World News in Brief: July 20
Sri Lanka's acting president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, won a vote in parliament on Wednesday to be the next president until 2024, taking over from former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who resigned after fleeing the country last week.
Italy faces political crisis
NDO - In the context that Mario Draghi has signalled that he will resign as Italy’s Prime Minister, Italian and European public opinion has expressed concern at the risk of disintegration of the national unity government, pushing the boot-shaped country into a political crisis.
World News in Brief: July 19
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Tuesday during a visit to Indonesia that he hoped to boost trade ties between the countries and seal a decades-long bid by his nation to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year.
Vietnam becomes rotating chair of ASEAN Committee in Buenos Aires
NDO/VNA - Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh has assumed the position of ASEAN Committee in Buenos Aires (ACBA) Chair for six months during a meeting of the committee on July 18.
World News in Brief: July 18
The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) concluded its extraordinary central committee conference on Sunday, fully supporting the candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen for the post of prime minister in the next term if the party continues to win the general election on July
World News in Brief: July 17
The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Saturday held an extraordinary conference of its Central Committee on Saturday to set out an action plan for 2023, the year in which the country's next general elections will be held.
World News in Brief: July 15
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Friday called for a joint forum involving G20 finance and agriculture ministries to come up with concrete action to tackle growing food insecurity and a looming fertilizer supply crisis.
World News in Brief: July 14
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on Thursday launched the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent (2050 Strategy), which sets the vision and direction for the region and provides a framework for all development partners to align their cooperation with the island countries.
First meeting of ASEAN, UK senior officials held in London
NDO/VNA - The inaugural ASEAN-UK Senior Officials’ Meeting (AUKSOM) was held in London on July 6, the first official engagement of both sides’ Senior Officials since ASEAN and the UK established full dialogue partnership in August, 2021.
World News in Brief: July 7
Moscow has informed Jakarta of Russian President Vladimir Putin's intention to participate in the summit of the Group of 20 (G20) in November, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
World News in Brief: July 5
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue, held a video conversation with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the latter's request on Tuesday
Efforts to heal the rift between France and Australia
NDO - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held fruitful talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
