Eight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China's Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department.
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April 11, 2021
BISHAM: The remains of the 16 coalminers were buried in their respective graveyards in Shangla district amid grief and mourning on Saturday.
The collective funeral prayers were held after their bodies were transported by the Rescue 1122 ambulances to Shangla following their recovery from Kala Chaphar area in Kohat district.
Besides PTI provincial ministers Shaukat Ali Yousufzai and Arif Ahmadzai, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Amir Muqam and officials of district administration and a large number of people attended the funeral prayers held at Shangla’s main town and headquarters, Alpuri.
Talking to the media, Shaukat Yousufzai and Arif Ahmadzai expressed profound grief over the tragic incident and assured that every help would be extended to the bereaved families.
Photos: Ōpononi s Ventnor memorial honours 499 Chinese goldminers lost at sea
11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Members of a Chinese dance troupe place incense sticks at the Ventnor memorial. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Members of a Chinese dance troupe place incense sticks at the Ventnor memorial. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A memorial to 499 Chinese gold miners whose remains were lost at sea when the SS Ventnor sank off Hokianga Harbour in 1902 and the west coast Māori who recovered the bones and buried them alongside their own people was dedicated in Ōpononi on Saturday. More than 200 members of New Zealand s Chinese community, from as far away as Dunedin, attended the ceremony along with iwi, government ministers and MPs.
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Show Transcript MISS AN UPDATE. SHERI: MORE THAN 1000 ALABAMA COAL MINERS ARE PLANNING A STRIKE FOR WHAT THEY CALL UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AT WARRIOR MET COAL INCORPORATED. WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS IS LIVE AT ONE OF THE MINES IN BROOKWOOD. BREA, WHAT DO WE KNOW? [CHANTING] BREA: SHERI, THE STRIKE IS UNDERWAY. THEY ARE CHANTING NO FAIR CONTRACT, NO COAL. ONE SAYS WE EAT RAMEN BECAUSE OF YOU. THEY ARE UPSET. THEY’VE GIVEN THE BEST PART OF THEIR LIVES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO MAKING THIS COMPANY PROFITABLE, TO EARNING MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THESE FOLKS. BREA: PHIL SMITH WORKS WITH THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA. HE SAYS THE MINERS AT WARRIOR MET COAL INC. HAVE MADE SACRIFICES OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS TO GET THE COMPANY OUT OF BANKRUPTCY YET SAYS THEY STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED FAI