In 1999 becoming the countrys youngest provincial governor. Party leaders promoted him to the Groups Bureau in 2007. He joined it at the same time as current chinese president xijipening. Li became premier in 2013 and served two terms. He stepped down in march when his term expired under a constitutional provision. State run media reports li died in shanghai due to a sudden heart attack. He was 68 years old. For more on this kanako sachno spoke with nhk worlds Nakamura Genta in beijing. Genta, how are people responding to lis death . Well, it cght many by surprise because it felt so abrupt. Li stepped down as premier just seven months ago. Heres what some in the country told us. Translator im very sorry and so sad. The former premier contributed a lot to china. I was surprised that he passed away so quickly. Translator he worked hard for the country. I think it was not easy to maintain Economic Growth amid the escalating trade dispute with the United States. I remember li looking pale
Determine the future for decades to come. Biden will reportedly ask congress for roughly 100 billion on friday. He said the funding will go towards israel and ukraine and Americas National security needs. In his address on thursday biden discussed both Islamist Militant Group hamas and russian president Vladimir Putin. When terrorists dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. They keep going, and the cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. Bidens speech comes on the heels of his high stakes visit to israel for talks with Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Now, netanyahu has visited troops stationed at the border of the gaza strip ahead of an expected ground offensive against hamas. Israeli troops have seen hamas fighters launch attacks that have killed more than 1,400 people. Theyve retaliated with repeated air strikes. Authorities in gaza say at least 3,700 palestini
That has killed 2,700 people on both sides. Israel has launched a relentless aerial campaign against hamas militants and cut off food, water, and electricity. It says the group is hiding beneath gaza and has called on residents to evacuate as the military makes extensive efforts to avoid harming civilians. The United Nations says roughly half of gazas population has been given 24 hours to get out. It says thats not enough time to avoid devastating humaneitarian consequence. Nhk captured footage of people fleeing gaza city on friday. A team on the ground says people there including nhk staff received recorded messages by phone urging them to head south. The calls appeared to have come from the israeli military. The warnings come after hamas launched a surprise attack against israel last saturday. More than 100 hostages were taken into gaza. The militants claim at least 13 of them were kill by israeli air strikes over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken s
2023 to Marges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. The Selection Committee said shes a Freedom Fighter whose struggle has come with personal cost. Shes been senanced to a total of 31 years behind bars and 154 lashes in prison. It said their motto of womenlike freedom expresses her dedication and work. Former u. S. President donald trump reportedly shared classified information about u. S. Nuclear submarines with an australian businessman in april 2021. That was after he left the white house. A report on u. S. Television network abc on thursday quoted sources as saying the former president may have revealed the information during a meeting at his maralago estate in florida. Trump allegedly mentioned the supposed number of Nuclear War Heads u. S. Submarines routinely carry. The report says he also revealed how close the vessels can get to russian submarines without being detected. Abc news reported u.
Officials collected seawater samples from 11 points off the coast of fukushima, miyagi, and ibaraki prefectures on tuesday going as far as 70 kilometers away. The Ministry Says the concentration levels of tritium at all locations was below the minimum detectable level of ten beckerals perliter. This matches the results of the last five surveys. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant suffered a triple melt down in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Water used to cool molten fuel there has been mixing with rain and ground water. The accumulated water is being treated to remove most radioactive substances but still contains tritium. The plants operator has been delighting it to reduce tritium levels to about oneseventh of the World Health Organizations guidelines for drinking water. The ministry plans to keep monitoring tritium levels once a week for the time being and publish the results. The autumn holidays kick off in china on friday for the First Time Since beijing lifted its zerocovid pol