#BREAKING A Long March-5B Y3 rocket, carrying China's space station lab module #Wentian, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Sunday.
Close to 6,000 people are being asked to evacuate on Saturday as the Oak fire exploded in size overnight, burning homes to the ground in Mariposa, in the U.S. state of California.
What started as another brush fire on Friday burned through more than 6,000 acres on Saturday afternoon, with minimal containment. A fire crew of more than 400 people are fighting the blaze on the ground and in the air.
The monkeypox virus outbreak has officially been declared a ‘global emergency’ by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday, after the head of the UN organization broke a tie of mixed opinions among its panel of experts.
The virus has been detected in more than 70 countries, and requires a global response, the WHO says, urging people to take the current outbreaks seriously.
Take a look at some of the latest facts on the outbreak.
Chicken feet, pork feet and pig ears have higher appeal in China than they do to American consumers, just one more way American protein producers and China can have win-win relations in the field of agriculture, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang said Saturday. #ChinaUS#CGTNAmerica
President and CEO Shane Smith of Smithfield and team hosted Qin and his delegation, including representatives from China’s agricultural sector, at their processing plant in Denison, Iowa. #QinGang#ChinaUS#USChinatrade#CGTNAmerica
As guests they were treated to a down-home lunch after a detailed presentation highlighting Smithfield’s success since being acquired by China’s WH group for $7.1 billion in 2013. Smithfield has operations in the U.S., China, Mexico and Europe. #USChinatrade#CGTNAmerica
More than 30 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces at the #AlAqsa mosque compound in #Jerusalem on Friday. Israeli police stormed the mosque after protestors threw stones close to the Western Wall where Jewish worship was taking place. #CGTNAmerica
The mosque, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, is a sacred site for both religions.
Protests in solidarity with the Al-Aqsa demonstrators were also held in the Gaza Strip, in Amman, Jordan, and in Dhaka, Bangladesh. #AlAqsa#CGTNAmerica
The recent renewed violence began last week after a series of deadly attacks in Israel and arrest raids in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. After Friday's clashes subsided, more than 150,000 worshippers attend Friday prayers at the mosque. #AlAqsa#CGTNAmerica
The U.S. CDC has issued a nationwide alert for medical professionals to report any cases of #hepatitis in #children. The alert was made after a cluster of 9 severe hepatitis cases was identified in children aged 1-6 in Alabama. #CDC#CGTNAmerica
In Alabama, several children developed liver failure and two had to receive liver transplants. #hepatitis#children#CGTNAmerica
Severe #hepatitis cases among children were also found in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain after a report last week in the U.K. that found 74 cases in #children since January. #CGTNAmerica
Ahead of The China-U.S. Agricultural Forum taking place in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang met with Former U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Quinn and spoke on the topics of feeding a growing world and peace through agriculture.
Ambassador Qin honored Quinn as they met in the World Food Prize Hall of Fame for having welcomed both President Xi when he was a county level official, and Xi’s father years earlier when he also came to visit Iowa,