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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 2

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The number of Somali children who are or will be severely malnourished has risen by 50 percent to 1.4 million since January, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The UNICEF said Tuesday the number includes over 275,000 who have or will suffer life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in 2017. (Somalia-Children-Malnutrition)

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LONDON -- Ineos, an international chemical company, confirmed on Tuesday that an incident occurred at its Scottish petrochemical plant, and the staff of the plant have been evacuated due to a suspected gas leak. (Scotland-Gas Leak)

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PRAGUE -- Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka announced at a press conference on Tuesday that he would submit his cabinet's resignation to President Milos Zeman within the week over controversial business activities of Finance Minister Andrej Babis.

Sobotka said it is unacceptable to keep Babis at the ministerial post, as he's in a position involving interest conflict. (Czech-PM-Resignation)

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VIENNA -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is making progress with its nuclear program and its launching of missiles is extremely worrying, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday.

"I remain seriously concerned about the nuclear programme of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Last year, it carried out two more nuclear tests. It continues to launch missiles and threaten other countries. This is extremely worrying," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told a conference. (IAEA-DPRK-Nuke)

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WASHINGTON -- The White House said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, their first call since Washington and Moscow wrangled over a U.S. strike on Syrian government last month.

According to the daily schedule of Trump released by the White House, the call will be made on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT). (US-Russia-leaders) Endi