Parliamentary elections in Belarus
Belarus started on Sunday the 2016 elections for the House of Representatives of the National Assembly.
Up to 500 candidates applied for 110 seats in the lower house of the Belarusian parliament.
This year’s elections are held according to new rules — in a single round. A simple majority of the votes will decide the winner.
The preliminary voting took place on Sept. 6-10, with 31.29 percent of voter turnout, according to the Central Election Commission of Belarus.
Over 800 international observers have been accredited to observe the voting process, around 400 of which are from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and 334 from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
China-ASEAN relations are fruitful
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have developed broad, fruitful and close dialogue relations, said Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on Sunday.
The dialogue relations, established 25 years ago, have contributed significantly to regional and global peace, stability and prosperity, said Zhang, when addressing the opening ceremony of the 13th China-ASEAN Expo here.
“Gratifying progress” has been achieved in China-ASEAN cooperation in the joint construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road since China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative three years ago, he said.
The construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is a new opportunity, a new driver and a new highlight for mutually beneficial cooperation between China and ASEAN, according to Zhang.
China is ASEAN’s largest trading partner and the bloc is China’s third-largest trading partner. Two-way investment amounts to more than 160 billion U.S. dollars.
The two sides have worked on a number of projects, including railways, highways and power plants.
People-to-people exchanges are also robust. Last year, more than 23 million trips were made between China and ASEAN members.
China, Russia navies to hold navy drill in South China Sea
China and Russia will stage an eight-day Navy drill in theSouth China Sea off southern China’s Guangdong Province starting Monday, a Chinese Navy spokesperson said Sunday.
The drill, “Joint Sea-2016,” will feature Navy surface ships, submarines, fixed-wing aircraft, ship-borne helicopters marine corps and amphibious armored equipment from both navies, according to spokesperson Liang Yang. Most of the Chinese participants will come from the Nanhai Fleet under the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Together, Chinese and Russian participants will undertake defense, rescue, and anti-submarine operations, in addition to joint island seizing and other activities, Liang said.
The marine corps, in particular, will carry out live-fire drills, sea crossing and island landing operations, and island defense and offense exercises among others, he said.
Kerber new world number one
Germany’s Angelique Kerber began her reign as world number one in imperious style battling past a determined Karolina Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-4 to win the U.S. Open final on Saturday and claim her second grand slam title of the year.US Open, newly-crowned world number one Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic to lift the Women’s Singles title.This is Kerber’s second Major title. She won the Australian Open this year. Pliskova, the runner up, had earlier defeated the likes of Venus Williams in quarter-finals and Serena Williams in semi-finals.
Kerber, who officially takes over from Serena Williams as the world’s top ranked player on Monday, underlined her number one status displaying the heart of a champion as she fought off a fierce challenge from Czech 10th seed Pliskova on a steamy afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 28-year-old began the grand slam year beating Serena Williams to lift the Australian Open title and celebrated again on Saturday when she became the first German to win the U.S. Open in 20 years.
Kerber recovered from a break down in the third set, pouncing on her wilting opponent with two breaks in the third set to end a compelling, high-quality battle of attrition that stretched for two hours and seven minutes.
“It’s just amazing,” a beaming Kerber, told an adoring crowd after being handed the winner’s cheque of $3.5 million. “I won my second grand slam in one year. That’s the best of my career.
“Actually just incredible.
“When I was a kid I was always dreaming to be the number one player in the world and win grand slams and today is the day I won my second grand slam here, especially in New York. I’m the number one player on Monday.
“All the dreams came true this year.”
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