Briefly

CHINA

President of Eritrea to visit China

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will begin a state visit to China on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry has announced. During the visit, President Xi Jinping will hold talks with the Eritrean leader and Premier Li Qiang will also meet with him, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a daily briefing on Friday. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Eritrea. China believes that the visit will inject new impetus into the development of bilateral relations and push for new progress in bilateral friendly cooperation, Wang said.

PAKISTAN

Ex-PM Khan granted bail, his lawyer says

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail for two weeks by the Islamabad High Court on Friday, his lawyer said, after his arrest this week sparked clashes before it was declared illegal. But Khan was not immediately released and instead had to answer further cases. Khan was manhandled into detention by paramilitary troops at the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, but the Supreme Court later declared the arrest unlawful and demanded the process be "backtracked".

UNITED STATES

Elon Musk has found new Twitter CEO

Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter but did not name the person, while The Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks. Musk said: "Excited to announce that I've hired a new CEO for X/Twitter." Yaccarino joined NBCUniversal in 2011, after 15 years at Turner Entertainment and has been credited with dragging the network's ad sales operation into the digital future.

GERMANY

Country set for 3rd nationwide rail strike

Train traffic across Germany will again be paralyzed by a nationwide strike, from Sunday evening until late Tuesday, in the third such labor action this year, the Railway and Transport Union, or EVG, announced on Thursday. Rail operator Deutsche Bahn, or DB, has canceled all long-distance trains. The two previous warning strikes had lasted for half a day. After the latest round of negotiations ended without an agreement in late April, the EVG union threatened longer walkouts. DB stressed that it had agreed to a demanded increase in addition to the minimum wage of 12 euros ($13.08).

Agencies - Xinhua