Briefly

UNITED KINGDOM

Julian Assange wins High Court victory

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to have a full appeal over his extradition to the United States after arguing at London's High Court on Monday he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech at a trial. Two judges at the High Court said they had given him leave to have a full appeal to hear his argument that he might be discriminated against on the basis the Australian-born Assange is a foreign national. Assange, 52, has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website's publication of a trove of classified US documents almost 15 years ago.

SPAIN

Ambassador recalled after Milei's remarks

Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations on Sunday after Argentina's President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife during a far-right rally in Madrid. Milei had called Sanchez's wife Begona Gomez "corrupt" during a rally in Madrid organized by the far-right Vox party and attended by many of its international allies. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said he expected an apology from Milei. Milei would not apologize, his spokesperson said in an interview with an Argentine TV channel later on Sunday. Spanish officials should retract insults they have made against him, he added.

VIETNAM

National Assembly elects new chairman

The National Assembly, or NA, of Vietnam on Monday elected Tran Thanh Man as its new chairman. At the ongoing seventh session of the 15th NA, the Politburo member and permanent NA vice chairman Tran Thanh Man won a majority of the parliamentary vote to become the 15th tenure NA chairman, Vietnam News Agency reported. He used to be vice-chairman and chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and has been the permanent NA vice-chairman since April 2021.

Agencies - Xinhua