South Korea vowed on Thursday to double its critical-care hospital beds amid a severe shortage, highlighting the strain of the pandemic on even well-equipped countries.
Speaking at a reception before the start of the concert, Liu Xiaoming, China's ambassador to the UK, described the concert as "the fruition of the cooperation between top Chinese and British orchestras, and a vivid example of the mutually beneficial cooperation between China and the UK".
Speaking ahead of the weekly Executive Council meeting, the HKSAR Chief Executive Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang, had conveyed through the liaison office their sympathies and expressed their condolences to the bereaved families, as well as to those injured in the accident.
Speaking to the Washington Post aboard Air Force Two on his way home from the Winter Olympics, Pence said Washington would keep up its "maximum pressure campaign" against Pyongyang but would be open to possible talks at the same time.
South Australian farmers are selling whatever grain they have left in their silos at bumper prices in the knowledge the knee-high wheat in their fields will produce another decent crop in a couple of months.
Southwestern Japan was pounded by torrential rain over Friday and Saturday, with warnings issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency, or JMA, for Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures raised to the highest level for the first time in history on Saturday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and vehicles submerged and several bridges washed away.
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Speaking of Brunson's case, Sanders said, "We feel that Turkey and specifically President Erdogan have treated Pastor Brunson ... very unfairly, very badly."
Special Counsel Robert Mueller (center) leaves St. John’s Episcopal Church after attending services across from the White House in Washington on Sunday. Mueller closed his nearly two-year investigation into Russian collusion with no new charges, ending the probe that had cast a shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency. Cliff Owen / AP
South Korea's president-elect Moon Jae-in gestures to supporters at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, May 9, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]
Specifically, investment in highways expanded 3.7 percent to reach 521 billion yuan, while that of coastal construction recorded the fastest growth rate of 14.6 percent to 15 billion yuan, according to the ministry.