NEW DELHI, June 13 (Xinhua) — India\’s Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced new schemes worth more than 80 billion Indian rupees (972 million U.S. dollars) in a bid to strengthen disas
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UNGA president expresses grave concerns over escalating impact of disasters, urges collective action
UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi speaks at a General Assembly high-level meeting on middle-income countries at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 11, 2023. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout
Ancient willow tree at quake epicenter witnesses hope, vigor in rural China
This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows the scenery of Haiyuan County, Zhongwei City, northwest China\’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)
YINCHUAN, May 12 (Xinhua) — In a villa
Bomb scare at top school in Indian capital turns out hoax
NEW DELHI, April 26 (Xinhua) — After an intensive sanitization and search operation in and outside a top school Wednesday in the Indian capital territory Delhi, police said the bomb scare turned out
China firmly supports Asian efforts on cultural heritage protection
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) — The General Assembly of the Alliance for Cultural Heritage in Asia, held in China\’s historic city of Xi\’an from Monday to Wednesday, yields fruitful results on Asia\’s cul
Death toll rises to 43 in Ecuador landslide
QUITO, April 19 (Xinhua) — The death toll from a March 26 landslide in central Ecuador\’s Chimborazo province rose to 43, the Attorney General\’s Office said Wednesday.
The agency said on social media
47 families in N. Afghanistan receive China\’s aid
SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, April 9 (Xinhua) — Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 47 needy families in the northern Jawzjan province on Saturday, provincial director for Na
China\’s Red Cross provides emergency humanitarian assistance to Malawi, Mozambique Red Cross societies
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) — The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance in the form of cash to the Malawi Red Cross Society and the Mozambique Red
6.5-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on Richter scale has jolted parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, causing panic.The official number of casualties is not yet av
China releases report that removes facade of American democracy
Growing discontent over US hegemony a strong rebuttal to its practice ahead of summit for democracyUS democracy Illustration: Liu Rui/GTOn the day that marked the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasi