【听 · 焦点】喀布尔恐袭死亡人数升至103人

Sauli Niinisto re-elected as Finland's president 

Finnish president Sauli Niinisto has been re-elected for a second term.

The 69-year-old has won more than 62 percent of the vote in Sunday's election.

The Finnish president is elected through a direct popular vote.

The president serves as the commander in chief of the country's defense forces, but has limited roles in policy making.

The president manages foreign policy along with the Cabinet.

Niinisto is a pro-European Union conservative. He began his first 6-year term in 2012. 

Death toll of Kabul attack rises to 103 

At least 103 deaths have resulted from the terror attack in the Afghan capital on Saturday. 230 others were hurt.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying one of its members blew up an ambulance laden with explosives in central Kabul.

Around 30 police officers are among the injured.

The Afghan Interior Ministry says security forces have intensified clean-up operations across the country, killing over 100 terrorists and injuring dozens of others, since the attack took place.

It also says the air force has conducted 19 air strikes against the militants across the country.

The Afghan government declared Sunday as a national mourning day to pay tribute to the victims of terror attacks in the country. 

Street fighting breaks out in Yemeni port of Aden 

Intense fighting has broken out in the Yemeni city of Aden, between forces loyal to the government and those allied with the Southern Transitional Council.

The fighting erupted after the government issued decisions to ban peaceful demonstrations organized by the STC, a separatist body that calls for an independent southern Yemen.

Witnesses on the scene say that the "army bases of the government were seized by the STC soldiers following hours of clashes."

An unknown number of soldiers were killed in the ongoing street battles.

Yemen's Prime Minister has called for an end of the fighting.

On Saturday, the interior ministry threatened to use force against any protests that call for dissolving the internationally recognized government.

The southern port city of Aden is considered as Yemen's temporary capital.

Yemen's government, backed by Saudi Arabia, has been battling Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels for control of the country for the past three years. 

New attack on Colombian police kills two and injures one 

Colombian police are investigating a bombing attack against the Santa Rosa police station in Bolivar, leaving two dead and one injured.

The incident came a day after a bombing against a police station in the city of Barranquilla, leaving five officers dead and 41 injured.

In a statement, the police confirmed the attack occurred around midnight, and that an investigation is being opened.

One man has been arrested in Saturday's attack.

The 31-year-old male suspect is facing charges of aggravated terrorism, use of explosives, and homicide. 

Israel and Poland to hold PM talks over Polish Holocaust bill 

The prime ministers of Israel and Poland say they will start bilateral talks over the wording of a Polish bill that bans mentions of Polish complicity in crimes committed during the Holocaust.

The planned talks come amid a growing diplomatic crisis between the two countries, after the lower house of the Polish parliament voted in favor of the controversial bill, sparking outrage in Israel.

The new legislation proposes to jail a person who blames Poland for Nazi crimes against humanity, which were committed in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

The bill also prohibits phrases such as "Polish death camps."

Israeli leaders and Holocaust survivors have condemned the bill.

They say it attempts to rewrite history and conceal Polish complicity with the Nazis during the war.

Israel has also reprimanded the Polish deputy ambassador over the bill.

About 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis in World War II, many of them at Auschwitz and other death camps in Poland. 

Installation completed for pressure vessel of Hualong One nuclear power unit 

The pressure vessel of the No. 5 reactor at the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian has been installed.

The facility is using Chinese designed-and-built third-generation Hualong One reactor technology.

Key components of the nuclear power unit have also entered the installation stage.

Three steam generators, three primary pumps, one voltage stabilizer and one pressure vessel will be installed in the nuclear island.

New technology has been used to improve the safety level of the reactor compared with the second-generation.

China has begun building the first overseas Hualong One project in Pakistan.

A few other countries, including Argentina and the United Kingdom, have also shown interest in the Hualong One nuclear technology.

The nuclear power unit is scheduled to be put into commercial use in 2020. 

Most Taiwan residents dissatisfied with economy: survey  

A poll conducted in Taiwan shows a majority of the island's residents are dissatisfied with the current leader's performance in developing the economy.

The survey has been conducted by the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation.

It shows that nearly a third of those surveyed were satisfied with the performance of the economy, while 60 percent were dissatisfied, and the remaining expressed strong dissatisfaction.

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The rest thought the economy remained unchanged.

The approval rating for Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is at 31.7 percent, down about four points compared to last month.

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上期回顾： 张艺谋揭秘平昌冬奥会“北京8分钟”

上期答案：North Korea did not provide details on why the meeting had been held, but the statement said it was aimed to support leader Kim Jong Un's remarks regarding unification from his New Year's address.

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