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4 killed in Poland apart- ment building collapse An apartment building collapsed on Sunday in Poland’s western city of Poznan, killing four people and injuring 24 others, officials said as firefighters and rescuers with dogs combed the rubble in search of more victims. The building contained 18 apart- ments and housed 40 residents, according to firefighters’ spokes- man Slawomir Brandt, who gave the death toll. Polish TV channel TVP INFO showed part of a four-story build- ing in a heap and rescuers checking the debris. PNG earthquake leaves 67 dead At least 67 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated* Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands last week, the Red Cross said on Monday, with thousands more homeless and without food and clean water. The recovery effort has been slow as aid workers grapple* with blocked roads and power outages to reach cut-off villages after the 7.5-magnitude quake struck on February 26 in the Pacific nation’s mountainous interior. Terrified locals in the Southern Highlands, Western, Enga and Hela provinces have also been hit by strong aftershocks. Far-right, populist surge in Italy vote Italians registered their dismay with the European political establishment on Sunday, hand- ing a majority of votes in a national election to hard-right and populist forces that ran a campaign fueled by anti-immi- grant anger. The election, the first in five years, was widely seen as a bellwether* of the strength of populists on the continent and how far they might advance into the mainstream. US Northeast faces flooding More than 1.5 million customers remained without power through- out the eastern United States on Sunay, and communities on the New England coast faced more flooding two days after a powerful storm snapped trees, downed wires and killed at least nine people. The governors of both Massachu- setts and New York declared a state of emergency on Saturday after- noon, following similar announce- ments by the governors of Virginia and Maryland on Friday. May tells UK it must face ‘hard facts’ about Brexit Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May told the British people on Friday that they have to face “hard facts” about Brexit, warning that the United Kingdom will have less access to European Union markets once it leaves the bloc. But May also said a mutually* beneficial future relationship is possible, and she urged EU lead- ers to work with her to deliver a “bold and comprehensive economic partnership.” (SD-Agencies) 02 Shenzhen Daily Wednesday March 7, 2018 Email: [email protected] News Picks Help devastate 毁坏 grapple 格斗 bellwether 决定趋向者 insurgency 暴乱 reprieve 缓刑 mutually 相互地 anticipate 期望 autopilot 自动驾驶 hide 兽皮 gelatin 动物胶 rejuvenate 使年轻 Greater Bay Area China will unveil and implement the development plan for the Guangdong- Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (also known as the Greater Bay Area), among other moves to promote the coordinated regional development of the country this year, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday. The country will promote in all areas mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, Li said in a govern- ment work report delivered to the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing on Monday. Trade war China and the United States share more mutual benefits than differences and cooperation is the only right option for both countries, said a spokesman for the annual session of China’s national legislature on Sunday. The stable development of Sino- U.S. ties serves the fundamental interests of people of both countries and is much anticipated* by the inter- national community, Zhang Yesui, former Chinese ambassador to the United States and spokesperson for the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), told a press conference in Beijing. Licenses issued China on Thursday issued the coun- try’s first three road test licenses to smart carmakers, making road tests of autopilot* vehicles legal. Shanghai-based SAIC Motor received two of the licenses and the electric vehicle startup Nio obtained the other one. The licenses allow the operators to use a 5.6-km public road in Jiading District of Shanghai for testing smart cars. Huang Ou, deputy director of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Information Technol- ogy, said the test road was designated based on a third-party appraisal. TCM effect A center under China’s top health authority apologized for publishing an article claiming that a product made from donkey hides*, tradition- ally believed to have medicinal ben- efits, has no medical properties. The product, called ejiao, is a gelatin* used in traditional Chinese medicine and is regarded as having positive effects, including helping rejuvenate* the skin and relieve fatigue. (SD-Agencies) Picasso masterpiece sells for US$69m The Picasso masterpiece depicting Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso’s muse. The 22-inch-high (55.9-centimeter-high) artwork has sold for almost £50 million (US$68.6 million) — making it the most expensive painting ever auctioned in the United Kingdom. “Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée,” from 1937, had never been offered publicly. SD-Agencies

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Page 1: News Picksszdaily.sznews.com/attachment/pdf/201803/07/05ebde55...Shenzhen Daily Wednesday March 7, 2018 Email: mllmx@msn.com News Picks H e l p devastate 毁坏 grapple 格斗 bellwether

4 killed in Poland apart-ment building collapseAn apartment building collapsed on Sunday in Poland’s western city of Poznan, killing four people and injuring 24 others, offi cials said as fi refi ghters and rescuers with dogs combed the rubble in search of more victims.

