Key words : presidential election count the votes
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Vote counting underway in Taiwan's presidential election
With the polls closed, officials in Taiwan are working to figure out who won Saturday's presidential election. This report explores what's on the minds of voters on voting day, as well as how the three candidates made their final appeals the day before.
Key words : key issue beijing unification
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Key words : blinken communist party
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One day before the presidential election in Taiwan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a high-ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party. He held talks with Liu Jianchao in Washington on Friday to ensure China respects the democratic process.
Blinken is also believed to have emphasized the importance of peace and stability in the region and reaffirmed America's commitment to its One China policy.
China has opposed any official contact between the US and Taiwan and has accused the Biden administration of supporting independence. President Xi Jinping himself told Biden during their meeting in California in November to "stop arming Taiwan" and stressed his country will achieve unification.
US defense officials have made clear they will deter China, accusing Beijing of waging a campaign of military, diplomatic and economic pressure against Taiwan.
The White House released a statement on Thursday saying China will be "the provocateur" if it chooses to respond to the election outcome with "military pressure." The US is planning to send an "unofficial delegation" to Taiwan sometime after the vote.
Key words : us media airstrike yemen
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US media say US forces conducted further strikes against targets linked to the anti-government Houthi group in Yemen on Friday, following a joint operation with Britain the previous day.
The US and British forces launched airstrikes on multiple locations in Yemen on Thursday, in response to repeated Houthi attacks on vessels navigating in the Red Sea.
A senior US official said on Friday that Thursday's attacks hit a total of 28 locations, and said they succeeded in degrading the Houthis' ability to conduct further attacks.
CNN reported the additional operation on Friday was much smaller in scale than the earlier strikes and targeted a radar facility used by the Houthis.
The action prompted large protests in the Yemini capital Sanaa on Friday, as people rallied against the United States.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council on Friday held an emergency meeting at which US and British envoys said the strikes were a necessary act of self-defense and consistent with international law.
The representative of Russia condemned the attacks as destabilizing the region, while African and other council members called for avoiding further escalation, without naming any country.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday issued a statement through his spokesperson. He said that Wednesday's UN Security Council resolution demanding the Houthis immediately cease attacks on vessels in the Red Sea "must be fully respected in its entirety."
He called on "all parties involved not to escalate even more the situation in the interest of peace and stability in the Red Sea and the wider region."
Guterres did not make direct reference to the US and Britain, but stressed the need to "avoid acts that could further worsen the situation in Yemen."
Key words : struck lives in ishikawa
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A massive earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day has now claimed 215 lives in Ishikawa Prefecture. Fourteen people who evacuated to safety are now believed to have died from causes related to the disaster. Medical experts warn the figure could increase due to poor sanitary conditions in shelters.
More than 22,000 citizens are staying at about 380 municipal shelters, including school gymnasiums.
Shelters in Shika Town have been hit by COVID-19 and influenza outbreaks.
To prevent further infections, town officials decided to gather patients with infectious diseases in one facility.
Two nurses are on duty around-the-clock.
This hospital in Wajima City has been admitting about 10 patients with infectious diseases every day. It has more than 100 beds but doctors worry they may be occupied within a week.
Kawasaki Kuniyuki at Wajima Municipal Hospital said, "The shelters appear to be experiencing cluster infections. Patients' symptoms are worsening before they arrive here. This is placing a significant strain on our operations."
Some nursing care homes still lack water or power. All 27 elderly people at this facility have been forced to stay in hallways after the quake damaged part of the building.
Ishikawa prefectural officials have arranged for their transfer to care facilities in unaffected areas.
More than 10 days after the quake and tsunami, at least 1,900 people are still isolated due to damaged roads and railways.
Recovery work has been hampered by snow, rain and aftershocks. Roads are still blocked at more than 80 locations.
Construction of temporary housing has started. Affected people will be able to relocate to the facilities from early February. They can stay there for up to two years without paying rent.
Some high school students in the disaster-hit areas traveled to Kanazawa City to take standardized university entrance exams that will be held over the weekend.
Murai Haruna and Sakai Yuuri from Nanao City visited the university where they will take the tests.
Murai's house was severely damaged by the quake. She said that she wants to focus 100 percent on the exams for now.
Sakai says it was hard to concentrate on studies because of aftershocks. She said, "What has happened cannot be changed. I believe in myself and I will do my best tomorrow."
Students who cannot take the standardized exams this weekend due to the disaster will have the opportunity to sit for backup exams two weeks later.
Key words : winter weather stormy Tuesday
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Severe winter weather is gripping parts of Japan that were struck by the devastating earthquake on New Year's Day. Authorities warn rain and snow may raise the risk of mudslides as the ground has been loosened by the quake and more recent tremors.
Daytime highs will not rise much in those places on Saturday, with the mercury expected to reach only 2 degrees Celsius in Wajima City and 5 degrees in Kanazawa City. Both municipalities are in the hard-hit prefecture of Ishikawa, central Japan.
Increasing numbers of people in the quake-affected areas are falling ill as they endure prolonged stays in shelters. The number of deaths believed to be due to disaster-related causes is also growing.
Meanwhile, seismic movement continues in Ishikawa's Noto region and surrounding areas, with strong jolts recorded occasionally since the January 1 quake.
Quakes with an intensity of 1 or greater on Japan's scale of zero to 7 were recorded more than 1,300 times as of 8 a.m. on Saturday. They included a quake that shook Ishikawa's Shika Town with an intensity of 4 shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to stay vigilant against tremors with an intensity of around 5 or higher for about the next 30 days.
Stormy conditions, including heavy snow, could also batter the quake-stricken areas as well as northern and eastern Japan, from Sunday through Tuesday.
People are urged to exercise extra caution toward quake-damaged buildings, as they may collapse under the weight of snow.
Key words : researcher wajima rare
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Researchers say the massive earthquake in central Japan on New Year's Day has caused ground upheavals as high as about four meters.
They made the announcement after surveying areas around Kaiso Port in Wajima City, which lies in the northern part of the Noto Peninsula.
They confirmed a ground upheaval of about 4 meters by comparing water levels before and after the disaster.
The pre-quake level was determined using the location of shells and lugworms on a breakwater.
The researchers also found an upheaval of 3.6 meters in a reef on the port's northern side.
The coastlines of northern Wajima and Suzu city have three-step terraces believed to have been formed in massive quakes over the past 6,000 years.
Group leader Shishikura Masanobu of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology says 4-meter ground upheavals are quite rare.
He points out that the Noto Peninsula was formed by the phenomenon, but it only occurs on this scale once every several thousand years.
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