Punishment was swift for Franken since accusations began surfacing three weeks ago. The 66-year-old former comedian, who had been seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, said on the Senate floor that he would be leaving in "coming weeks".
Qingming Festival-or Tomb Sweeping Day-celebrated in early April is a time for Chinese people to pay tribute to their ancestors and remember their deceased family members.
Prosecutors had accused Lei of taking advantage of various positions he held in the province, including vice-mayor of Tianshui and deputy Party chief and then chairman of the credit union, which offers agricultural loans. During his time in the three positions from 2000 to 2017, Lei sought profits for himself, close relatives and others.
Qatar is the world's biggest exporter of liquid natural gas.
QFC’s website now features a new delivery button for setting up an order through Instacart. Customers pick a delivery window, and Instacart shoppers can gather the groceries and deliver them within two hours.
Qiu's family is not alone. Statistics show that 80 percent of multifloor residential buildings in neighborhoods on Linfen were built in the 1980s and 1990s, and about 13,000 residents living on the third floor and above in those buildings are aged 60 and older. Due to the underdeveloped economic environment at the time, most are six or seven-story structures with two or more apartments per floor, but with no elevators.
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Proposed by China in 2013, the initiative aims to build trade, infrastructure and service networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa based on ancient land and maritime trade routes.
Protests were sparked on Oct 18, 2019 following an increase in fares for the capital Santiago's mass transit system, and soon turned into a rejection of the neoliberal economic model enshrined in the 1980 Constitution adopted during the regime of Augusto Pinochet.
Qu Dongsheng, an engineer at the Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal, is excited about changes that have taken place at the terminal over the past decade.
Q: What are the biggest achievements you think China has made in these 40 years?