Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 22

SAN FRANCISCO -- An aircraft startup in the U.S. west coastal state of Washington announced Monday that it will deliver its small hybrid-electric aircraft to its first customer, private-jet-charter provider JetSuite, a media report said.

JetSuite will take up to 100 aircraft made by Zunum Aero based in Kirkland, a city east of Seattle, the largest city in Washington, The Seattle Times reported.(U.S- Hybrid-Electric Aircraft)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to step up economic and energy cooperation on Monday during the talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, the Foreign Ministry said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told media following "long, frank, friendly" Putin-Modi talks that the two leaders paid particular attention to the economic cooperation, said the Foreign Ministry.(Russia-India-Cooperation)

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BRUSSELS -- European Union(EU) top diplomat on Monday swept aside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech on Iran, reiterating that there is no alternative to the landmark Iran nuclear deal.

"Secretary Pompeo's speech has not demonstrated how walking away from the JCPOA has made or will make the region safer from the threat of nuclear proliferation or how it puts us in a better position to influence Iran's conduct in areas outside the scope of JCPOA," Federica Mogherini, EU foreign policy chief, said in a statement. (EU-Iran Nuclear Deal)

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CONAKRY -- President of the Republic of Guinea Alpha Conde on Monday named Ibrahima Kassory Fofana as prime minister and head of Guinean government, through a presidential decree published on national television broadcast news.

In another decree, Alpha Conde instructed the general secretaries of the ministerial departments to manage the day-to-day affairs of the ministries until the establishment of the new government.(Guinea-Gouvernment-PM) Enditem