【英语简明新闻】Headline News June 2

3 more rescued after capsized Yangtze ship cut open, Li Keqiang arrives at the scene 15 passengers of the 458 onboard the ship that sank in the Yangtze River have been rescued, while another 5 have been confirmed dead. Others are still missing. The ship, named the "Eastern Star," sank on Monday night. Most passengers are elderly people who signed up on a travel tour in Shanghai. The central government has dispatched a 140-member frogman team and 5 helicopters to help in search and rescue work. The Chinese navy has also sent diving forces to the scene looking for survivors. Doctors and Psychological intervention experts are being rushed to the site to treat those rescued. Meanwhile, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission has set up an emergency task force to oversee the many insurance claims that are likely to be made. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived at the ship sinking site, directing the rescue and emergency response work, and has called for all-out efforts to save lives. Chinese FM to visit Russia, Hungary, Britain Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit Russia, Hungary and the UK from June 3 to 10. Wang is schedeled to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers and a high-level meeting on regional peace and stability in Russia. Also, the foreign minister will pay a visit to Hungary at the invitation of Peter Szijjarto, minister of foreign affairs and trade, and visit Britain at the invitation of British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. China to further protect desertified land China's forestry administration has rolled out guidelines on protecting the country's desert land. The guideline suggests more than 1.2 million square kilometers of desertified land in China should be closed off in protection zones. The guidelines have also demand activities including cutting down trees, cultivating land, animal grazing, resource exploration and misuse of water be banned in the zone. Construction of railways and highways is also not allowed. Furthermore, no residents can be settled into these areas. The guidelines are set to take effect from July to the end of 2020. Chinese banks to issue certificates of deposit China's central bank has issued a provisional regulation that allows financial institutions to issue certificates of deposit. The regulation is aim to giving banks more freedom over pricing interest rates. Under the new rule, individual investors can buy certificates of deposit worth at least 300-thousand yuan or around 48-thousand U.S. dollars, and institutional investors at least 10 million yuan. Interest on the certificates will be mainly determined by the market. Banks and investors can set a fixed, or a floating rate, using the Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate as a benchmark. Pact will attract cosmetic surgeons Medical and cosmetic surgery services from South Korea are expected to become more widely available in China. This is due to a bilateral free trade agreement signed by both sides on Monday. Under the agreement, doctors who are licensed in South Korea, including plastic surgeons, can work in China for six months to a year. Some coastal cities near South Korea would be able to obtain advanced Korean medical techniques, drugs and equipment, and even establish international health centers. The cities include Yanbian in Jilin province, Dalian in Liaoning province, as well as Yantai and Qingdao in Shandong province. Hundreds of Chinese cancel travel plan to S. Korea amid MERS fears Hundreds of Chinese have canceled travel plans to South Korea amid fears of the MERS outbreak there. This comes after two deaths and tertiary infections with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome were identified on Tuesday. South Korean travel agencies say nearly 300 Chinese customers dropped their travel plan to the country amid growing fears over the MERS spread. As of Tuesday, the total number of South Koreans diagnosed with the viral disease surged to 25 as 6 more cases were identified. At least 4 killed in helicopter crash in Nepal A private helicopter has crashed in Nepal, killing at least 4 people. Nepal police have confirmed the crash of a Mountain Air helicopter in the area of Yamuna Dada. A team of local police has reached the site of the crash and recovered the bodies of three men and one woman. Initial investigation says the helicopter was flying a relief mission. Other details of the accident have yet to be released. Egyptian court postpones final verdict on former president Morsi's death sentence An Egyptian court has postponed issuing a final ruling over a death sentence recommendation for former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and other top Muslim Brotherhood leaders in 2011 jailbreak case. The court was expected to give a final ruling for a recommended death sentence decided last month, but head judge Shaaban al-Shamy said the case was postponed to June 16. Morsi was removed by then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi nearly two years ago following mass protests against his rule. Current president said the Brotherhood poses a grave threat to national security. However, the Brotherhood said it is committed to peaceful activism.