【英语简明新闻】Headline News 2016 March 7

China underscores equal implementation of UN resolution on DPRK China is calling for fair and balanced implementation of the UN resolution against North Korea, adding that the responsibility to do so does not stop with China. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei says the resolution should be implemented by the whole international community and not just by one country. He was commenting on a question about whether the major responsibility lies with China since about 90 percent of North Korea&`&s trade volume is from China. Part of the UN resolution requires states to inspect all cargo going to and from North Korea. Hong Lei has reaffirmed that China will implement the resolution seriously and comprehensively. China calls for calm on Korean Peninsula Meanwhile, the spokesman has strongly urged relevant parties to keep calm and avoid provocative acts that may raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Responding to the annual military exercises staged by South Korea and the United States, Hong Lei says China has great concern with regard to maintaining stability on the peninsula and firmly opposes any provocative acts in the region. Earlier, South Korea and the US kicked off their largest-ever annual war games, weeks after North Korea&`&s nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. A record 300 thousand South Korean troops and 17 thousand US personnel are taking part in the drills which will last till the end of next month. 3 policemen among 8 killed in NW Pakistan court blast A suicide bomber has struck a court in northwest Pakistan, killing at least eight people including three policemen. Police say the bomber tried to enter a court room in Charsadda district. He detonated the bomb when stopped by security. 14 others were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. A splinter group of the Pakistan Taliban has claimed responsibility. Suspected new debris found in Reunion Island could be from MH370: Malaysian official A Malaysian official says the suspected new debris found on the Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean could be from the missing flight MH370. An object measuring about 40 by 20 centimeters was found by the seashore last week. Malaysia&`&s deputy transport minister Ab Zziz Kaprawi says he&`&s basing his suggestion on calculations of the drift of all debris. A wing part was found on the Reunion Island last year, the first debris confirmed to be from the missing flight. Meanwhile, authorities are verifying another piece of debris found in Mozambique last week. Tuesday marks the second anniversary of the missing of Flight MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Gunman dead, hostages safe following siege at Aussie industrial site in Sydney A gunman involved in a six-hour siege on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Three hostages were taken to safety after the incident was over. Police earlier surrounded an industrial site in southwest Sydney after three people were shot, one of whom later died. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear. China to revise individual income tax A reform plan on China&`&s individual income tax is to be submitted to the national legislature for review this year. Finance Minister Lou Jiwei has revealed that the amendment is not just about thresholds. He says it also considers overall income and spending, such as housing mortgages, expenditure on education, children&`& schooling and elderly care. In 2011, China&`&s top legislature adopted an amendment to the individual income tax law, raising the monthly tax exemption threshold from 2,000 yuan to 3,500 yuan , or some 540 US dollars. Inner Mongolia banker, son, mistress in corruption trial A former bank chief in north China&`&s Inner Mongolia, along with his son and mistress went on trial on Monday. They were accused of obtaining more than 92 million U.S. dollars through embezzlement and accepting bribes. Prosecutors said Yang Chenglin, former chair of the Bank of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, began soliciting bribes in 1999. He is alleged to have used the bribes to buy apartments in Beijing and Inner Mongolia for his mistress and real estate in the United States for his son. He also used public funds to take business tours overseas and purchase expensive gifts such as ivory ornaments. Rice-smuggling gangs busted, 34 arrested Customs authorities have busted seven gangs suspected of smuggling rice in southern China. 34 suspects were taken into custody and more than 1,000 tons of rice seized during the operation in four major cities in the south. The group is suspected of smuggling more than 13 thousand tons of rice worth over 10 million US dollars from Myanmar and Vietnam. The latest bust is part of a broader anti-grain smuggling effort launched this year.