I can't imagine what my life would be like if I hadn't met them; I would probably be in jail. I still keep in touch with one of them.
Hurricane Laura pummeled southwestern Louisiana on Aug 27. Thousands of people were still without power from that storm, and some were still in shelters.
I don't think it's a particularly prescient movie, but one of the earliest great movies I saw was Alien. I saw it in 1979 - so I was 11 - in the film club at school. And I was into spaceships at that time. So I watched it and got the full Ridley Scott.
Hunan province's first successful treatment of a rare immunodeficiency disease through a hematopoietic stem cell transplant has been carried out at a hospital there.
Hundreds of protesters, who came in group in the drizzle, raised banners and placards with slogans expressing their anger, including "Stop meddling in HK affairs and causing chaos" and "Foreign forces have no right to interfere."
Humen Bridge in Dongguan, Guangdong province, is closed to traffic on May 5, 2020, after vibrations occurred in the bridge deck. Further investigation is underway to find out the reason. [Photo provided to China Daily]
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Hubei province in Central China has reduced the prices of 20 types of drugs, including Inlyta, a drug treating kidney cancer, produced by pharmaceutical company Pfizer, with the reduction rate ranging from 3.4 percent to 10.2 percent.
Hun Sen said the rescue operation took 43 hours and 20 minutes, explaining that it was necessary to proceed carefully to ensure that the diggers would not harm people trapped under the rubble.
Hundreds of US troops are already in Iraq, serving as trainers and advisers, in an attempt to help the country win the battle against IS militants.
Huawei said it plans to spend 200 million euros (1 million) to build its first European manufacturing plant in France. The factory will specialize in 4G and 5G equipment, and will primarily manufacture supplies for European customers.