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Six adults and an unconscious baby were rescued Sunday from a life raft in the Pacific Ocean after drifting for four days in the blazing sun without water. The survivors had scrambled onto the small wooden dinghy after the ferry they were aboard sank, according to authorities.


New Zealand Defence Force Air Commodore Darryn Webb said the crew on a military Orion plane had used radar to locate the dinghy while searching for survivors. He said the ferry had been carrying at least 50 people while traveling between two islands in the remote nation of Kiribati.


Webb said there has been no sign of any other survivors. He said it wasn't clear yet what caused the ferry to sink.


The plane dropped supplies to the survivors including food, water and a radio, Webb said. The survivors used the radio to tell rescuers they'd managed to get off the ferry when it capsized and climb aboard the dinghy, he said.


Webb said the survivors had very little time to react and found themselves adrift without water or an engine. He said they did have a blanket or tarpaulin which they may have been able to use to get some relief from the sun.


Webb said a fishing boat had changed its course and picked up the survivors Sunday afternoon. He said the dinghy was drifting more than 180 kilometers (112 miles) from the nearest major island when it was found.


"Our heart goes out to the baby and to all those remaining of the 50-plus people," he said.


While thankful the life raft was found, Webb said it was also heartbreaking the ferry had sunk and the others were still missing. He said there was a lot of debris near the dinghy, which may have been from the ferry.


Searchers planned to regroup and interview the survivors before deciding whether to continue the search, he added.


Questions remain as to why it took Kiribati authorities so long to tell New Zealand officials the ferry was missing. Webb said a Kiribati plane had earlier searched for the ferry but didn't have sophisticated radar equipment.


Named the MV Butiraoi, the 17.5-metre (57-foot) wooden catamaran left Nonouti Island bound for South Tarawa on Jan. 18, according to authorities. The journey was supposed to take two days. New Zealand rescuers say they weren't told about the missing boat until Friday, eight days after the ferry had left.


Senior Search and Rescue Officer John Ashby said they'd been told the ferry underwent repairs to its propeller shaft just before leaving, which may have contributed to navigation problems.


Kiribati is a remote, impoverished nation of 33 atolls that is home to about 108,000 people.


(Agencies)


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VALLETTA， March 20 (Xinhua) -- Malta launched an official bid to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday， which is due to relocate from its British base after Brexit.


EMA was established in 1995 and is the European Union agency responsible for the protection of public and animal health through the scientific evaluation and supervision of medicines.


EMA tests and licences all medications for use within the EU， with its authorizations covering more than a quarter of all global pharmaceutical sales. It employs a staff of 900 and receives around 36，000 visits per year.


Maltese Health Minister Chris Fearne said Malta had all the requisites to successfully host the agency， citing free and high-quality healthcare， a growing research community， and expert human resources.


He added that further incentives for EMA employees were Malta's high quality of life， warm weather and tranquility， as well as English as an official language.


European Commissioner for Health Vytenis Andriukaitis said the process of selecting the EMA's post-Brexit host would begin as soon as Article 50 was triggered.


British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to invoke Article 50 on March 29， so the EMA relocation would need to happen before April 2019.


It is expected that other EU member states will also be vying to host the influential regulatory body， with Belgium， Denmark， Sweden， Spain， France， Italy， Ireland and Poland already submitting their bids.


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