DUBAI Cheap New Balance 574 , Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Dubai's towering residential skyscraper caught fire early Friday morning.
A large fire engulfed Dubai's Torch Tower, one of the world's tallest residential buildings in the upscale Marina district.
The tower has been "successfully evacuated" with no death or injuries reported, local authority said.
More than 40 floors on one side of the tower were on fire, according to the Associated Press.
Several residents alleged the fire broke out around 1:00 a.m. local time (2100 GMT New Balance 597 Grey Teal , Thursday).
After 3:30 a.m. (2330 GMT, Thursday), Dubai Civil Defense said the fire burning for two hours was brought under control and the building cooled.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Local officials have blocked the neighborhood to keep people away from danger.
Torch Tower is the 32nd tallest building globally with 676 apartments inside, which was the world's tallest residential building at its opening.
The building was once damaged on an earlier fire in 2015.
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BUCHAREST Cheap New Balance 597 Blue Grey Shoes , Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The three new members of Romania's reshuffled cabinet took the oath of office Tuesday before President Klaus Iohannis in a ceremony at Cotroceni Presidential Palace.
Earlier, Iohannis signed the decrees appointing Paul Stanescu as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds; Felix Stroe as Minister of Transport; and Marius Nica as Minister-delegate for European Funds.
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Mihai Tudose, Deputy Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Cheap New Balance 574 Swarovski Black Gold Shoes , two MPs, as well as presidential adviser Cosmin Marinescu.
Iohannis did not speak as usual at the end of the ceremony.
This may be the most deserted and shortest swearing ceremony in recent years, as both heads of Parliament chambers announced not to attend the ceremony, as an expression of the further frigid relations between the leadership of governing coalition and the head of state.
The prime minister on Monday sent to the presidency the new proposals for ministers which were approved last week at a National Executive Committee meeting of the main ruling Social Democratic Party.
There are indications that discordance began to be felt inside the ruling coalition made of the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Cheap Kid's New Balance 574 Outdoor Pack Mint Orange Shoes , especially within the Social Democrats.
The discord between the prime minister and his party leader Liviu Dragnea became apparent after the former announced early last week at a private television station that he would reshuffle his cabinet by replacing several ministers and would consider resigning if the party leadership would refuse his request.
He also mentioned his dissatisfaction over the party's involvement in certain cabinet decisions.
The cabinet reshuffle will temporarily ease the tensions between the prime minister and the party's leaders, but local analysts generally believed that the prime minister would continue to argue for greater government decision-making power, meaning that the struggle within the ruling party would continue.
Novak Djokovic hits a backhand return to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the US Open on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Defending champion Novak Djokovic booked a 10th straight US Open semifinal appearance when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired trailing 6-3, 6-2 in their marquee quarterfinal on Tuesday.
Ninth-seeded Tsonga gave him more of a workout, but even before an apparent left knee injury began to trouble the Frenchman in the second set Djokovic had the match well in hand.
After Tsonga opened the third set with a double fault he called a halt.
"I really wish Jo a quick -recovery," Djokovic said. "He's a fighter; he's somebody that loves the big stage."
But Tsonga wasn't able to shine on that stage. Despite an entertaining array of shots, the longer the rallies went the more he missed, his unforced errors eventually climbing to 37.
He gifted a break to Djokovic with three double faults to fall behind 2-4 in the opening set Cheap Women's New Balance 574 Retro Light Purple Shoes , and while he regained the break he dropped his serve again in the next game and suddenly Djokovic was serving for the set.
A break for 2-1 in the second was the only opening Djokovic needed. He backed up the break with an emphatic hold at love, broke again for 5-2 and didn't face a break point in the second frame.
It was an encouraging performance for a player who arrived in New York off a third-round exit at Wimbledon and a first-round exit at the Rio Olympic Games.