Eight primary school students died after drowning in a river in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, authorities said Monday, adding that rescuers retrieved all the bodies. According to the dist
CHONGQING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Eight primary school students died after drowning in a river in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, authorities said Monday, adding that rescuers retrieved all th
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is expected to receive planning permission this week to build a 400-million-pound (494.24-million U.S. dollars) research and development
UK retail sales rebounded 12 percent in May as some shops reopened, having slumped a record 18 percent in April after the country entered coronavirus lockdown, official data showed Friday."Retail sal
Rain-triggered floods have affected more than 700,000 people in southwest China's Guizhou Province, with 29,500 individuals temporarily evacuated, authorities said Sat
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. On Monday afterno
Recruits belonging to Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab militant group march during a parade at a military training base in Afgoye, Somalia, on February 17, 2011. /Reuters Somali National Ar
Head of the DPRK delegation, Ri Son Gwon talks with his South Korean counterpart (not pictured) during their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two
People walk past a logo of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, March 21, 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Dingchang) Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture and Coop
Face masks, social distancing, these are tough times amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, but art student Liu Zhiwen has found a way to bring some color, literally, into our lives. In the past fou
A landmine blast kills 10 in Mogadishu. /Social Media A landmine blast killed at least 10 civilians, injuring others on Sunday, a government official has confirmed. The explosion targeted a mi
Egyptian tourists ride a camel along a bazaar street in the Nubian village of Gharb Suhail, on the west bank of the Nile river off Egypt’s southern city of Aswan some 920 kilometres south of the
Two buffalos fight against each other at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, June 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Yan) Two buffaloes attacked and killed an elderly woman while three others escaped with injur
There is no blueprint for the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) expects a "marvellous Games" next summer, according to IOC spokesperson. "There is
As the fallout from COVID-19 continues to grip Africa’s major economies, the tech ventures in those countries need state support.National legislation that creates clear frameworks and operational supp
An ancient tomb believed to date back to the Liao and Jin dynasties (907-1234) has been discovered in the city of Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, local auth
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has been seeking happiness for the Chinese people wholeheartedly, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said i
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