TAIYUAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Daqin Railway, a major coal railway in northern China, has transported over 8 billion tonnes of cargo since its opening in late 1988, according to local transport authorit
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolts NW Syria
DAMASCUS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted the province of Idlib in northwestern Syria on Thursday night, the Syrian National Earthquake Center reported.The earthquake, which stru
Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway marks milestone of ten million total trips by vehicles
Vehicles run on the Nairobi Expressway in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Han Xu)NAIROBI, Feb. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) — The 27.1-km Nairobi Expressway, built by a Chinese firm under a public-private
Xinjiang plans to invest 8 bln yuan in rural road construction
URUMQI, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) — Northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to invest 8 billion yuan (about 1.18 billion U.S. dollars) in rural road construction in 2023, local authorities sa
5.6-magnitude quake hits 47 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands — USGS
HONG KONG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 47 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands at 10:53:17 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a dept
Int\’l rescuers rush to aid quake-hit areas, as U.S. sanctions hamper relief work
ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — A pregnant woman was loaded into an ambulance and rushed to a hospital early Thursday in Hatay, Türkiye, immediately after she was rescued from under the rubble of
National Biathlon Championships closes in NW China
LANZHOU, China, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — The 2022-2023 National Biathlon Championships closed Tuesday in Baiyin city in northwest China\’s Gansu Province.A total of 86 athletes from 11 teams competed in the