South Korea conducts defense training, USS Abraham Lincoln heads to the Middle East, Nigeria eliminates suspected terrorist.

World and Vietnam News highlights some notable world news this morning, August 23rd.

Asia

AFP. Thailand has confirmed the first case in Asia of infection with a new strain of the highly deadly monkeypox virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency due to a new variant of monkeypox and is urging vaccine manufacturers to ramp up production. (Source: ABC)

REUTERS. The Indonesian parliament will not approve changes to election rules during the current administration's term.

JAKARTA POST. Indonesian police deployed 2,975 officers to ensure security at protest sites in Jakarta.

THX. Representatives from ASEAN member countries met in Luang Prabang province, northern Laos, to discuss strengthening regional connectivity and resilience.

CHINA.ORG. Chinese Premier Li Qiang is paying an official visit to Belarus at the invitation of his Belarusian counterpart, Roman Golovchenko.

KYODO. Tokyo Electric Power Company has postponed preparations for a trial recovery of nuclear fuel debris from one of the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

YONHAP. ​​To enhance the public's ability to respond to airstrike situations, South Korea will conduct nationwide civil defense training.

KOREA TIMES. South Korean police have arrested a man suspected of being involved in an explosion at a dental clinic that caused a fire and forced the evacuation of about 90 people.

Europe

SCMP. The European Union's (EU) top diplomat, Josep Borrell, warned that a trade war with China is "unavoidable".

Josep Borrell emphasized that the bloc is not interested in "containing the rise of China." (Source: AP)

EURONEWS. The Czech government has confirmed the nomination of Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sikela as a Commissioner to the European Commission (EC).

SKY NEWS. The UK's Medicines Agency has approved the use of a drug called lecanemab, developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai.

BARRON'S. Serbian police are searching for around seven people missing after a boat carrying migrants heading towards Bosnia and Herzegovina capsized on the Drina River.

AFP. A severe and prolonged drought is affecting the water quality of several towns along the Costa Blanca coast in the Alicante province of Spain.

REUTERS. The Swiss central bank says the new instant payment system will boost cashless payments in the country in the future.

AP. The Czech Republic evacuated 582 people living and working near a chemical plant in the northwest of the country after an unexploded bomb was discovered.

CNN. Divers have found five bodies of victims in the luxury yacht sinking off the coast of Sicily, Italy.

America

AP. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its escorting destroyers have arrived in the Middle East, after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the strike group to accelerate its deployment to the region.

The arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln brings the total number of US aircraft carriers in the Middle East region to two. (Source: MNA)

REUTERS. Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said the country is open to trade agreements with China through the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

AFP. The Guatemalan Attorney General's office has filed a petition with the Supreme Court requesting the withdrawal of immunity from President Bernardo Arévalo.

CNN. Canadian International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said that Ottawa will provide CAD 5.7 million to Ukrainian citizens to meet their basic needs.

CBC. A bomb threat email was sent to hundreds of Jewish organizations across Canada, prompting police in several cities to investigate.

Africa

BBC. Charlie, the last elephant at South Africa's zoo, has been released back into the wild after 40 years in captivity.

The elephant, named Charlie, was captured in 1984 at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe when it was just two years old. (Source: BBC)

AFRICAN NEWS. Kenya signs cooperation agreement with China to boost renewable energy collaboration in the East African nation.

REUTERS. At least 40 suspected terrorists , including five commanders, have been killed in recent military airstrikes in Borno state, northern Nigeria.

ARAB NEWS. Somalia's civil aviation authority threatens to suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights to the country.

AP. Lucara Diamond Corp., a Canadian mining company, found a rough diamond weighing approximately 2,492 carats in Botswana.

Oceania

REUTERS. Australia will partner with Norway's Kongsberg defense group to produce long-range naval strike missiles and joint strike missiles.

UN PRESS. The UN believes that some territories in the Pacific are facing the risk of "destruction" from storms, heatwaves, and rising sea levels.

ABC. Western Australia's health authorities have issued a health warning after the region reported its first two cases of monkeypox.

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