The building contained 18 apart-ments and housed 40 residents, according to fi refi ghters’ spokes-man Slawomir Brandt, who gave the death toll.

Polish TV channel TVP INFO showed part of a four-story build-ing in a heap and rescuers checking the debris.

PNG earthquake leaves 67 deadAt least 67 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated* Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands last week, the Red Cross said on Monday, with thousands more homeless and without food and clean water.

The recovery effort has been slow as aid workers grapple* with blocked roads and power outages

to reach cut-off villages after the 7.5-magnitude quake struck on February 26 in the Pacifi c nation’s mountainous interior.

Terrifi ed locals in the Southern Highlands, Western, Enga and Hela provinces have also been hit by strong aftershocks.

Far-right, populist surge in Italy voteItalians registered their dismay with the European political establishment on Sunday, hand-ing a majority of votes in a national election to hard-right and populist forces that ran a campaign fueled by anti-immi-grant anger.

The election, the fi rst in fi ve years, was widely seen as a bellwether* of the strength of populists on the continent and how far they might advance into the mainstream.

US Northeast faces floodingMore than 1.5 million customers remained without power through-out the eastern United States on Sunay, and communities on the New England coast faced more fl ooding two days after a powerful storm snapped trees, downed wires and killed at least nine people.

The governors of both Massachu-setts and New York declared a state of emergency on Saturday after-noon, following similar announce-ments by the governors of Virginia and Maryland on Friday.

May tells UK it must face ‘hard facts’ about BrexitBritain’s Prime Minister Theresa May told the British people on Friday that they have to face “hard facts” about Brexit, warning that the United Kingdom will have less access to European Union markets once it leaves the bloc.

But May also said a mutually* benefi cial future relationship is possible, and she urged EU lead-ers to work with her to deliver a “bold and comprehensive economic partnership.” (SD-Agencies)

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Helpdevastate 毁坏 grapple 格斗 bellwether 决定趋向者 insurgency 暴乱 reprieve 缓刑 mutually 相互地 anticipate 期望 autopilot 自动驾驶 hide 兽皮 gelatin 动物胶 rejuvenate 使年轻

Greater Bay AreaChina will unveil and implement the development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (also known as the Greater Bay Area), among other moves to promote the coordinated regional development of the country this year, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.

The country will promote in all areas mutually benefi cial cooperation in all areas between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, Li said in a govern-ment work report delivered to the fi rst session of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing on Monday. Trade warChina and the United States share more mutual benefi ts than differences and cooperation is the only right option for both countries, said a spokesman for the annual session of China’s national legislature on Sunday.

The stable development of Sino-U.S. ties serves the fundamental interests of people of both countries and is much anticipated* by the inter-national community, Zhang Yesui, former Chinese ambassador to the United States and spokesperson for the fi rst session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), told a press conference in Beijing. Licenses issuedChina on Thursday issued the coun-try’s fi rst three road test licenses to smart carmakers, making road tests of autopilot* vehicles legal.

Shanghai-based SAIC Motor received two of the licenses and the electric vehicle startup Nio obtained the other one. The licenses allow the operators to use a 5.6-km public road in Jiading District of Shanghai for testing smart cars. Huang Ou, deputy director of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Information Technol-ogy, said the test road was designated based on a third-party appraisal.TCM effectA center under China’s top health authority apologized for publishing an article claiming that a product made from donkey hides*, tradition-ally believed to have medicinal ben-efi ts, has no medical properties.

The product, called ejiao, is a gelatin* used in traditional Chinese medicine and is regarded as having positive effects, including helping rejuvenate* the skin and relieve fatigue. (SD-Agencies)

Picasso masterpiece sells for US$69mThe Picasso masterpiece depicting Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso’s muse. The 22-inch-high (55.9-centimeter-high) artwork has sold for almost £50 million (US$68.6 million) — making it the most expensive painting ever auctioned in the United Kingdom. “Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée,” from 1937, had never been offered publicly. SD-Agencies