Following a magnitude 5.7 #earthquake in Xiulin Township, Hualien County in eastern Taiwan on Sunday morning, the Central Weather Bureau warned of possible aftershocks in the region over the next two days.
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202109260005

20 years ago today, the horrific terror attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City changed the world forever.

The danger to us was nearer than we imagined. We discovered among us a terrorist group that was planning similar attacks on multiple targets here. Fortunately ISD acted in time to prevent this, and subsequent attacks.

The greater threat for multi-racial and multi-religious Singapore was not physical, but whether this would damage our social cohesion. We drew on the trust built up over many years among our different communities and with the Government. Working together, we overcame powerful forces unleashed by the extremist attacks that could have pulled us apart.

The fight against terrorism is far from over. Digital media has allowed extremist ideologies to spread and poison minds. At the same time, our racial harmony is still work in progress. On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, let us resolve to fortify ourselves so that should we ever face another such test one day, we will come through again, stronger, as one united people.

You can read my full commentary (in four languages) here:
English: go.gov.sg/20th-anniversary-9-11
Malay: go.gov.sg/20th-anniversary-9-11-ml
Chinese: go.gov.sg/20th-anniversary-9-11-cl
Tamil: go.gov.sg/20th-anniversary-9-11-tl

– LHL

北京強迫調查專家否決實驗室洩漏說 世衛震驚

Allen Iverson was trying to stay with his
man on defense when he slammed full-force into Rasheed Wallace and
went sprawling to the floor.

Picking himself up and shaking off the aftershocks, Iverson came
downcourt on Philadelphia's next possession and used a quick
dribble and deft stutter-step to drive the lane and draw two
defenders, leaving Andre Iguodala open at the 3-point line.

Iverson flicked him a pass and Iguodala's shot went in, giving
Iverson another of his 15 assists and putting the Sixers ahead by
double digits midway through the fourth quarter of a 115-104
victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

"A.I. was phenomenal," said Pistons coach Larry Brown, who was
apprehensive beforehand at the prospect of Iverson having a
breakout game.

Turns out he had good reason to worry.

Iverson played one of the better playoff games of his nine-year
career, scoring 37 points and handing out five of his 15 assists in
the fourth quarter as the Sixers defeated the defending champions
for the first time in their best-of-seven series, cutting Detroit's
lead to 2-1. Game 4 is Sunday.

Iverson led the way as Philadelphia overcame an early 13-point
deficit and then played its best ball in the fourth quarter.

Detroit center Ben Wallace scored a career-high 29 points and
grabbed 16 rebounds, but the Pistons got only two points from their
reserves on a night when they had another 50-percent shooting
effort from the field -- the third time in the series they've made
at least half their shots.

Despite that accuracy, the Pistons couldn't find a way to stop
Iverson after holding him to 35-percent shooting in the first two
games. He finished 15-for-26 from the field, including 2-for-4 from
3-point range, and his assists were one shy of his career-best.

"The same shots he took in Detroit and missed were the same
shots he made tonight," Detroit's Richard Hamilton said. "Every
game Allen comes out he plays with that demeanor. Since I've been
in the league I've never played against him when he's said 'I'm
just going to show up."

Chauncey Billups started as the primary defender on Iverson, and
Hamilton took over the job later in the game. But even when the
Pistons managed to get the ball out of Iverson's hands, he was able
to find open teammates who were able to knock down shots.

Chris Webber scored nine of his 19 points in the fourth quarter,
Rodney Rogers added 15 points, Samuel Dalembert had 14 points and
10 rebounds and Iguodala had 13 points and seven steals for
Philadelphia, which shot 55 percent.

Before the game, Brown said his inside knowledge of Iverson's
tendencies from their many seasons together were of no benefit.

"From a personal standpoint, when you know what someone like
that is capable of, it's not a comfortable feeling," Brown said.
"We all know what he does, and I haven't seen anybody stop him.
The reason we've been successful is we've stopped other people."

Iverson's 15th assist came on a pass to Webber for a jumper that
gave Philadelphia a 105-96 lead with 3:04 left, and Iverson sank a
3-pointer with 1:33 remaining to lock up the victory.

The game was Brown's first postseason appearance in the building
where he coached Iverson for six seasons and took the Sixers to the
NBA Finals in 2001 -- the year Iverson won the MVP award.

"That doesn't seem like a long time ago. Most of those games I
really remember, and he had a remarkable year, but I still think
this is his best one."

No game was more critical to Philadelphia than this one, and
Iverson would not let the 76ers fall into a 3-0 deficit no NBA team
has ever overcome. His 37 points eclipsed his career postseason
average of 30.4, second in NBA history behind Michael Jordan's
33.4.

"This is one game. We've got to feed off it," Iverson said.
"We didn't just play defense, we played offense, too."

前天紐西蘭發生大地震，快來看看地震相關英文。下次地震時就可以用英文po文囉(喂最好是
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地震 earthquake
毀滅性地震 devastating earthquake
大地震 major earthquake
大地震 massive earthquake
地震強度 magnitude
人員傷亡 casualty
餘震 aftershock
海嘯 tsunami
受害者 victim
生還者 survivor
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兩天前紐西蘭發生大地震
A major earthquake occurred in New Zealand two days ago
A devastating earthquake hit New Zealand two days ago
7.8級紐西蘭地震
7.8 magnitude quake hit New Zealand on November 12th
地震造成兩人死亡
The earthquake killed two people.
Two people died in the earthquake
7.5級地震造成人員傷亡
7.5 magnitude earthquake causes casualties
大地震後記得要留意餘震及海嘯
Be aware of aftershocks and tsunamis after a major quake
幫助受害者及生還者重建家園
We can raise money for the victims and survivors to rebuild their home

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On 25 April 2015 at 11:56 a.m. a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. It killed more than 8,000 people, injured more than 19,000, and caused massive damage to infrastructure and property. Aftershocks persisted for weeks.

A second 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred on 12 May 2015 at 12:35 a.m. More than 125 people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured. Already stricken areas faced even further devastation.

On May 13th 2015, at the Hong Kong Fringe Club, musicians and writers gave a charity concert to raise funds to help those
affected by the earthquakes.

Metro Vocal Group participated in this charity concert and they sang "Wake up" by Anthony Neely倪安東 in this video