Member, Standing Committee member, and Deputy Secretary, 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Meteorological authorities have forecast that North China as well as northeastern and southwestern parts of the country may see more precipitation than in recent years in the next few weeks, with droughts expected in some areas of South China. Two to three typhoons are expected to hit the country this year.
Messonnier said schools should consider plans to divide students into smaller groups, or use "internet-based teleschooling", and parents should contact their schools to ask about plans for dismissal or even alternative childcare should the virus affect their communities.
Media speculation arose that the ROK President Moon Jae-in may visit Singapore around that date to declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice. The Korean Peninsula remains technically in a state of war under this agreement.
Measures will be made to reduce losses and ensure a normal supply, said Yang Zhenhai, chief of the ministry's Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Bureau.
Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, faces accusations that she misled multinational banks about Iran-linked transactions, putting the banks at risk of violating US sanctions.
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Media reports have said that some US government advisers once suggested the idea of striking against the Hong Kong dollar peg — perhaps by limiting the ability of Hong Kong banks to buy US dollars — but Lui said it is impossible for the White House to go so far as to resort to currency de-pegging. Even if that did happen, he said, Hong Kong has enough foreign reserves to handle such a contingency.
Merkel also underlined the importance of accelerating EU-China investment talks and bolstering trilateral cooperation among the EU, China and Africa.
Members of the military carry a victim during a rescue mission after a garbage dump collapsed and buried dozens of houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Police said 145 homes were destroyed when the mountain of rubbish came crashing down after heavy rain the previous day. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters
Meanwhile, the crisis in the Amazon rainforest, which spans nine countries, is about to reach a tipping point, according to experts. The dry season is almost over, but illegal logging, illegal mining, drug trafficking and the uncontrolled expansion of the agricultural frontier continue, leaving dead fauna, flora-and people-in their wake.