LONDON (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Vietnam is willing to create all favourable conditions for UK investors to operate in the South-East Asian country, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ told UK Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan during their meeting on Wednesday (UK time). Huệ is on an official visit to the UK from June 28-30 at … [Read more...] about Vietnam and UK pledge to boost trade ties
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Mexico president doubles down on Hitler comparison with Jewish analyst after protest
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said he was right to compare a prominent Mexican Jewish figure to Adolf Hitler for his political mindset, shrugging off a protest from the country's Jewish community. Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said advertising executive and political analyst Carlos Alazraki, a critic of the president, was … [Read more...] about Mexico president doubles down on Hitler comparison with Jewish analyst after protest
Reporter gunned down in latest attack on Mexican journalists
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A Mexican reporter was killed Wednesday in one of the country's most violent northern border states, authorities and his employer said, the latest in a series of attacks in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists. Antonio de la Cruz, a journalist for local newspaper Expreso, was shot and killed in his home in the Tamaulipas state … [Read more...] about Reporter gunned down in latest attack on Mexican journalists
Mexican president to pitch anti-inflation plan to Biden
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that during a planned visit to Washington next month he would propose to his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden that they craft a joint anti-inflationary plan to tackle surging prices. Mexico's leftist president did not set out details of what such a plan could entail, but he pointed to three … [Read more...] about Mexican president to pitch anti-inflation plan to Biden
Witness prepared RM100,000 and timepiece but ex-CM returned the cash
KUALA LUMPUR: A Swiss luxury watch was presented to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng as a birthday gift to ensure that the Penang undersea tunnel project would go on smoothly, the Sessions Court heard. Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, who is a key witness in the project’s graft trial involving Lim, said he had … [Read more...] about Witness prepared RM100,000 and timepiece but ex-CM returned the cash