International events happening in the world at the end of January 2019
1. The extreme cold of minus 52 degrees is sweeping across the United States? The Chicago government "burned the tracks" to ensure the trains run
Chicago reported on January 30, 2019 local time that the Midwestern region of the United States had another Unprecedented extreme cold weather has ushered in, with temperatures in some states even as low as minus 52 degrees! The Chicago government adopted a method of "burning the tracks" to ensure that trains ran.
It is reported that if the temperature is too low, the train rails cannot withstand it. Such ultra-low temperatures will cause the metal of the rails to deform or even break. Therefore, staff heat the rails to ensure train operation.
2. The U.S. reported that the government shutdown caused $11 billion in economic losses
A report released by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office on January 28, 2019 showed that on December 22, 2018 The partial "shutdown" of the federal government until January 25, 2019 is expected to cost the U.S. economy approximately $11 billion.
The report said that the government "shutdown" crisis may have caused a loss of 0.1% of U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of last year, about US$3 billion; the U.S. real GDP may have lost 0.2% in the first quarter of this year , about US$8 billion.
According to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, with the end of the government "shutdown", the U.S. economy is expected to return to normal, but approximately US$3 billion of losses cannot be compensated, equivalent to 0.02 of the estimated GDP in 2019 on an annualized basis. %.
3. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery? The operation lasted 7 hours
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery on January 28, 2019 to remove During the first surgery last September, a colostomy was inserted into the abdominal cavity and the intestines were sutured.
Presidential spokesman Rego Barros said Bolsonaro underwent surgery at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, which lasted seven hours.
4. The Vietnamese police handed over a "fox hunting" target to China? Suspected of contract fraud
On the afternoon of January 28, 2019, under the coordination of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, Vietnam The police handed over Zhang, a fugitive suspect suspected of contract fraud, to the Chinese working group at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
According to Chinese police investigation, in 2015, Zhang forged a goods purchase and sale contract and took out a loan of more than 3 million yuan from a state-owned bank. He refused to repay the loan after the repayment period, and fled abroad, hiding in many places.
In mid-January 2019, after learning clues that Zhang was in Vietnam, the Chinese police immediately asked the Vietnamese side for assistance. The Vietnamese police attached great importance to the incident and quickly deployed inspections, and arrested Zhang in a factory in Vietnam on January 25.
5. Tsinghua University Master died in a fire in the Netherlands? The local university donated money to him
Zhang Maolin, a doctoral student graduated from Tsinghua University, died in a local apartment fire on January 17, 2019. Died at the age of 28. According to Leiden University, Zhang Maolin was born in Yangtang Village, Qidong, Hunan in 1991. He studied at Tsinghua University as an undergraduate, and then received a master's degree from Tsinghua University. In 2017, he was funded by the China Scholarship Council and went to Leiden University in the Netherlands to study for a PhD in astronomy.
People's Daily Online - The extreme cold of minus 52 degrees swept through the Chicago government of the United States and "burned the railroad tracks"
People's Daily Online - The United States reported that the government "shutdown" caused an economic loss of 11 billion US dollars
People's Daily Online - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery for 7 hours
People's Daily Online - Vietnamese police handed over a "fox hunting" target to China for suspected contract fraud
People's Daily Online - A Tsinghua master died in a fire in the Netherlands. The local university donated money to him