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Kamala Harris to land in South Korea amid Pyongyang’s nuke threat

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  Seoul, Sep 29 (UiTV/IANS)  – US Vice President Kamala Harris will arrive in South Korea on Thursday just a day after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles amid an escalation of Pyongyang’s continued nuke testing. Harris, who is travelling to South Korea from Japan, will make her first visit to the country as Vice President, reports Yonhap News Agency. The last time a US Vice President visited South Korea was in February 2018, when Mike Pence led a delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Harris is scheduled to meet President Yoon Suk-yeol shortly after her arrival in Seoul. On Wednesday night, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea in apparent protest of an ongoing South Korea-US military exercise involving an American aircraft carrier. The North had also conducted a similar short-range ballistic missile test on Sunday. During her day-long trip, Harris will underscore Washington’s commitment to the defence of its ally, a senio
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  Moscow, Sep 28 ((UiTV/IANS) – IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could harvest a record 150 million ton of grain this year. “To date, 138.7 million tons of grain have already been threshed. This is approximately a third more than (that) during the same period last year,” the Kremlin reported on Tuesday, citing the Russian leader at a meeting on the progress of seasonal field work. “According to experts, the total grain harvest may reach 150 million ton,” Putin said, noting that the harvest would fully cover domestic demand and increase exports. The President warned that Western sanctions imposed on Russia’s grain and fertilisers pose a growing threat to global food security, adding that the West should be held accountable for the deteriorating situation, Xinhua news agency reported. Read More :-  https://www.uitvconnect.com/world/russias-total-grain-harvest-may-reach-record-150-mn-ton-this-year-putin/
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Norlen reelected as Swedish parliament speaker

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  Stockholm, Sep 27 (UiTV/IANS)   Andreas Norlen was reelected as the Speaker of the Swedish parliament. The speaker of the parliament is second only to the King in terms of formal rank. Norlen, who comes from the Moderate party, had been nominated by the opposition blue block that narrowly won the election on September 11. “I would like to thank the parties that acted differently than they usually do in Speaker elections,” local media quoted Norlen as saying on Monday, referring to both blocs’ support for his nomination. Gunilla Carlsson, a member of parliament for the Social Democratic Party, said that they supported Norlen’s election as he was “a Speaker who can unite and not divide”. Norlen, a member of parliament since 2006 and during 2014-2018 Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution, was first elected Speaker following the 2018 election, Xinhua news agency reported. Then, it took 134 days to form a new government following the 2018 election, but Norlen has said that this ye
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Kevin Bacon says wife Kyra Sedgwick is scared of ‘talking food’

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  Los Angeles, Sep 24 (UiTV/IANS)  Actor Kevin Bacon was forbidden by wife Kyra Sedgwick from “dancing to ‘Footloose’ dressed as a giant peanut” for a commercial. Married to the 57-year-old actress since 1988, the 64-year-old actor revealed that she “doesn’t like it when food talks”, reports aceshowbiz.com. “It is true that I had to turn down dancing to ‘Footloose’ dressed as a giant peanut M&M for a commercial, because my wife doesn’t like it when food talks,” shared Bacon, who starred in the 1984 musical drama film ‘Footloose’. “It’s just a thing she has. If she sees a talking grape, it freaks her out. When there was the possibility I might be a talking M&M, she just said, ‘No, that’s too far’.” Despite this, Kevin has starred in lots of adverts for the UK mobile network operator EE over the last decade. The Hollywood star has actually enjoyed filming the light-hearted adverts, because he’s always struggled to land comedic roles in the movie industry. He told the Guardian new
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Israel, US conclude joint naval drill in Red Sea

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  Jerusalem, Sep 23 (UiTV/IANS)  Israel and the US concluded a joint navy drill in the Red Sea to exercise the use of artificial intelligence during naval combat, Israel’s military said in a statement. Taking place in the gulf of Eilat in southern Israel, the “Digital Shield” exercise involved soldiers and officers from the Israeli Navy and the US Fifth Fleet, a naval US force in the Middle East, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the statement. “Manned vessels of the Israeli Navy, troops from the 915th Fleet and the ‘Snapir’ Unit operated alongside unmanned vessels of the US Fifth Fleet’s Task Force 59,” the military said on Thursday. The purpose of the exercise was to strengthen “cooperation between the militaries and constructing a shared understanding of the maritime domain as well as using artificial intelligence as part of the operational toolbox,” the military said. Read More :- https://uitvconnect.com/world/israel-us-conclude-joint-naval-drill-in-red-sea/
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In blunt attack on Putin, Biden calls for global resolve to stand against aggression

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  United Nations, Sep 22 (UiTV/IANS)  US President Joe Biden took his attack on Russia to the UN General Assembly’s high-level meeting accusing it of making nuclear threats while waging a “brutal war” against Ukraine. Focusing on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, he said on Wednesday that it’s “a brutal, needless war – a war chosen by one man, to be very blunt”. “A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded its neighbour, attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map,” he said. “Just today, President Putin has made overt nuclear threats against Europe and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of the non-proliferation regime,” he said. To ensure that no country can “seize a nation’s territory by force”, Biden said “each of us in this body who is determined to uphold the principles and beliefs we pledge to defend as members of the United Nations a” must be clear, firm, and unwavering in our resolve”. “We will stand in solidarity with Ukraine. We will sta
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Israeli PM, Jordanian King discuss regional tensions at UN

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  Jerusalem, Sep 21 (UiTV/IANS)  Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and King Abdullah II of Jordan met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and discussed the tensions in the Middle East region. The two on Tuesday discussed the recent escalation of clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the West Bank, Xinhua news agency reported. Lapid spoke with the Jordanian king about the need for calming the situation on the ground and “halting terrorism ahead of the upcoming Jewish holidays”, Lapid’s office said in a statement. They also discussed advancing economic and civilian cooperation between the two countries, which signed a peace treaty in 1994. It was the leaders’ second meeting since July, when they met at the Jordanian monarch’s palace in Amman. Lapid flew to New York on Monday to address the UN General Assembly. He has scheduled meetings with several leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
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