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Taiwan's New Party chairman calls for returning to 1992 Consensus

Wu Cheng-tien, the newly elected chairman of Taiwan's New Party who took office Friday, called on the Taiwan authorities to return to the 1992 Consensus and reopen cro

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WHO chief confident in China's ability to handle the epidemic

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is confident in China's handling of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The Director-Generalsaid on Monday WHO is fully

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Dance drama 'Auspicious Cranes' debuts in Beijing

The Chinese dance drama Auspicious Cranes, performed by the Beijing Dance Academy and directed by Zhang Yunfeng, premiered on Jan 1 and 2 in the capital.Inspired by the painting of the same title by S

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Stranded Australians surrounded by fires rescued

02:48 Australia's Navy has started to evacuate people trapped by bushfires on the country's south-eastern coast.An official has called it an "unprecedented mass relocation of civilians

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Nine die in hotel collapse in central India

Ninepeoplediedwhenafour-storeyhotelcollapsedlateSaturdayinIndore,acityinIndia'scentralstateofMadhyaPradesh,localpressTheAsianAgereported.Tenpeoplewererescuedand

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Snow in Spain traps thousands of people in cars overnight

SpanishpoliceandsoldiershaverescuedthousandsofpeopletrappedonroadsinthecentreofthecountryafterheavysnowfallforcedthemtospendSaturdaynightintheircars.Hundredsofv

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Death toll rises to six in coal mine blast in central Myanmar

FourmorebodieswereuncoveredfromMonday'scoalmineblastinMinbu,Myanmar'scentralMagwayregion,bringingthetotaldeathtolltosix,theofficialGlobalNewLightofMyanmarreport

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2 killed in mine collapse in northern Turkey

TwopeoplewerekilledandanotherinjuredwhenaminecollapsedinTurkey'sBlackSeaprovinceofZonguldakonMonday,localDoganNewsAgencyreported.Threeworkersweretrappedinsideth

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Dozens feared trapped after factory collapses in India

DozensofpeoplearefearedtrappedordeadunderdebrisafteraplasticbagfactoryinIndiacollapsed.ThebuildingintheindustrialcityofLudhiana,inthenorthernstateofPunjab,fello

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Several feared trapped in Naples building collapse

Severalpeoplearefearedtrappedafterafour-storyblockofapartmentshascollapsednearthecityofNaplesinItalyonFriday,reportedXinhuaNewsAgency.Atleasteightpeopleoftwofam

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4 of 11 trapped miners recused after north China colliery flooding

TAIYUAN, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Four of 11 trapped miners have been rescued following a coal mine flood late Monday night in north China's Shanxi Province, according to the rescue headquarters late Tuesday.

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Coal mine flood traps 11 in N. China, 6 confirmed alive

ElevenminersaretrappedundergroundafteracoalmineinnorthChina’sShanxiProvincewasfloodedonMondaynight.Sixofthetrappedminershavebeenconfirmedalive.Fourofthemareingo

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One dead, 17 still trapped in China mine collapse

One person died and 17 remain trapped, after a gypsum mine collapsed on Friday in east China's Shandong Province, the local government said.

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11 lifted from E. China collapsed mine, 18 still trapped

A total of 29 people were working underground when the collapse occurred at about 8 a.m. Friday in Pingyi County, Shandong Province. 11 of them have been rescued by Saturday morning, rescuers said.

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24 trapped in flooded coal mine in N China

Twenty four people were trapped after water flooded a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province at around 6:50 p.m. on Sunday, the coal mine's owner reported on Monday.

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Trapped workers at tunnel collapse in Vietnam alive, rescue work underway

​Twelve workers trapped Tuesday in a tunnel collapse in Vietnam's central highlands Lam Dong province are alive and in good health condition, and rescue operation is still underway, local media reported Wednesday.

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Building collapses after fire breaks out in N. India

A building in Chandigarh City of north India collapsed after it caught fire late evening on Sunday, and three firemen were trapped under debris, local media reported.