Category: Flash News

On March 22nd, Indonesian police confirmed that an armed attack occurred in Yahukimo County, Papua Province, resulting in the death of six teachers. The local police chief, Khru Hidayanto, stated that the attack occurred around 4:00 pm local time on the 21st. Preliminary investigation shows that the armed group first killed a teacher outside a house, then killed five teachers inside the house and set fire to the building. The police stated that they have not yet determined which armed group is responsible for the attack, and the identity of the victims is being verified. Due to the remote location of the incident and the lack of police outposts, the investigation work is quite difficult. Indonesian security forces and local authorities are urgently assessing the situation to ensure the safety of residents. (CCTV)

On March 22nd, the Yangtze River Delta Temperature Index (series) was released in Shanghai. Lu Feng, Deputy General Manager of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, stated that it will strengthen cooperation with meteorological, financial, and university departments such as the China Academy of Meteorological Sciences and the National Meteorological Information Center to do a good job in the research and development of financial derivatives such as the Yangtze River Delta temperature index futures. It is reported that the index series includes daily temperature index, monthly temperature index, daily cooling index, monthly cooling index, daily heating index, and monthly heating index. It is a measurement tool designed to serve the stable operation of climate sensitive enterprises such as gas, electricity, and agriculture based on the risk management needs of temperature changes in the Yangtze River Delta region. (Reporter Zhou Xiaoya)

On March 22, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) released a report on the 21st local time (data as of March 18, 2025), stating that, according to the statistics of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, since Israel issued a new evacuation order to several areas in the Gaza Strip on March 18, a total of 19 blocks in the strip have been directly affected, including 13 blocks in the north of Gaza and 6 blocks in the east of Khan Younis, with about 30000 and 35000 people respectively affected. The Near East Relief Agency manages 116 shelters in the Gaza Strip, where approximately 148000 displaced persons reside. The report also stated that since the outbreak of the Israeli Palestinian conflict on October 7, 2023, as of March 11, 2025, 311 Near East Relief Agency facilities have been affected by conflict related events, with some facilities even being affected multiple times. Meanwhile, at least 738 people who took refuge in the facility of the institution have died, and the number of injured has exceeded 2401. In addition, as of now, this round of conflict has resulted in the death of 281 staff members of the Near East Relief and Works Agency.

On the afternoon of March 22nd, the temperature at the Beijing South Suburb Observatory surged to 28.9 ℃, setting a new high for four consecutive days this year. At the same time, the Haidian Observatory also broke the record for the highest temperature in March. In the past three days, the temperature in Beijing has continued to rise, with the highest temperature hitting a new high this year for three consecutive days from the 19th to the 21st. At around 3:00 pm today, the temperature at the Nanjiao Observatory surged to 28.9 ℃, setting a new high for temperatures this year. At 15:16, the temperature at Haidian Observation Station reached 30 ℃, breaking the record for the highest temperature in March at the station and also breaking the earliest 30 ℃ date record since 1959. (CCTV)

On March 22nd, yesterday, Shen Yanfeng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and General Manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, met with Wu Lei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Electric, and his delegation at the headquarters of the group company. Both sides have conducted in-depth exchanges on deepening cooperation in the energy sector, promoting industrial upgrading, and signed a new round of comprehensive deepening strategic cooperation agreement.

On March 22nd, the team led by Hong Liang, a specially appointed professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, released the large model Venus, whose core capability is to enable proteins to achieve “directed evolution” of their functions. The team has combined AI with protein design and modification to establish the world’s largest protein dataset. Models trained on this dataset can accurately and efficiently predict and design protein functions, transforming protein production from “slow trial and error” to “efficient and precise design”. If you want to enhance a certain function of the target protein, you only need to provide the sequence information of the protein, and Venus can quickly provide a batch of protein sequence modification plans, and then combine experimental verification to obtain the optimal modification plan. It is reported that multiple proteins designed through the Venus series model have been industrialized and will assist in the diagnosis of diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

On March 22, local time, spokesperson for the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Petrenko, issued a statement on the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the “Krokus City” concert hall in Moscow, stating that Russian investigative and security agencies have arrested and completed investigations into 19 defendants charged with terrorist crimes in the case, and a series of individuals involved have been wanted. Petrenko stated that based on the evidence collected from the investigation, it was concluded that the terrorist attack was planned and organized by a special agency of an unfriendly country with the aim of destabilizing Russia. In order to carry out this operation, they recruited members of international terrorist organizations. On the evening of March 22, 2024, a serious terrorist attack occurred at the “Krokus City” music hall near Moscow. The incident resulted in 144 deaths and 382 injuries, making it the most serious terrorist attack on Russian soil in recent years.

On March 22, the ceremony for the commissioning and grid connection of the Honghe Power Plant expansion project was held in Kaiyuan City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, marking the successful grid connection of the world’s first 700 MW ultra supercritical circulating fluidized bed coal-fired power generation unit. Since the approval of the Honghe Power Plant expansion project, the goal of completing the construction from the first concrete pouring to grid connected power generation has been achieved in just 21 months, setting a record for the shortest construction period of similar units.

On the morning of March 22nd, local time, rocket air defense sirens sounded twice in the northern Israeli town of Metura. The Israeli military claimed that three missiles flying from Lebanon towards Israel were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force. It is reported that since the Lebanon Israel ceasefire agreement came into effect on November 27, 2024, the northern border of Israel has been relatively calm.

On March 22nd, at the launch ceremony of the “2025 National Home Appliance Consumption Season” held today, Li Huagang, Senior Vice President of Haier Group and Chairman and President of Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., stated that “exchanging old for new is not a simple promotional activity, but a revolution of upgrading the entire industry chain. We have seen that in the upstream, the demand for smart home appliances has surged by 30% year-on-year, and the proportion of high-end customized product lines has also increased to 30%. In the midstream, through digital transformation of logistics, the efficiency of the entire chain has been improved by 30%. The logistics cost from centralized warehousing to C-end has been reduced by 18%, and more importantly, the outbreak of service industry and circular chain. We have built a reverse logistics system covering 286 cities. By 2024, we will recycle 730 old home appliances. Ten thousand units, with a utilization rate of 92% for recycled materials.” (Caixin reporter Lu Tingting)