China Premier Li buys Doraemon figure: Online paper

China Premier Li buys Doraemon figure: Online paper

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on microblogging site Weibo shows what is thought to be clay figures of the popular Japanese manga and anime character Doraemon sold at a craft shop which Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited. China's online paper The Paper has reported that the premier bought a figure during his visit to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on Nov. 21, 2014.

"Tweet"-powered disaster drill

"Tweet"-powered disaster drill

TOKYO, Japan - Women take part in a disaster mitigation drill in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012, using microblogging site Twitter for purposes such as finding shelters and locating the injured.

Death toll in building collapse in India's Mumbai rises to 14

STORY: Death toll in building collapse in India's Mumbai rises to 14 DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:43 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operations STORYLINE: Death toll in a four-storey building collapse in India's Mumbai rose to 14 while rescue operations were underway on Tuesday evening. The dilapidated building that collapsed on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, saw several persons being trapped under the debris. Of the total number of 27 injured persons, 14 were reported dead while nine persons were discharged after treatment, and the remaining four are undergoing treatment at the civic hospital, said the city civic body, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on its social microblogging site. Ahead of the monsoon season that starts from June to September, the BMC had identified 337 dilapidated buildings across Mumbai, down from 465 buildings last year. The annual survey of dilapidated buildings is being conducted before th

China Premier Li buys Doraemon figure: Online paper

China Premier Li buys Doraemon figure: Online paper

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on microblogging site Weibo shows what is thought to be clay figures of the popular Japanese manga and anime character Doraemon sold at a craft shop which Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited. China's online paper The Paper has reported that the premier bought a figure during his visit to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on Nov. 21, 2014. (Kyodo)