Video footage released by local news channels showed several fire trucks and other emergency response vehicles lined up across the street from a row of businesses.
Nauru cut off ties with Taiwan just two days after Lai Ching-te, the candidate for Taiwan's ruling anti-China Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won the presidential elections held on January 13. Nauru previously severed relations with Taiwan in 2002 and restored it in 2005.
Amid strained relations with India, the Maldivian govt said Male has always been a welcoming destination for "vessels of friendly countries," and continues to host both civilian and military vessels making port calls for peaceful purposes.
An extraordinarily high number of more than 160 countries — some critics of China, some allies — registered to take part in the discussions. That meant each country had a maximum of 45 seconds to speak, forcing some ambassadors into what at times felt like a speed-reading exercise.
The landslide occurred at Liangshui village of Zhaotong city, trapping 47 people, on Monday. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake injured six people, two with serious injuries, and resulted in the collapse of 47 houses.
Tremors were felt as far away as the neighboring countries Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and even Delhi-NCR. So far there are no reports of any damage.
The Taiwan Defence Ministry noted the balloon sightings on a list of Chinese People's Liberation Army activity in the waters and airspace around Taiwan. One passed near the southern city of Pingtung, while the others flew just north of the port of Keelung, where Taiwan has an important naval base.
After the incident occurred, more than 200 rescuers along with 33 firefighting vehicles and 10 loading machines were mobilised to search for the missing.
Rescuers in China arrived at the scene quickly and the flames were extinguished at 11:38 pm (local time). Fires and other deadly accidents are common in China due to lax safety standards and poor enforcement.
The total population of China dropped by 2.75 million, or 0.2 per cent, to 1.409 billion last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The data has sparked concerns about long-term effects on the growth potential of the world's second-largest economy.
Multiple rounds of snowfall swept the Kanas scenic area since January 6, resulting in several avalanches that blocked roads connecting the scenic area with external regions. This heavy snowfall has triggered dozens of avalanches along large sections of highway in the Altay mountains.
Muizzu's remarks came amid a row between the Maldives and India over derogatory comments posted by three deputy ministers of the Muizzu government against Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading to a diplomatic row with India.
The break in diplomatic ties after Lai Ching-te won the presidential election in Taiwan on Saturday. Before the election, China repeated Lai as a 'dangerous separatist'.
Lai’s victory means the Democratic Progressive Party will continue to hold the presidency for a third four-year term, following eight years under President Tsai Ing-wen
The victory of MDP candidate, Adam Azim, is considered the major blow to Muizzu, as the post was earlier held by Muizzu till he resigned for the Presidential elections last year.
President Mohamed Muizzu remarks have come as he returned to Maldives after concluding five-day China visit. During Muizzu’s visit to China, the two countries also signed an agreement to allow Maldives’ national airline, Maldivian, to conduct domestic flight operations in China.
China repeatedly denounced Lai as a dangerous separatist and rebuffed his repeated calls for talks. Like former President Tsai Ing-wen, Lai asserted that Taiwan is already independent and needs to make no declaration of independence that could spark a military attack from China.
The accident, a likely coal and gas explosion described as an "outburst", happened around 2:55 pm on Friday in Pingdingshan. A total of 425 people were working underground when the accident took place, and 380 of them have been lifted out of the mine.
China has called the elections a choice between 'war and peace' and even threatened further aggression if Taiwan moves towards independence. China considers the self-governed island as part of its mainland and has vowed to reunify both countries by force if necessary.
China has called the elections a choice between "war and peace" and has stepped up its coercion through military incursions and trade sanctions. Taiwan's defence ministry on Friday said it detected five Chinese balloons over the Taiwan Strait within the past 24 hours.
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