A Long March-2C rocket carrying a satellite for disaster reduction blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China Aug. 9, 2023. The satellite has entered the planned orbit. The lau
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China\’s public security ministry coordinates all-out flood response efforts
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Public Security has coordinated all-out flood response efforts from public security organs nationwide.
Public security organs have been participating in eme
12 districts in Sri Lanka facing drinking water shortage
COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Twelve districts in Sri Lanka are facing a drinking water shortage due to droughts, the country\’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Monday.
DMC Director General Suda
Red Cross rescuers evacuate 1,475 people in flood-affected Hebei city
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Rescuers of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) have evacuated 1,475 people in the flood-affected city of Zhuozhou, north China\’s Hebei Province, said the society on Sund
CPC allocates over 6 mln USD to tackle floods in Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has allocated 44 million yuan (about 6.17 million U.S. dollars) in funds to assist with
17 killed as crane collapses at road construction site in India\’s Maharashtra
NEW DELHI, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — At least 17 workers were killed and three others injured Tuesday after a crane collapsed at a road construction site in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials
Search, rescue work resumes in India\’s landslide-hit area, 100 still missing
NEW DELHI, July 21 (Xinhua) — The search and rescue work at the landslide-hit area resumed on Friday morning in Raigad district of India\’s southwestern state of Maharashtra, which was halted on Thurs
UN chief urges action to address \”crushing\” debt crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (at the podium) speaks at the launch of a new report by the UN Global Crisis Response Group entitled \”A World of Debt\” at the UN headquarters in New York, on July
Vice premier calls for better flood prevention, disaster relief work
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, arranges flood prevention and disaster relief work at the national command
Xi stresses prioritizing people\’s safety, property in flood prevention, disaster relief
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has demanded that authorities at all levels must give top priority to ensuring people\’s safety and property, and strive to minimize various los