BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — China\’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday made the decision to continue its Level-III emergency response to flooding and typhoons in Fujian an
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Another cyclone likely to make landfall in China
BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Another tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall in or have a major impact on China in late September, bringing gales and heavy rains to the country\’s southern and so
Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in east, south China
GUANGZHOU/FUZHOU, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfall in the coastal areas of east China\’s Fujian Province and south China\’s Guangdong Province on Tuesday,
385 people remain missing in U.S. Maui island wildfires disaster
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — The number of people missing in the wildfires on the U.S. Hawaiian island of Maui decreased slightly to 385, authorities said on Friday.
This update is down from 388 o
Pilot FTZ in China\’s Guangxi boosts foreign trade
NANNING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — As of July, the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) had recorded a total of 858 billion yuan (about 120 billion U.S. dollars) of imports and exports since its esta
Death toll rises to 74 in South Africa\’s Johannesburg building fire
Firefighters work at the site of a building fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 31, 2023. (Photo by Yeshiel Panchia/Xinhua)
The death toll, caused by a building fire in the central business distr
U.S. opioid crisis does more harm to Black, brown communities: report
NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — In the United States today, overdose deaths are increasing in the \”Black and brown communities,\” reported The Nation on Monday.
As the pharmaceutical opioid addiction cri
6 killed in house fire in east China
HANGZHOU, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Six people died in a fire accident that took place in a residential building in east China\’s Zhejiang Province early Wednesday morning, according to local authorities.
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Heavy rain leaves 4 dead, 48 missing in China\’s Sichuan
CHENGDU, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Four people were confirmed dead and 48 others missing, after rainstorms hit Jinyang County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China\’s Sichuan Province, on Au
Normal life, production resume in east China quake-hit county
JINAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Normal life and production have been restored in Pingyuan County, east China\’s Shandong Province, which was jolted by a 5.5-magnitude earthquake early Sunday, local authoriti