Some 40,000 people have already left communities near Mount Agung but that figure is set to more than double, the Disaster Mitigation Agency said, as massive columns of thick grey smoke spew from the volcano.

President Xi’s envoy to attend Kenyan president’s inauguration ceremony
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy Wang Jiarui will attend the inauguration ceremony of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi on Nov. 28.

Wang is vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the announcement here on Monday. (AFP)