NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — At least 12 people have gone missing after a flash flood triggering landslide hit India\’s northern state of Uttarakhand, officials said Friday.
According to officials, se
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Beijing reports heaviest rainfall in 140 years
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — Beijing has recorded its heaviest rainfall over the past few days since records began 140 years ago.
The city logged 744.8 millimeters of rain, the maximum amount of precip
Rescue work underway in flood-hit areas of Beijing
Rescue workers clean up a street in flood-hit Mentougou district of Beijing, Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo: China News Network/Li Taiyuan)
Mentougou and Fangshan were the worst affected districts from rainstor
Glossy ibis, once believed extinct in China, spotted in SW China\’s Chongqing for first time
A glossy ibis perches on a tree branch in the Shuanggui Lake national wetland park in Liangping district of southwest China\’s Chongqing Municipality. (Photo/Yu Huaixian)
A glossy ibis was spotted in t
China goes all out to tackle typhoon-induced torrential rain, floods
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities have launched massive rescue and relief efforts in response to typhoon-induced torrential rains, which have left 11 dead in the national capital Beijing
Glossy ibis spotted in Chongqing for first time
A glossy ibis perches on top of a tree in the Shuanggui Lake national wetland park in Liangping district of Chongqing. This is the first time this rare bird has been spotted in Chongqing. (Photo: Chin
Local residents transferred to temporary shelter after heavy rainstorm in Beijing
Local residents rest at a temporary shelter in Longquan Primary School of Mentougou district, Beijing, Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sheng Jiapeng)
More than 120 local residents were transf
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
Hundreds ordered to evacuate as wildfire burns across Canada-U.S. border
OTTAWA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Hundreds have been ordered to evacuate in western Canada due to an out-of-control wildfire burning across Canada-U.S. border, local media reported Sunday.
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U.S. judge blocks Arkansas state law allowing library censorship
HOUSTON, July 29 (Xinhua) — A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked southern U.S. state Arkansas from exerting a law that would allow criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for p