It is now time for a look at stories making headlines around the world and for that we turn to our Ro Aram... <br />Aram... what do you have for us today? <br /><br />Well Mark... we start with some sad news I'm afraid....<br />World leaders and fellow politicians alike are paying tribute to the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday at the age of 94. <br />Lee Seung-jae has more.... <br />George Herbert Walker Bush, a man, who set the bar higher and higher each time. From captaining the Yale baseball team,... to serving as the youngest aviator in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. <br />Later, he would rise up the ranks of American politics,... as a Congressman for Texas, an envoy to China,... the Director of the CIA,... Vice President to President Ronald Reagan,... and finally becoming the 41st President of the United States.<br />The man who saw one of his sons follow his footsteps,... and become the 43rd U.S. President,... died on Friday in Houston,... at the age of 94.<br />World leaders have been paying tribute to the former president.<br />Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his condolences during a meeting with President Trump on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Argentina. <br />The Chinese leader said Bush was an 'old friend' of the Chinese people "who made important contributions to the China-U.S. friendship and relationship during his lifetime".<br />Bush is best remembered in China for his time spent in the country as Washington's unofficial ambassador in the mid-1970s, as he was often dubbed the "bicycle-riding envoy",... for the many hours he spent cycling through Beijing's streets.<br />Ex-Soviet leader Mikail Gorbachev expressed his condolences to the Bush family and all Americans,... as the two worked closely to help end the Cold War.<br />British Prime Minister Theresa May called Bush a "true friend" of the UK.<br />French President Emmanuel Macron said he remembered Bush as a world leader who strongly supported the alliance with Europe.<br />President Trump canceled a planned press conference at the G20 summit on Saturday,... citing respect for the late former president. <br />Trump said Bush will be remembered as a man of "sound judgement, common sense and unflappable leadership". <br />President Trump is also set to attend the state funeral set for Wednesday.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
