India spends record on defense, Germany opposes President Trump, DR Congo says Rwanda's occupation is illegal

The World and Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, February 3.

Asia

AL JAZEERA. Tel Aviv has appointed Eyal Zamir as the new Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), following the resignation of his predecessor Herzi Halevi last week.

Mr. Zamir, 59, will officially assume his new role on March 6. (Source: The Times of Israel)

SANA. Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in Saudi Arabia on his first foreign trip since being appointed to the post in the transitional government in Damascus.

AFP. Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile called Etemad, with a range of 1,700 km, at a ceremony in Tehran attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: "Developing defense capabilities and space technology is to ensure that no country dares to attack Iranian territory."

IRNA. The Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has unveiled a new underground missile facility on the southern coast.

THX. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov will pay a state visit to China from February 4-7.

KYODO. Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato expressed concern about the potential impact of new US tariffs on goods from China, Canada and Mexico.

MAINICHI. Japan's Narita International Airport will set a record for international passenger traffic in 2024 with more than 20 million passengers, the first time since it opened in 1978.

TIMES OF INDIA. India has announced a record budget of around $78.7 billion for defence in the 2025-26 federal budget, up 9.5% from the previous fiscal.

This budget represents about 1.91% of India's projected GDP and about 13.45% of the total federal budget.

BANGKOK POST. The Pheu Thai Party , which leads the ruling coalition in Thailand, won the chairmanship of 18 provincial administrative bodies.

Europe

YAHOO FINANCE. The number of unemployed people in Germany reached nearly 3 million in January 2025, the highest level in the past 10 years.

Germany's unemployment rate in January 2025 increased by 0.4% compared to the same period last year, to 6.4%. (Source: Yahoo Finance)

Germany's unemployment rate hit its highest level in January 2015, at 3.032 million people.

DW. Protests have erupted across Germany following two controversial parliamentary votes on immigration.

AFP. Germany does not support US President Donald Trump's idea of increasing defense spending for NATO member countries to 5% of GDP.

SPUTNIK. The Sevastopol City Court (Russia) fined a local resident 50,000 Rubles for "propagating the attractiveness of not having children".

BARRON'S. Schools on the Greek tourist island of Santorini are closed after dozens of small earthquakes shook the area.

SKY NEWS. The UK has announced it will become the first country to introduce legislation against artificial intelligence (AI) tools used to create sexual abuse images.

EURONEWS. Dutch police have arrested a suspect in a stabbing attack that left a young girl dead in the town of Nieuwegein.

SWI. The International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is facing closure after Switzerland planned to cut its funding.

America

BBC. President Donald Trump continues to call for Canada to become a US state, contributing to escalating tensions between the two sides after Washington recently imposed heavy tariffs on Ottawa.

In a post on the social network Truth on February 2, President Trump said that the US has to pay "hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize Canada", referring to Washington's trade deficit with its neighbor. (Source: White House)

CNN. US President Donald Trump fired Mr. Rohit Chopra, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

AFP. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began his first foreign trip to five countries in the region including Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

FOX NEWS. The Democratic Party in the US elected Mr. Ken Martin , the party leader in the state of Minnesota, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), succeeding Mr. Jaime Harrison of the state of South Carolina.

AP. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on his country's citizens working in the United States without legal documents to quit their jobs and return home as soon as possible.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro "Wealth is only produced by working people. Let's create social wealth in Colombia."

REUTERS. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has rejected the decision by his US counterpart Marco Rubio to resume a tough policy towards Havana on January 31.

Africa

AFP. Shelling by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a crowded market in the city of Omdurman, north of Sudan's capital Khartoum, killed at least 54 people.

According to the latest estimates from international organizations, the conflict in Sudan has claimed the lives of at least 29,683 people and forced more than 15 million people to flee internally and abroad. (Source: Reuters)

BBC. DR Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said Rwanda was illegally occupying the country's territory and seeking regime change.

REUTERS. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stressed that the situation in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a public health emergency .

AFRICAN NEWS. Rolling power cuts in South Africa will continue this weekend, after more than 10 months of uninterrupted power supply.

AP. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), about 67.4 million people in the Horn of Africa are food insecure.

Oceania

ABC. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed his desire to see closer ties with China.

9NEWS. The Australian state of Queensland has urged thousands of people in the north of the state to move to higher ground as torrential rain causes flooding.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/diem-tin-the-gioi-sang-32-an-do-chi-tieu-quoc-pho-ng-ky-luc-duc-chong-to-ng-thong-trump-chdc-congo-noi-rwanda-chiem-dong-trai-phep-302929.html