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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 3

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U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Jay Clayton as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the country's financial sector watchdog.

In a vote of 61-37, the Senate approved Clayton's nomination. His term will expire in 2021. (U.S.-SEC Chairman)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft Corporation unveiled Tuesday a new hardware personal computer (PC) model together with a new software operating system slightly different from its previous Windows version.

The new PC, known as Surface Laptop, continues efforts by the technology giant, once prided itself on being the biggest software publisher, to engage the market, both on the hardware and software fronts. (U.S.-Microsoft-PC)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the Syrian crisis and fighting terrorism in the Middle East, the White House said on Tuesday.

The two leaders also discussed "the very dangerous situation" on the Korean Peninsula, the White House said in a statement.

"The conversation was a very good one, and included the discussion of safe, or de-escalation, zones to achieve lasting peace for humanitarian and many other reasons," said the statement, adding that they also discussed "at length working together" to fight terrorism across the Middle East. (U.S.-Russia)

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ANKARA -- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday a Turkey-EU summit was expected to be convened, local media reported.

Cavusoglu added that the date of "a big summit" would be determined after talks with EU officials at an upcoming NATO meeting on May 24-25 in Brussels, Belgium, according to Turkey's A Haber news channel.

Some EU leaders had demanded a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit, he said, adding that some European governments had admitted they had been wrong on Turkey. (Turkey-EU-Summit) Endi