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Xinhua world news summary at GMT 0030, June 18

Xinhua, June 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid homage to the Chinese martyrs killed in the NATO bombing of the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in May 1999, after arriving here Friday for a state visit to Serbia.

As the first public event of the visit, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan joined Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and all other cabinet members in paying silent tribute to the martyrs. (China-Embassy-Homage)

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MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government extradited an alleged drug trafficker to the United States in order to be judged by a federal court in the state of Florida for laundering drug money, Mexico's Prosecutor's Office announced Friday.

Mexico's Attorney General Office (PGR) said the alleged criminal Juan Rafael Chavez Hidalgo was wanted by the federal court of Florida's northern district in order to prosecute him for being in charge of financial transactions that imply profits made from drug trafficking. (Mexico-Drug Lord-USA)

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BRASILIA -- At least 886 people have died of the influenza A virus subtype H1N1, or swine flu, in Brazil so far this year, said a report released on Friday by the country's health ministry.

The report said a total of 4,581 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome have been registered in 2016. This respiratory disease is provoked by the A(H1N1) influenza. (Brazil-Swine Flu-Toll)

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BRUSSELS -- The European Union (EU) on Friday announced to extend the restrictive measures concerning Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2017.

According to a statement issued by the Council of the EU, the restrictive measures apply to EU persons and EU based companies. They include prohibitions on imports of products originating in Crimea or Sevastopol into the EU. (EU-Crimea-Sanction)

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VIENNA -- Austrian authorities on Friday arrested three asylum seekers over involvement in terror militias, at separate living quarters in the western state of Tyrol.

The Krone newspaper reported state police director Helmut Tolmac as having confirmed the three men -- two Iraqi nationals aged 19 and 28, and a 27-year-old Syrian national -- had been taken into custody for either fighting for or helping terror organizations in Iraq and Syria. (Austria-Asylum-Terrorist) Endi