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DPRK

Ruling party holds meeting on key tasks

The ruling Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea convened an enlarged meeting on Monday to discuss this year's military and political tasks, the country's official news agency reported on Tuesday. The meeting of the Central Military Commission, presided over by Kim Jong-un, the party's general secretary and chairman of the State Affairs Commission, also focused on the outlook for army building. Those tasks include enhancing preparedness for war and revising the army's internal regulations.

EUROPE

France, Germany to tackle green subsidies

The French and German economy ministers, Bruno Le Maire and Robert Habeck, were scheduled to meet with US officials on Tuesday to underscore European concerns over US President Joe Biden's ambitious climate action plan. The aim is to discuss the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on European industry, with the act's controversial green subsidies and tax breaks stoking tensions between the United States and Europe. The European Union is concerned about collateral damage if companies are enticed by US subsidies to relocate outside the bloc.

MIDDLE EAST

Palestinian teen dies in West Bank raid

The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in an army raid in the occupied West Bank. He was the latest casualty in what is already one of the most violent periods in the West Bank in recent years. The ministry said 17-year-old Hamza al-Ashqar died of a gunshot wound to the head in the West Bank city of Nablus. The Israeli military said it carried out raids across the West Bank. It said troops came under attack there, and that soldiers fired at an armed Palestinian.

Agencies - Xinhua