NEW ZEALAND-CHRISTCHURCH-LIU JIANCHAO-CPC DELEGATION-VISIT

NEW ZEALAND-CHRISTCHURCH-LIU JIANCHAO-CPC DELEGATION-VISIT

(240525) -- CHRISTCHURCH, May 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and Phil Mauger, mayor of Christchurch, attend the unveiling ceremony of the statue of Rewi Alley in Christchurch, New Zealand, May 24, 2024. Liu led a delegation of the CPC to visit New Zealand From May 22 to May 25. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

NEW ZEALAND-CHRISTCHURCH-LIU JIANCHAO-CPC DELEGATION-VISIT

NEW ZEALAND-CHRISTCHURCH-LIU JIANCHAO-CPC DELEGATION-VISIT

(240525) -- CHRISTCHURCH, May 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and Phil Mauger, mayor of Christchurch, attend the unveiling ceremony of the statue of Rewi Alley in Christchurch, New Zealand, May 24, 2024. Liu led a delegation of the CPC to visit New Zealand From May 22 to May 25. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

All 5 people on board missing submersible dead

STORY: All 5 people on board missing submersible dead DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger addressing the press conference STORYLINE: The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday that a debris field found by searchers near the Titanic earlier in the day is wreckage from the missing Titan submersible. In a press briefing Thursday afternoon, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) discovered the tail cone of the Titan submersible about half a kilometer from the bow of the Titanic on the sea floor. "The ROV subsequently found additional debris. In consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," Mauger said. "I offer my deepest condolences to the families," he said. Shortly before the announcement, OceanGate Expeditions, the U.S.-based company that owned and