Trade unions begin two-day nationwide strike\, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in China\, and other news in pictures

Trade unions begin two-day nationwide strike, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in China, and other news in pictures

Supporters of the general strike squatting in front of the Raptisagar Express at the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station on Tuesday.

Supporters of the general strike squatting in front of the Raptisagar Express at the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: S. Gopakumar

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Central Trade Unions begin strike

Central Trade Unions Tuesday began a two-day nationwide strike to protest against the government’s alleged anti-worker policies and unilateral labour reforms.

“The strike is quite visible in Assam, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Manipur Bihar, Rajasthan, Goa, Punjab, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Haryana -- particularly in the targeted industrial areas and different mines,” Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), said.

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Kim Jong-un visits China

A vehicle that is part of a motorcade that is believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes its way through central Beijing, China, January 8, 2019.

A vehicle that is part of a motorcade that is believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes its way through central Beijing, China, January 8, 2019.   | Photo Credit: REUTERS

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, only days after warning he may take an alternative path if the United States does not ease sanctions and pressure on his isolated country.

The visit, confirmed by North Korean and Chinese state media, will likely lead to Mr. Kim's fourth summit with Mr. Xi in the last year and comes amid plans for a second summit with Mr. Trump aimed at denuclearising the Korean peninsula.

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Carlos Ghosn asserts innocence

Motonari Otsuru (left) chief lawyer of the legal team for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, other members of the legal team, lawyers Go Kondo and Masato Oshikubo sit in a courtroom ahead of a court hearing on a case of Ghosn at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

Motonari Otsuru (left) chief lawyer of the legal team for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, other members of the legal team, lawyers Go Kondo and Masato Oshikubo sit in a courtroom ahead of a court hearing on a case of Ghosn at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.   | Photo Credit: AP

 

The former chairman of Japan’s Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, appeared in court on Tuesday and asserted his innocence while demanding the reason for his prolonged detention.

The hearing was Ghosn’s first public appearance since his Nov. 19 arrest.

Ghosn, appearing in a dark suit without a tie and wearing plastic slippers and looking thinner than he had before his arrest, denied any wrongdoing.

“Your honor, I am innocent of the accusations against me,” he said. “I am wrongfully accused,” he said, reading from a prepared statement.

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