Fizo is in serious condition, and the deputy prime minister may take over the job temporarily
Slovak President-elect Manuel Pelegrini said on the 16th after visiting Prime Minister Fizo, who was injured in a shooting, that the current situation in Fizo is still grim, and a deputy prime minister may temporarily take over Fizo's work.
Speaking to the media after the visit, Pellegrini said that he had spoken for a few minutes with Fizo, who looked tired, and that Fizo would still face difficult moments and days ahead. "I told him that we all supported him."
Pellegrini said that given the current situation, a deputy prime minister in the ruling coalition could temporarily take over from Fizo. Fizo was shot and wounded in the Trenčín region of central Slovakia on the 15th.
Pellegrini won the second round of the Slovak presidential election in April and will take office in June.
Fizzo's assassin faces charges of "attempted murder".
Slovak Interior Minister Estok said on the 16th that the suspect who shot Prime Minister Fizo is facing charges of "attempted murder".
Estok was in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, for a special security meeting that day. After the meeting, he told the media that the suspect was dissatisfied with the results of the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election, and his criminal motive became stronger after the election. Estok said the suspect was acting alone and did not belong to any organization.
Fizo was shot and wounded in the Trenčín region of Slovakia on the 15th. The gunman, a 71-year-old man, was arrested by police after the attack. Fizo was then taken by helicopter to a hospital in Banska-Bystrica for treatment.
Truong Thi Mai, permanent secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, resigned
According to a report by the Vietnam News Agency on the 16th, the 9th Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam agreed on the same day that Truong Thi Mai resigned as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a permanent secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and the head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
According to the report, according to the report submitted by the Central Inspection Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Truong Thi Mai violated the ban on party membership and failed to play an exemplary role as a member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee, which affected the prestige of the Communist Party of Vietnam and its personal prestige. Realizing her responsibility to the Vietnamese Party and people, Truong Thi Mai submitted an application to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam to resign from various posts and request retirement.
Truong Thi Mai has been the head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam since April 2021 and the permanent secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam since March 2023.
The United States will aid Ukraine with $2 billion through "foreign military financing".
According to Ukrainian media reports, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on the 15th that the United States will provide Ukraine with $2 billion in military financial assistance through "foreign military financing" for the provision of weapons and equipment to Ukraine and investment in Ukraine's defense industry to enhance Ukraine's defense equipment manufacturing capacity.
According to reports, the funding mainly comes from the nearly $61 billion in military and economic aid to Ukraine that the United States agreed to last month, as well as "foreign military financing" to which country has not been previously announced.
Biden and Trump agree on two "war of words"
U.S. Democratic President Joseph Biden "sent a letter of war" to his Republican predecessor Donald Trump on the 15th, proposing to abandon the decades-old tradition of autumn debates and hold two offline debates in advance, which was accepted by the latter.
The two debates were hosted by CNN and ABC on June 27 and September 10, respectively. Reuters said that the two set the "most important moment" for the presidential race so far on the 15th.
The first debate on June 27 will be the first time in nearly four years that Biden and Trump have come face-to-face on the same occasion.
Russia announced the expulsion of a British diplomat
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on the 16th that Russia decided to expel a defense attache from the British Embassy in Russia in response to the "unfriendly decision" of the British to expel the defense attache of the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom a few days ago.
According to a news release on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the 16th, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned representatives of the British Embassy in Russia on the same day to lodge a strong protest against the "unfriendly and groundless" decision made by the British side against the defense attache of the Russian Embassy in the UK on the 8th. According to the source, in response to the decision of the British side, the Russian side declared the defense attache of the British Embassy in Russia Koghill "persona non grata" and asked him to leave the country within a week.
Mrs. Yoon Suk-yeol appeared after 153 days of "invisibility".
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held talks with visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Yongsan Presidential Palace on the 16th, and Yoon Suk-yeol's wife Kim Keon-hee attended the reception luncheon after the talks. Yonhap News Agency said that this was Kim Keon-hee's first public appearance in 153 days since he accompanied Yoon Suk-yeol to return from a state visit to the Netherlands in December last year.
After the incident of Jin Jianxi accepting brand-name bags was exposed, he did not show up to participate in public activities. South Korea's presidential office also did not release photos and videos of Kim Keon-hee attending the closed-door event. Some South Korean media once issued "Where did Kim Jianxi go?" ".
Bangkok may be submerged at the end of the century, and the Thai government has been considering moving the capital
Agence France-Presse reported on May 16 that Thailand's Deputy Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Pavich, warned that Bangkok may not be able to adapt to the world's current warming trend. He said the Bangkok city government is exploring countermeasures, including building a dam modeled after the Netherlands. But Mr. Pavic said, "We've been thinking about moving the capital."
Located in south-central Thailand, Bangkok is not only the country's capital, but also the country's largest metropolis and economic and cultural center, with a population of more than 10 million. However, Bangkok is low-lying and floods are frequent during the rainy season. Many experts predict that Bangkok is likely to be submerged by the sea before the end of the century.
Chile suffers its coldest cold spell in 70 years
In Santiago, Chile's capital in the southern hemisphere, where May is usually crisp, it is facing the worst cold spell of the same period in more than 70 years. People have added clothes to keep warm, and picked up hot drinks to ward off the cold.
Reuters quoted Raul Cordero, a climatologist at the University of San Diego, as saying on the 15th that "we have never experienced such a severe cold wave in May" since at least 1950.
The Chilean Meteorological Department expects the minimum temperature in the central region of Santiago to drop to 1 degree Celsius on the 16th. Not long ago, San Diego said goodbye to the scorching summer heat, and now the nearby peaks are covered with snow. The Chilean government has declared a cold wave "blue alert" for six regions in the central and south-central regions.
(Yangcheng Evening News, Yangcheng Pai Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, CCTV International, The Paper, etc.)
Editor: Qian Kejin
Source: Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng faction