Pompeo andonesian foreign minister held talks on thursday. They discussed the sittion in the south cna sea wch china claims most of. Indonea has designated an exclusive Economic Zone off the nah tuna islands and has a territorial dispute with beijing in the area. Our law abiding nations reject the unlawful claims made by the Chinese Government party in the South China Sea. Its a cause worth pursuing in multilateral settings and the Trump Administration very much supports this. She said stability and peace should be maintained in the South China Sea and added International Law, especially United Nations convention on the law of the sea must be respected and implemented. Pompeo expressed willingness to cooperate in new ways to ensure Maritime Security and protect some of the worlds busiest trade routes. I encourage u. S. Businesses to invest more in indonesia including for procts in the Outer Islands in indonesia such as nah tuna island. Pompeo says the u. S. Welcomes indonesias Decisive
Translator we will be securing hospitals to specialize in covid19. Two hospitals will now exclusively care for coronavirus patients, each offering about 100 beds. Officials plan to secure 200 more covid19 beds spread across 14 hospitals. Ministers and experts met on friday to discuss antivirus measures. The experts proposed using a fofourstage classificatation sm to monitor the coronavirus situtuation. The approach would use six criteria, including case numbers and the percecentage of coronavirus tests which provide posititive results. S. They say many parts of the country are in stage two, seeing a gradual spread. The head of the expert panel says at stage three, officials should ask bars, which arent following virus prevention guidelines, to close. Translator when the situation is classified as stage four, logically speaking, its time to issue a state of emergency declaration. The minister in charge of the Coronavirus Response says the priority must be supporting the medical system.
Seven others for violating the new law and about 180 people for Unlawful Assembly and other related offenses. It follows a tumultuous start to the day with protesters taking to the street to voice their opposition to the law. Beijing approved the new legislation on tuesday. It lays out four criminal acts it says endangers National Security. Secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or external sources. If convicted, people could face life in n prison. Chief executive carrie lam defended the law in the ceremony to mark the 1997 handover. Translator the enactment of the law is the most important thing for hong kongs relationship to the mainland since the handover. Its a historic step as it has completeted a system to prprote our sovereignty and security. But critics say the law undermines the one country two systems framework which is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high degree of autonomy and judicial independence. The number of coronavirus cases here in japan conti
Fukuoka, and hiroshima prefectures overnight raising river waters nearly to the point of overthrowing. It also means a strong possibility of landslides. Already hard hit areas wont see any relief soon as the search continues for more than a dozen missing people. 72 others have died. This weather expert says the rain that hit kumamoto e earlie thisis month poured in like a river and spread overr an area s wide as 500 kilometers and carried more than 500,000 tons of water vapor per second. Transnslator the amazon, th Worlds Largest river, carries about 200,000 tons of water per second. A rough estimate of twice that amount was flowing into the region. The situation has not changed much, so we can still expect a substantial amount of vapor to flow in. In the aftermath of the intense rain, communities are also pulling together to help those in need. Officials say more than 14,000 homes and other buildings have been damaged. Chinese media say heavy rainfall along the yanghtze has left 140 p
Said that h he has left the territory. He is not saying where he is, but he said that he will keep up the advocacy work on the international stage. He called on the people of hong kong to speak up and urged other countries to watch out for the countrys growing authoritarianism, he said on facebook, that he braced himself for the possibility that he would have to leave when he decided to testify. The u. S. Congress has passed a bill imposing sanctions on chinese officials involved in efforts to under mine hong kongs autonomy, the Senate Approved the bill on thursday. The legislation had passed the house of representatives the prevevious day. Ththe bill becomes law once it signed by president donald trump. A Chinese Foreign ministry Spokes Person responded to the move saying china will react strongly and the u. S. Shall bear all consequences, unquote. Other countries are also condemning beijing for breeching the one country two systems principal that protected hong kongs autonomy, the br