Mahar Lagmay, a professor at the University of the Philippines' National Institute of Geological Sciences, said that the 2015 earthquake would definitely have changed Qomolangma's elevation because the temblor forced the underlying tectonic plates to collide.
Ma Haizhe, a mother of two, decided to return to her rural hometown-Xiaohe village of Tianshui city in Gansu province-in 2014 to take care of her children when her 6-year-old son was preparing to attend primary school and her daughter, 3, was old enough for kindergarten.
Malaria is regarded as one of the most challenging global public health issues. In 2016, there were an estimated 216 million cases of malaria worldwide, and deaths reached 445,000, according to the World Health Organization.
Making the announcement at a ceremony to mark the country's 40-year development in supercomputing, officials said that the new machines will have a calculation speed that is 200 times faster than the present models and have storage capacity that is 100 times more than the Tianhe-1. The speed is expected to hit a billion billions, or 1 followed by 18 zeros.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, while attending the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing earlier this month, also paid a visit to the headquarters of Alibaba group.
MUMBAI -- One person was killed and 17 injured, while 43 were feared being trapped after a five-storey building collapsed at Mahad, 170 km from Mumbai in India on Monday evening.
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Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 11, 2018. [Photo/Chinanews.com]
Ma, a member of the Hui ethnic group, born and raised in Ningxia, developed a strong interest in history because of his passion for the Great Wall when he was young. Now, as the 52-year-old director of Ningxia's Conservation Center of Cultural Heritage, Ma has devoted himself to the restoration of the structure.
Ma said extending the courts' sitting hours would be one way to expedite proceedings in protest-related cases. Hong Kong's massive anti-government protests, triggered by a now-withdrawn extradition bill, had led to 6,956 arrests and 1,051 prosecutions as of Jan 2.