(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected a proposal Sunday, floated by the European Commission last month, of setting new, stricter emissions cuts targets, saying EU countries should focus on meeting the targets they have already set themselves.

(VOVWORLD) - The approval rating of US President Donald Trump remains stable despite last week's guilty conviction of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and a guilty plea by his 12-year personal lawyer Michael Cohen, in relation to the 2016 US presidential elections.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea announced Sunday that it has expelled a Japanese man detained during a recent tour of North Korea.

(VOVWORLD) - Abu Saad Erhabi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan, was killed in an air strike on Saturday, Afghan officials say.

(VOVWORLD) - New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his cabinet of 22 Ministers on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Two people were killed and 11 others injured when a gunman opened fire Sunday at a popular waterfront mall in Jacksonville, Florida, where a video game tournament was being held.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Cairo on Sunday as part of a 4-day State visit to Egypt.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised Quang Binh authorities’ efforts to achieve socio-economic results despite recent natural disasters and lingering consequences of the marine environmental incident in Vietnam’s central costal region.

(VOVWORLD) -More than 330 contestants from 10 ASEAN countries are competing at the 12th ASEAN Skills Competition, which opened Sunday in Thailand.

(VOVWORLD) -The 3rd Festival of Central Region’ s Ethnic Groups closed in Tam Ky township, Quang Nam province, on Sunday night.