At least 30 people are missing after heavy flooding hit southwestern China, state-run media reported on Saturday.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in the Ya'an region of Sichuan province's Hanyuan county, damaging over 40 homes, according to (...)
At 4:00 am the kettles crackle on a charcoal stove as regulars crowd inside an ancient Chinese temple turned teahouse, a relic in a country being overrun by Starbucks cafes.
Wearing a cap and a blue vest, Li Qiang gets up in the middle of the night, (...)
The world's biggest economies will work to support global growth and better share the benefits of trade, policymakers said on Sunday after a meeting dominated by the impact of Britain's exit from Europe and fears of rising protectionism.
Philip (...)
The fallout from Brexit will not be unsurmountable,
the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20
leading economies (G20) said on Sunday, according to dpa.
"Members of the G20 are well positioned to proactively address the (...)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said he told a meeting of policymakers from the Group of 20 economies that the United States's economy was strong and its job market was healthy.
The United States could look at fiscal policy from a position of (...)
British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday that uncertainty about how the country will leave the European Union could be eased later this year once the negotiating positions of both sides become clearer, Reuters reported.
"What will (...)
Policymakers from the Group of 20 economies said on Sunday they recognise that excess capacity in steel and other industries is a global issue that has had a negative impact on trade and workers and which requires a collective response, Reuters (...)
Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said China should rely on reform, not fiscal spending, to address structural issues, and added that the country's high savings rate and other conditions allows it to sustain investment growth, Reuters reported.
Lou (...)
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday he would ease policy further if necessary to achieve its 2 percent inflation goal, while reiterating a commitment to continue with the current stimulus until prices are anchored (...)
The world's leading economies will do more to lift global growth and share the benefits more broadly, top policymakers said on Saturday as they sought to deal with fallout from Britain's Brexit vote and counter dissatisfaction with (...)
Chinese panda conservation officials said a giant panda born at a training center has been released after learning to care for herself in the wild, UPI reported.
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda announced Hua Jiao, a (...)
Eight people were killed on Saturday after a two-vehicle collision in southwest China's Sichuan Province, traffic police said.
The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. after a small bus carrying eight passengers collided head on with a large truck on (...)
An aircraft crashed in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, local sources confirmed.
Pilots had bailed out before the aircraft fell to the ground near a village in Pixian County, Chengdu City, the provincial capital, at around 2 p.m., (...)
Eleven people were confirmed dead and 19 others seriously injured after a landslide hit nine vehicles in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday afternoon.
The landslide occurred around 2:45 p.m. on a section of the No. 213 National Highway (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel began her
three-day trip to China on Sunday by visiting a Volkswagen plant and
meeting with children of migrant workers, dpa reported.
Later, in Beijing, she will hold talks over dinner with Premier Li
Keqiang after (...)
One person was killed and at least 24 injured in a bus blast in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, the municipal authorities said.
The blast happened at 4:50 p.m. when it was traveling along Nanmen Bridge, said Hu Jingwen, a (...)
Seven people have been confirmed dead and five others have been hospitalized after a pickup truck plunged off a cliff early on Friday in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The pickup, carrying 13 people, veered off a steep mountain road in Yilong (...)
Four people have been confirmed dead and four others were injured after a coal-mine gas burning in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday.
The accident happened around 11 a.m. at a coal mine in Xiaohe Township of Weiyuan County, when eight (...)
Four people have been confirmed dead and 35 others injured after a fire triggered by a natural gas explosion broke out Thursday evening in a shopping mall in Luzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The explosion occurred around 10:40 p.m. (...)
AlQa'dah 12, 1434, Sep 18, 2013, SPA -- Eight people have died and three others are missing after rain-triggered landslides in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Wednesday.
Heavy rain lashed the city of Yibin from Tuesday (...)
A new round of rainstorms have pounded southwest China's Sichuan Province over the past two days, flooding townships, disrupting roads and forcing 12,300 people to relocate.
Heavy rain lashed most parts of Sichuan on Wednesday and Thursday where (...)
A total of 58 people died and 175 others went missing due to rainstorm-triggered floods and a landslide last week in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Xinhua quoted the local government as saying Tuesday.
Among the death toll, a major landslide (...)
Two people have died and 21 others are missing after a rainstorm-triggered landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday morning, local authorities said.
The landslide happened at around 10:30 a.m. in the village of Sanxi in the city (...)
A rainstorm-triggered landslide and flooding in southwest China's Sichuan Province have left eight people dead and 12 others missing, local authorities said Friday.
Torrential rains have battered much of the Sichuan Basin since Thursday morning, (...)
Storms and flooding left 11 people dead and four others missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province as of Tuesday, according to the provincial flood control office.
Torrential rains have battered much of the Sichuan Basin since June 29. The (...)
