General secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out efforts to organize relief work and rescue the injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday (June 17) night. 

Twelve people died and another 125 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on June 17 night, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said on June 18. The ministry has activated an emergency response and sent a work team to the stricken areas to provide guidance in rescue and disaster relief. 

A Group of 20 (G20) ministerial meeting on Sunday (June 16) agreed to create an international framework that aims at establishing voluntary measures to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean. 

A 6.6-magnitude quake jolted 136 km ESE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand at 0517 GMT on Sunday (June 16), the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 111.0 km, was initially determined to be at 31.7 degrees south latitude and 177.5 degrees west longitude. 

The United Nations on Friday (June 14) adopted a resolution on the commemoration of its 75th anniversary in 2020. Adopted by the General Assembly, the resolution decided that the 75th anniversary of the United Nations shall be commemorated under the theme "The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism."