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Every Saturday, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.
This week, the following hot news you should know:
Top 1 | Las Vegas shooting: Killer'girlfriend denies knowledge of massacre
Police are working to establish the motive behind a mass shooting which left 59 people dead and another 527 injured at a Las Vegas concert.
Gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival on Sunday evening.
Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock rented a room in downtown Las Vegas through Airbnb at The Ogden around the same time as the Life is Beautiful concert, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Wednesday.
The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who shot dead 58 people on Sunday has said she had no idea what her "kind, caring, quiet" partner was planning.
Top 2 | Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 accord to unravel.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump is also expected to roll out a broader US strategy on Iran that would be more confrontational. The Trump administration has frequently criticized Iran’s conduct in the Middle East.
Trump, who has called the pact an “embarrassment” and “the worst deal ever negotiated,” has been weighing whether it serves US security interests as he faces an October 15 deadline for certifying that Iran is complying with its terms.
Top 3 | DPRK seen moving missiles from development center: S. Korean broadcaster
Several DPRK's missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that DPRK was preparing to take more actions.
The report cited an unnamed intelligence source saying South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials detected missiles being transported away from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)’s Missile Research and Development Facility at Sanum-dong in the northern part of Pyongyang.
The report did not say when or where they had been moved.
Top 4 | Theresa May struggles through speech interrupted by prankster
Theresa May said she wanted to offer voters the “British dream” but the most personal speech of her premiership was overshadowed by a prankster handing her a P45, an incessant cough and a stage malfunction.
The prime minister attempted to shift the focus from Brexit infighting to domestic policy on energy bills and council housing at the end of her party’s annual conference, but at times struggled to deliver her words as her voice faltered.
Accepting a glass of water and cough sweet from the chancellor, Philip Hammond, May tried to relaunch her premiership with her vision for society, repeatedly telling delegates “that’s what I’m in this for”.
Top 5 | Saudi Arabia to purchase S-400 air defense systems from Russia
Saudi King Salman arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on the first ever visit by a Saudi monarch to Russia.
Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported on Thursday.
The report came during a visit by Saudi King Salman to Moscow.
The countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to help the kingdom in its efforts to develop its own military industries, a statement from state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) said.
Top 6 | 'Remains of the Day' author Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize
British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" and whose emotional uprooting from his native Japan has left an indelible stamp on his work, won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.
The 62-year-old "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world," the Academy wrote in its citation.
Contacted by the BBC, Ishiguro said he was "flabbergastingly flattered" by the award.
Top 7 | China marks 68th National Day
At day break, more than 115,000 people from across China gathered at the Tian'anmen Square at the heart of Beijing to watch the raising of the National Flag.
Sunday marked the 68th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China.
At 6:05 a.m., the national flag was escorted by guards into the square. The crowd stood in silent as the national anthem was played, and the five-star national flag was raised.
Top 8 | Pakistan's ruling party elects ousted PM Sharif as new chief
Pakistan's ruling Muslim League (PML-N) party on Tuesday elected ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as its chief weeks after the country's top court disqualified him from holding any public office, party officials said.
Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif on July 28 over corruption charges.
Sharif's election came hours after the parliament approved a new law that allows politicians disqualified from holding public office to head a political party.
Top 9 | India to buy US drones to monitor China in the Indian Ocean
India is expected to buy 22 unarmed drones from the United States, giving a significant upgrade to its naval equipment.
The sale of the Sea Guardian remotely-piloted vehicles, with a price tag of about two to three billion US dollars, is also on top of the agenda during US Defense Secretary James Mattis’ recent visit to India.
The deal, authorized by US President Donald Trump in June, was the first such transaction to a non-NATO nation. The sale, however, is subject to approval by the US Congress.
Top 10 | Kim Jong Nam murder trial: Suspects plead not guilty
Two women suspects pleaded not guilty of murdering Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, on Monday as trial began in the sensational case that shocked the world with its Cold War-style modus operandi and triggered a diplomatic crisis between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea and Malaysia.
Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 29, entered their pleas through interpreters at Shah Alam High Court, outside the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, nearly eight months after the brazen airport assassination.
The defendants are accused of smearing Kim Jong Nam’s face with the banned VX nerve agent on February 13 as he waited to board a plane to Macau at a crowded airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur, killing him within 20 minutes.
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(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
