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In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden stated that should China pose a danger to its sovereignty, the United States will take action to defend itself.

Biden insisted he was committed to working with China where it could advance U.S. interests and benefit the world.

He said, “But make no mistake about it, as we made clear last week if China threatens our sovereignty, we’ll act to protect our country. And we did.”

A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that had been flying above the nation for days was shot down by the US on Sunday with a missile off the coast of South Carolina on the Atlantic.

President Xi Jinping of China, according to Biden, was informed that the United States desired competition, not conflict.

He said, “I’ll make no apologies that we are investing to make America strong.

“Investing in American innovation, in industries that’ll define the future and that China’s government is intent on dominating.

“The world is faced with serious challenges.”

Biden added, “But in the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker.

“Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.”

The Nigerian Community in Turkey stated on Tuesday that it was still uncertain how many Nigerians had been impacted by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the continent-spanning nation on Monday.

According to accounts, the earthquake destroyed entire apartment buildings in Turkish cities and added to the damage caused by millions of Syrians being displaced due to years of war.

At this point, the earthquake has killed thousands of people.

Taofik Amuni, the community’s financial secretary, said in a statement on Tuesday that the group was still awaiting information on the full number of Nigerians affected by the incident.

Although Amuni said that no Nigerian had perished, as of 9:00 a.m. West African Time, he was unable to determine the number of people who had been displaced.

He said, “The incidence happened yesterday and no Nigerian has lost their life. We are yet to, however, ascertain the number of Nigerians who might have been displaced.

“From the news we gathered, just one Ghanaian footballer was said to have been missing with his Turkish friend. For now we are just hearing figures of people who have died in the earthquake and the injured one also the ones that are still in the wreckage.”

Yakubu Sabo, the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students in the Turkish zone, confirmed to our correspondent that several Nigerian students had been hauled in for post-shock analysis.

“Turkey is an earthquake prone area. Some of our new students were traumatised and have been taken in for post-shock analysis. They will be released as soon as they are certified okay. The old students are already used to it. We will provide more updates along the line”.

The Time reports that earthquakes occur frequently in Turkey. The nation is located on the Anatolian plate, which is bordered by two significant fault lines: the North Anatolian fault, which runs through the nation from west to east, and the East Anatolian fault, which is in eastern Turkey.

According to the Geological Society of London, the former has been the scene of several deadly earthquakes, notably the 1939 earthquake in north-eastern Turkey that claimed 30,000 lives.