(VOVWORLD) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, The Guardian reported on Friday, citing government sources.

(VOVWORLD) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canada would be offering an extra 650 million CAD (482 million USD) in military aid over three years, at a meeting with - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ottawa.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden has informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, NBC News reported on Friday, citing three US officials and a congressional official.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday rang the bell to open a trading session at the Nasdaq Stock Market, and met with its leading officials and representatives from several businesses introduced by Nasdaq.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a ceremony celebrating Vietnam's 78th National Day and the 46th anniversary of Vietnam's accession to the United Nations (UN) at the UN headquarters in New York, the US, on Friday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visited Vietnam’s Embassy in Dhaka and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Bangladesh on Friday as part of his official visit to the South Asian country.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday met with Mayor of New York Eric Adams, during which he affirmed Vietnam attaches importance to its cooperation with the US city, and will ensure interests for US and New York investors in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State always support and facilitate innovation activities, and continue perfecting related institutions, mechanisms and policies, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told members of the Vietnam Innovation Network (NIC) in the US on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - At Friday’s meeting with leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said he hopes that the federation will strengthen its role in helping Vietnamese businesses learn about investment opportunities in Bangladesh’s industrial parks.

(VOVWORLD) - A pair of F-35A Lockheed Martin fighter jets have landed on a motorway for the first time, footage from the Norwegian military showed, a step that enables them to reduce vulnerable time on the ground in times of war.