand sovereignty over settlements
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Reuters |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on September 1 that he intends to annex Israeli settlements into the West Bank. Speaking to reporters at an event in the Elkana settlement, Netanyahu stressed that Israel will extend Israeli sovereignty to all settlements. However, Netanyahu did not say when this plan would be implemented.
The annexation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank was one of his election pledges made five months ago. The Israeli Prime Minister's announcement is expected to further fuel the never-ending tensions between Israel and Palestine.
US and China begin new round of additional tariffs on each other's goods
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Chinese cargo container ship is unloaded at Long Beach port, California (USA) on May 10, 2019. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
An additional round of tariffs imposed by the US and China on each other's goods officially took effect at 4:01 a.m. GMT on September 1 (11:01 a.m. Vietnam time), an escalation of the trade dispute between the two countries despite both sides signaling a resumption of negotiations.
Accordingly, the US President Donald Trump's administration began imposing a 15% tariff on imported goods from China worth a total of $125 billion, including smart speakers, Bluetooth infrared headphones and many types of footwear. On the Chinese side, Beijing began imposing additional tariffs of 5% and 10% on 1,717 US products. China also imposed a 5% tariff on US crude oil. This is the first time US oil has been targeted for tariffs since the world's two largest economies began their trade dispute more than a year ago.
Ukraine, Poland back EU to tighten sanctions on Russia
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| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. Photo: Yahoo Finance |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has just announced that his country and Poland agree that the European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia need to be maintained and tightened until the Minsk agreements are implemented and Ukraine's territorial integrity is restored.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Mr Zelensky said: "We have coordinated further steps to stop the war in eastern Ukraine and the return of occupied Crimea. Our principled common position is that if the Minsk agreements are not implemented, the territorial integrity of Ukraine is not restored according to internationally recognized borders, the EU sanctions (against Russia) can only be maintained and tightened, not the other way around."
Iranian supertanker 50 nautical miles off Syrian coast
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Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya off the coast of Gibraltar, August 18, 2019. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
The Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as Grace 1, slowed to its lowest speed on September 1, 50 nautical miles off the coast of Syria, according to information on the ship tracking website MarineTraffic.com. The Adrian Darya 1, carrying 2.1 million barrels of oil worth about $130 million, has yet to announce its destination. Earlier, there were also reports that the Adrian Darya 1 had sold the oil on board.
The Adrian Darya 1 was seized by the authorities of the British territory of Gibraltar and detained for several weeks on suspicion of violating European Union (EU) sanctions against Syria, which the Iranian government has denied. Earlier, on August 30, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US had reliable information confirming that the Adrian Darya 1 oil tanker was heading towards Syria.
More than 100 people died in coalition airstrike on prison in Yemen
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Removing the body of a victim from the rubble after the airstrike. Photo: AP |
On September 1, more than 100 people were believed to have been killed when the Saudi-led coalition fighting against Houthi rebels carried out an airstrike on a prison in the city of Dhamar, south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen is currently searching for those buried under the rubble, but the chances of survival are very low. In addition, the ICRC has also sent medical staff and many burial support equipment to this prison.
Earlier, on the morning of September 1, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had conducted airstrikes on military targets of the Houthi rebels in southwestern Yemen. According to the announcement, the Sunni Muslim coalition stated that it had destroyed an area containing many drones and missiles in Dhamar.
