APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (March 23 - March 30)
Every Saturday, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.
This week, the following hot news you should know:
TOP 1 | New progress made in latest round of China-U.S. trade talks
China and the U.S. have made new progress in the latest round of trade talks, which was held on Thursday and Friday, led by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
TOP2 |Trump threatens closure of U.S.-Mexico border next week
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico next week, potentially disrupting millions of legal border crossings and billions of dollars in trade if Mexico does not stop immigrants from reaching the United States.
There's a very good likelihood that I'll be closing the border next week, and that will be just fine with me, Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
TOP 3 | Mueller report more than 300 pages long, feud over full release intensifies
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation is more than 300 pages long, media reported Thursday, citing a Department of Justice official.
The official described the confidential report as more than 300 pages. A second official told CNN that it was between 300 and 400 pages, not including exhibits.
Top 4 | British PM to step down before next phase of Brexit talks, MP says
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers that she is prepared to step down “earlier than I intended” so as to win passage of her deal to leave the European Union.
However, the prime minister did not name a departure date.
May told lawmakers from the 1922 Committee of Conservative lawmakers that she wanted to do what was right for the nation.
TOP 5 | Trump doubles down on Obamacare fight, asks court to overturn law
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare health care law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees with a Texas judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
The Justice Department in a two-sentence letter to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit filed on Monday said it backed the December ruling by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth that found the Affordable Care Act violated the U.S. Constitution because it required people to buy health insurance.
TOP 6 | Time for a change: EU lawmakers vote to scrap clock shifts in 2021
European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to scrap the practice of moving clocks forward by an hour in spring then back again in the autumn in the bloc from April 2021, two years later than the EU executive initially proposed.
The European Parliament voted by 410 to 192 in favour of ending the practice of seasonal time shifts. The vote is not the last word on the issue but will form the basis of discussions with EU countries to produce a final law. The countries have yet to take a stance.
TOP 7 | DPRK's Kim to visit Russia in spring or summer: RIA cites lawmaker
DPRK'sleader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia for talks this spring or summer, RIA news agency cited Russian lawmaker Alexander Bashkin as saying on Monday.
The exact date of the trip has not been set yet, Bashkin said.
TOP8 |Thai election results delayed, anti-junta party claims win
Thailand's election commission says it will release full vote counts from the first election since a 2014 coup on Friday as an anti-junta party claimed it won the most seats and will try to form a government.
The commission said Monday it will announce the results of 350 constituency seats later in the day but full vote counts, which are needed to determine the allocation of 150 other seats in parliament, won't be available for several days.
TOP 9 | Turkey to act against U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan: FM
Turkey will take action against the U.S. decision to recognize the Syrian Golan Heights as Israeli territory, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday.
The U.S. has once again ignored the international law. However, this decision will never legitimize Israeli occupation. On the contrary, it will further increase tensions in the region by preventing peace efforts in the Middle East, Cavusoglu said on his official Twitter account.
TOP 10 | Venezuela crisis: Guaidó banned from office for 15 years
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó will be barred from holding further public office for 15 years, the maximum allowed by law, the state financial controller has announced.
Comptroller Elvis Amoroso said Mr Guaidó's personal financial statements contained inconsistencies.
Mr Guaidó, head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, declared himself interim president in January.
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(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
