The death toll following the explosion of a smelting furnace at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island rose to 18 on Tuesday, as police ordered the plant to stop operations until an investigation is completed.
A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others, police and a company official said.
President Biden's Dec. 6 "bunch of lies" denial on interacting with his son Hunter's money men is a reminder of the most significant disclosure in the family's influence-peddling saga.
Months of urging from the Pentagon for military leaders in China to communicate paid off Thursday when Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with his Chinese counterpart by video teleconference.
Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, in the first of what officials said will be renewed talks between the two nation's senior military leaders, as the Biden administration works to thaw relations with Beijing.