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A |     The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged from a week earlier.In a news release, the Maui Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said 245 people on the list of 388 made public the previous week were located and removed. However, a nearly equal number of new names were added.The updated total was a startling departure from what had been expected — a day earlier Gov. Josh Green said he believed the number would fall below 100.

     "We think the number has dropped down into the double digits, so thank God," Green said in a video posted to social media.After Maui police released the updated list, the governor said the numbers of fatalities and missing are often in flux in mass casualty events until investigations are completed.                 "Exact numbers are going to take time, perhaps a long time, to become finalized," Green said in a statement provided through a spokesperson.He said there are less than 50 "active missing person cases." He didn't elaborate but indicated those are the people for whom more information was provided than the minimum to be on the missing list compiled by the FBI. It only requires a first and last name provided by a person with a verified contact number.

             

Authorities have said at least 115 people died in the blaze that swept through Lahaina, the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. So far, the names of 50 people have been publicly released and five others have been identified but their identities withheld because next of kin haven't been reached. The rest have yet to be identified.The flames turned the picturesque seaside town into rubble in a few short hours on Aug. 8. Wind gusts topping 60 mph ripped through the town, causing the flames to spread exceptionally quickly.                      Lahaina has deep significance in Hawaiian history as the one-time capital of former Hawaiian kingdom and as the home to high-ranking chiefs for centuries. In recent decades, the town became popular with tourists, who ate at its oceanfront restaurants and marveled at a majestic 150-year-old banyan tree.Half the town's 12,000 residents are now living in hotels and short-term vacation rentals. The Environmental Protection Agency is leading an effort to clean hazardous waste left in a burn zone stretching across some 5 square miles.Reconstruction is expected to take years and cost billions.Initially more than 1,000 people were believed unaccounted for based on family, friends or acquaintances reporting them as missing. Officials narrowed that list down to 388 names who were credibly considered missing and released the names to the public last week.New names on Friday's updated list were added from the Red Cross, shelters and interested parties who contacted the FBI, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said. He urged family members of the missing to submit their genetic data to help identify their relatives."If you have a loved one that you know is missing and you are a family member, it's imperative that you get a DNA sample," Pelletier said in a video posted to Instagram.The cause of the fire hasn't been determined, but it's possible powerlines from downed utility poles ignited the blaze. Maui County has sued Hawaiian Electric, the electrical utility for the island.                      The utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire early on Aug. 8 but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby.Local government officials have faced significant criticism for their response both before, during and after the Lahaina fire, one of several which sparked on Maui on Aug. 8. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen has been vague as to his actions as the Lahaina fire was spreading. In an interview Bissen gave to local station KITV-TV, just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 8, he said, "I'm happy to report the road is open to and from Lahaina." However, Bissen was seemingly unaware that, at that point, much of downtown Lahaina was already ablaze. And while it was Bissen's job to ask the state for emergency backup, the mayor told reporters this week he did not call the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. "I can't speak to what — or whose responsibility it was to communicate directly," Bissen told CBS News this week. "I can't say who was responsible for communicating with General Hara."Major General Kenneth Hara, the director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, said in a recent interview with Hawaii News Now that he was initially unaware of crucial details about the fire. "I thought everyone had gotten out safely," he said. "It wasn't until probably the next day I started hearing about fatalities."                      Amid calls for his resignation, Bissen released a video statement Thursday in which he said: "I want to be clear and repeat, that I have been present in our emergency operations center, since Aug. 7," adding he did "become aware of fatalities" until Aug. 9. "My first thoughts are, we should really get to all of the facts, whatever they may be, good or bad, that is a deeply personal discussion for any mayor and his or her constituents to have," Green told CBS News in an interview Friday when asked whether Bissen should resign. On Aug. 17, a little over a week after the fire broke out, Herman Andaya resigned from his post as chief of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, just one day after he publicly defended his controversial decision not to activate the island's warning sirens when the Lahaina fire was spreading.Andaya argued that sounding the sirens could have created confusion by sending Lahaina residents into the path of the blaze because they may have thought the sirens were signaling a tsunami, not a wildfire."The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the sirens are sounded," Andaya told reporters on Aug. 16."Had we sounded the sirens that night, we were afraid that people would have gone mauka (mountainside), and if that was the case, they would have gone into the fire," he added.                      Andaya has since been replaced by Darryl Oliveira, a former Hawaii Fire Department chief who also served as the head of the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.                                 

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。    (ECNS) – The 19th China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW) concluded in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, on Saturday, marking a significant push toward regional integration through digital learning and vocational training.    Nearly 450 educators, policymakers, and industry leaders gathered to advance cross-border collaboration under the theme "Empowering a Friendly Community through Smart Education."    This year's sessions produced several landmark agreements, including a framework for mutual recognition of vocational qualifications and the launch of the Ethnic Medicine AI Foundation Model, the first large-scale AI platform dedicated to traditional medicine.        From Summit to Year-Round Platform    Coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the China-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the six-day event signaled a strategic shift in regional ties. Once a periodic summit, the CAECW is evolving into a year-round platform, with 60 additional activities scheduled across China, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia this year-six of which will be hosted independently by ASEAN institutions.    Digital Transformation at the Forefront    Digital education dominated the agenda. Organizers launched the China-ASEAN Smart Education Capacity Co-Cultivation Program to narrow the regional digital divide by enhancing digital literacy and governance.    Scale: The existing Duocai Smart Academy platform already offers over 350 multilingual courses from 112 institutions to 129,000 users.    Access: A new ASEAN zone on China's National Smart Education Platform now provides virtual labs and AI-powered teaching tools.    Innovation: The newly unveiled China-ASEAN AI Joint Innovation Laboratory will focus on applying AI to preserve and research ethnic medical traditions, such as those of the Miao, Dong, and Bouyei peoples, specifically targeting ASEAN markets.    Breaking Barriers in Vocational Training    In a major breakthrough for labor mobility, the International Mutual Recognition Scheme for Vocational Education Learning Outcomes was officially released. Covering 34 fields-from cross-border e-commerce and smart manufacturing to healthcare-the scheme aims to dismantle institutional barriers to talent flow.    Complementing this, the "Guijiang Workshop" brand has expanded into a regional skills hub operating in Thailand, Laos, and Indonesia, exporting Chinese vocational standards in high-demand sectors like new energy and smart construction.    Youth and Innovation Take Center Stage    Youth engagement reached new heights, with the World University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge attracting 1,007 projects from 149 universities across 11 countries. Peking University's team won the top prize for its cryo-electron microscopy technology platform.    Other highlights included esports tournaments at Guiyang's X-Sci-Fi Valley and the "Speaking ASEAN in Chinese" language program. Organizers announced plans to host over 5,000 international youths in Guizhou over the next year.    Strategic Outlook    Since its inception in 2008, the CAECW has hosted over 54,000 participants from nearly 90 countries. Beyond education, the week serves as a pillar of soft power diplomacy, supporting the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and providing landlocked Guizhou with a vital gateway to Southeast Asia.    "Education is the bridge, wisdom is the engine, and youth are the future," an organizer noted, emphasizing that the 2026 conclave marks not an endpoint, but a starting point for deeper, smarter regional cooperation. To ensure accountability, a year-round tracking system with project ledgers and quarterly reviews will monitor all signed agreements.                    。

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