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Leshan has a long history, with written records tracing back to around 700 BC during the Kai Ming dynasty of the Shu Kingdom.Around the early Spring and Autumn period, the Ba people, led by Kai Ming Bie Ling, migrated from western Hubei and settled at the confluence of the three rivers in what is now Leshan, including present-day Fengzhouba and the Dadu River.
18 September – A ten-year old student of a Japanese school dies in a knife attack in Shenzhen. The suspect is arrested. [81] 25 September – China carries out its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 1980, launching a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean [82] that lands near the Marquesas Islands. [83]
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The Leshan Giant Buddha (Chinese: 樂山大佛) is a 71-meter (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty).It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan. [1]
At around 4:40 AM local time firefighters were called. 25 fire engines and 130 firefighters from eight stations went to the fire. An additional 20 rescue teams to search the complex. At 4:50 a.m., the Nanjing Emergency Center sent nine ambulances to the scene and sent the injured to three hospitals. [ 2 ]
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The 2024 Florida wildfire season was series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2 June 2024, over 1,100 fires were reported, burning over 24,000 acres of land, according to the Florida Forest Service. The remains of one person were found in Southern Florida while Pompano Beach firefighters were extinguishing a ...
Unprovoked attacks by sharks declined sharply in 2024, with 47 incidents logged worldwide, down 22 from the previous year and significantly below a 10-year average of 70, according to new figures ...