World Briefs

CHINA The Shanghai Composite index jumped 5.5 percent after President Donald Trump announced he was extending a deadline for escalating tariffs on Chinese imports.

CHINA A global battle between the U.S. government and Chinese tech company Huawei over allegations that it is a cybersecurity risk overshadowed the opening of the world’s biggest mobile industry trade fair. Huawei has a presence at MWC Barcelona.

CAMBODIA Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday to strengthen already close bilateral ties. Trong’s two-day state visit comes just before Vietnam plays host later this week to a summit in Hanoi between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

JAPAN The residents of Okinawa rejected a relocation plan for a U.S. military base in a referendum, increasing pressure on the national government to change its stance that the facility will be built no matter what. The results showed 72 percent opposed the plan for the Marines air base being built on a landfill in coastal Henoko.

BANGLADESH A man who was killed while trying to hijack a commercial flight in Bangladesh was a 24-year-old passenger from a village near the capital who had been previously arrested in a kidnapping case, officials said. 

VENEZUELA China’s foreign ministry has issued a rebuke to foreign opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, saying Beijing opposes “intervention by external forces in the internal affairs of Venezuela.” Foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang says China “also opposes using the so-called humanitarian aid to serve political ends.”

BREXIT After nearly two years of bitter talks on the departure of Britain from the European Union, there’s now even disagreement between the two on when Brexit should actually take place. 

NIGERIA’s electoral commission began announcing official results from the country’s 36 states as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term, while observers criticized the weeklong delay in balloting that they said discouraged some voters from taking part.