Presidential zone of autonomy

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The latest revision of the draft law for special administrative and economic zones absorbed feedback and made changes to several items including planning and organisation of the special zone’s government, according to lawmakers. Most National Assembly deputies agreed the revision was a positive step during yesterday’s meeting to review items to be submitted to the fifth plenary session of the 14th National Assembly. The two draft laws selected to be reviewed yesterday were the law on special administrative-economic zones Vân Đồn, Bắc Vân Phong, Phú Quốc, and the law on cyber security, which according to the meeting’s president, NA Deputy Chairman Uông Chu Lưu, are two important and very technical laws that deal with modern concepts. “This meeting was a chance for specialist NA deputies to contribute their wisdom to raising the quality of laws, helping bring high consensus … [Read more...] about Concerns abound over special zone’s autonomy: NA

MEXICO CITY —Angry and frustrated over corruption and violence, Mexican voters delivered a tidal wave presidential election victory to leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, giving him a broad mandate to upend the political establishment and govern for the poor.An official quick count from electoral authorities late Sunday forecast that Lopez Obrador would win with between 53 percent and 53.8 percent of the votes, a remarkable margin not seen in the country for many years. Early Monday, with about 20 percent of the votes counted, Lopez Obrador's advantage was close to the quick count's statistical sample.A prominent exit poll predicted his party allies were poised to score big victories in congressional races, possibly winning absolute majorities in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.Lopez Obrador, who campaigned on vows to transform Mexico and oust the "mafia of power" ruling the country, rode widespread voter anger and discontent with the governing Institutional Revolution … [Read more...] about Mexico: Leftist Lopez Obrador ousts ‘power mafia’ in big presidential win

Share Tweet Email Politics Share: Share Tweet Email President Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Share: Share Tweet Email AP SEOUL, South Korea -- President Donald Trump will meet Sunday with North Korea's Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South, a day after he issued an unprecedented invitation and expressed willingness to cross the border for what would be a history-making photo op.South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced that Kim accepted Trump's invitation to meet when the U.S. president visits the heavily fortified site at the Korean border village of Panmunjom.Moon praised the two leaders for "being so brave" to hold the meeting and said, "I hope President Trump will go down in history as the president who achieves peace on Korean Peninsula."Trump said he looked forward to meeting … [Read more...] about Donald Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un at Demilitarized Zone

Share Tweet Email Politics Share: Share Tweet Email AP President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Share: Share Tweet Email AP PANMUNJOM, Korea -- President Donald Trump made his first visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday for a historic meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.Peering into North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette before the meeting with Kim, Trump was briefed on the North's extensive artillery across the border that threatens the 35 million residents of Seoul, just over two dozen miles away. "All accessible by what they have in the mountains," Trump said.Trump claimed to reporters that, after his first meeting with Kim last year, "all of the danger went away." He was accompanied by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who said it was the first time the leaders of … [Read more...] about Donald Trump meets with Kim Jong Un at Demilitarized Zone

Share Tweet Email 2020 presidential election Share: Share Tweet Email Share: Share Tweet Email KGO On September 12, 2019, 10 Democratic presidential candidates with gather at Texas Southern University in Houston for the third Democratic presidential debate.The ABC-Univision debate will be moderated by ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir, ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos.On television, the debate will air live on ABC in English and on Univision in Spanish. You can also live-stream the debate on this ABC station's website and on Roku, Hulu, AppleTV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube, Apple News, Facebook, Twitter, and the ABC News, Good Morning America and FiveThirtyEight websites and mobile phone apps.While more than 10 candidates are running, not all met the polling and fundraising thresholds to participate in the third debate. Here's who will be on … [Read more...] about How to watch the next Democratic presidential debate on ABC