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CHINA

FM to hold bilateral meeting in Vietnam

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will be in Vietnam from Friday to Saturday to hold the 15th meeting of the China-Vietnam Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation. The trip follows the invitation by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Thursday.

UNITED STATES

Indian man charged in plot to kill Sikh leader

An Indian national has been charged with plotting to assassinate a Sikh leader on US soil, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday, alleging an Indian government official was also involved in the planning. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Nikhil Gupta, 52, worked with the Indian government employee on the plot to assassinate the New York City resident who advocates for "the secession of Punjab", a northern Indian state with a large population of Sikhs. India expressed concern on Thursday about one of its government officials being linked to the plot, from which it dissociated itself, as being against government policy. Gupta, who lives in India, was arrested by Czech authorities in June and is awaiting extradition.

ETHIOPIA

Cholera claims 23 lives in flood-hit east region

Cholera has claimed the lives of at least 23 people in eastern Ethiopia, an area hit by major flooding, Save the Children said on Thursday, warning that the epidemic could become uncontrollable across the region. In two weeks, there had been 772 confirmed cases of cholera and 23 deaths in the eastern Somali region of Ethiopia, the charity said.

China Daily - Agencies