SUVA -- The Chinese Embassy in Fiji on Friday invited nearly 100 Fijian students and teachers from a local primary school to attend its first open-day event, with the aim of promoting Chinese culture and people-to-people exchanges between China and Fiji.

During the event, the students performed some Chinese dances and were treated to classical music and martial arts performances by teachers from the China Cultural Center in Fiji and the Confucius Institute at the University of the South Pacific. (Fiji-Chinese Culture)

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MANILA -- Hundreds of thousands of people in coastal villages and flood-prone areas have been evacuated to safety in the Philippines as the archipelago country braces itself for super typhoon Man-yi.

Man-yi, swirling with maximum winds of 195 km per hour and gusts of up to 240 km per hour, has made landfall in Catanduanes in the Bicol region of Luzon in the Philippines on Saturday night. (Philippines-Typhoon)

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HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government promulgated the Action Plan on Green Maritime Fuel Bunkering on Friday to set out clear strategies and actions to promote the development of Hong Kong into a high-quality green maritime fuel bunkering center.

The action plan sets out a number of targets, including following the emission reduction target set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to reach net-zero carbon emissions from international shipping by or around 2050, reducing carbon emissions from Hong Kong-registered ships by at least 11 percent (compared to 2019) and ensuring that 55 percent of the diesel-fuelled vessels in the government fleet switch to using green maritime fuels by 2026. (Hong Kong-Green Maritime Fuel Bunkering)

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TOKYO -- A freight train derailed in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Saturday, disrupting some passenger and commercial railway services, local media reported.

The emergency brake was applied while the freight train was traveling between stations in a town near Hakodate, a southern city in the prefecture. (Japan-Train Derail) Enditem

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