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106 – emergency number in Australia for textphone/TTY; 108 – emergency number in India (22 states) 110 – emergency number mainly in China, Japan, Taiwan; 111 – emergency number in New Zealand; 112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world; 119 – emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia
Discussions to set up a Beijing–Washington hotline started during a meeting between Chinese president Hu Jintao and U.S. President George W. Bush in April 2006. [2] [3]On 5 November 2007, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters that he and Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan formally agreed to set up the dedicated 24-hour phone line in Beijing. [1]
Macau also adopted the 999 number; it also introduced two emergency hotline numbers: 110 (mainly for tourists from mainland China) and 112 (mainly for tourists from overseas). The worldwide emergency number for GSM mobile phones, 112, also works on all GSM networks in the territories. Calls made to this number are redirected to the 999 call centre.
China and Singapore laid the groundwork Thursday for a hotline between the two countries that would establish a high-level communications link between Beijing and a close American partner in Asia ...
The Moscow–Washington hotline (formally known in the United States as the Washington–Moscow Direct Communications Link; [1] Russian: Горячая линия Вашингтон – Москва, romanized: Goryachaya liniya Vashington–Moskva) is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Union).
The Veterans Crisis Line is a United States–based crisis hotline for military veterans, service members, their families, and caregivers. The service is available 24/7 via the toll-free hotline number 988. Callers press 1 on their keypad to connect to the Veterans Crisis Line instead of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which shares the same ...
A so-called hotline between Moscow and Washington was established in 1963 to reduce the misperceptions that stoked the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 by allowing direct communication between the U.S ...
The most famous hotline between states is the Moscow–Washington hotline, also known as the "red telephone", although telephones have never been used in this capacity. This direct communications link was established on June 20, 1963, in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis , which convinced both sides of the need for better communications. [ 3 ]