A search and rescue team from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrived in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city on Monday to join local rescue efforts following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on Friday.
The 51-member team has joined the China Search and Rescue Team in the city closest to the quake's epicenter, and is getting ready for carrying out a search and rescue mission in the quake-stricken area.
The team, after taking a brief layover at the Myanmar National Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, made an overnight journey to Mandalay to begin their rescue operations.
According to the Hong Kong SAR Government's Security Bureau, the 51-member search and rescue team comprises personnel from the Security Bureau, the Fire Services Department, the Immigration Department, and the Hospital Authority.
The team also includes two fire search and rescue dogs.
The earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday noon was the largest of the year so far and the strongest continental seismic activity globally in nearly a decade. At least 1,700 people died, 3,400 were injured, and 300 remained missing as of Sunday noon, said the country's State Administration Council on Sunday.
Rescue team from Hong Kong arrives in quake-hit Myanmar
Protests against federal immigration enforcement are spreading across the United States, with the latest demonstration unfolding directly in front of the White House.
Early Saturday, more than a hundred demonstrators gathered there, demanding changes to the Trump administration's immigration policies and accountability for recent shootings involving federal agents.
Immigrant rights and civil rights groups said this weekend's rallies mark a coordinated national response. Demonstrations are planned or already underway in major cities including Philadelphia, as well as across states such as North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C., where organizers are calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be removed from local communities.
The nationwide protests follow a deadly week in which three people were shot by federal agents in two days.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, was killed during an enforcement operation by the ICE. A day later in Portland, Oregon, a man and a woman were wounded during a separate federal operation.
In the aftermath, Minnesota state officials accused the Trump administration of blocking their investigation by denying access to key evidence and prematurely drawing conclusions before a full review could be completed.
On Friday, Donald Trump defended the Department of Homeland Security's actions, sharply criticizing Minnesota leaders and calling them corrupt.
Local leaders have pushed back. During a Saturday news conference, the mayor of Minneapolis described ICE agents' actions as reckless.
Officials in both Minneapolis and Portland continue urging demonstrators to remain peaceful as protests intensify nationwide.
According to a 50501 Movement statement issued Friday, at least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025.
Nationwide protests erupt in US after ICE shootings
