Artists put the final touches on a dazzling display of ice sculptures in China's northern city of Harbin on Wednesday, home to one of the world's biggest ice and snow festivals.
The 2017 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival kicks off (...)
Brave swimmers plunged into freezing waters while other visitors gazed at frozen palaces ahead of the opening ceremony for China's spectacular Harbin Ice and Snow Festival on Tuesday.
The annual festival in the capital of the northeastern province (...)
AlQa'dah 28, 1435, Sep 23, 2014, SPA -- Four people died in a coal mine explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, said local authorities on Tuesday.
The blast ripped through a shaft of the Xinjiu Coal Mine in Shuangyashan City at about 6 (...)
Seven miners died and one was seriously injured when a colliery roof collapsed in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, but the accident was covered up for more than two weeks, Xinhua learned Sunday.
The accident happened at 6 p.m. on July 5 at (...)
Three workers died and another one was injured after a trench collapsed in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said on Friday.
The four workers were building a sewage manhole when the trench collapsed, according to the (...)
The explosion that injured two policemen at a fast food restaurant in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province is suspected to have been a deliberate act, local authorities said.
The incident happened at 9:34 a.m. at a Dicos restaurant in Anda City (...)
Three people were killed and three others injured in a welding-induced explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Tuesday afternoon.
The accident happened at around 5 p.m. in Changde Township of Anda City, when an electric welder was (...)
Fifteen people have been sent to hospital after a passenger train derailed in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province early Sunday morning.
The Harbin Railways Bureau confirmed that the K7034 train en route from Heihe to the provincial capital of (...)
AlHijjah 22, 1434, Oct 27, 2013, SPA -- Four people were killed and another injured when a tower crane collapsed in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Sunday morning, local work safety authorities said.
The accident occurred around (...)
AlHijjah 13, 1434, Oct 18, 2013, SPA -- Three people have been killed and another 24 were injured after an explosion hit a residential building in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Thursday morning, local authorities said.
The government of (...)
A 400-kg wild black bear was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon after causing panic in villages in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
The black bear was first sighted in the village of Majiagang in the city of Mishan near the China-Russia (...)
Carbon monoxide has been blamed for the Tuesday deaths of 12 workers in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a local official said Thursday.
Three workers entered the Yongsheng mine in Dongning County to pump out water before (...)
Rescuers on Sunday pulled two miners out alive while 14 others remain trapped after a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was flooded on Saturday, according to local government sources.
The two miners were escorted out of the mine (...)
AlQa'dah 22, 1433, Oct 8, 2012, SPA -- China said it completed a test run of the world's first alpine high-speed rail line running through the country's three northeastern provinces, UPI reported.
A test train departed from the capital of (...)
AlQa'dah 7, 1433, Sep 23, 2012, SPA -- Eleven people were left trapped after a fire broke out on Sunday in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
The incident happened after flooding in another mine in the same province on Saturday, (...)
Three people have been killed and several others injured in a hotel fire on Saturday morning in Harbin, provincial capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, according to local police.
The accident occurred at around 10 a.m., firemen said. (...)
A forest fire that started Saturday morning on a nature reserve in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was put out at around 8 p.m., according to the local forest fire prevention headquarters.
The forest fire, which broke out at around 9:30 (...)
Six people were confirmed dead and four others injured in an explosion early Saturday that ripped through a residential building in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said Sunday.
The blast occurred at 4:50 a.m. Saturday at (...)
Three people have been trapped and four others are still missing after an explosion early Saturday ripped through a residential building in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said.
The blast occurred at 4:50 a.m. at the (...)
One person was killed and 31 others injured following a carbon monoxide gas leak in a steel company in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, late Monday night, local authorities confirmed Tuesday.
The leak happened at 9:30 (...)
AlHijjah 3, 1432, Oct 30, 2011, SPA -- Over 4,700 people are trying to tame a forest fire in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said Sunday.
The fire in the Great Khingan Prefecture was triggered Friday as workers made fire (...)
AlQa'dah 14, 1432, Oct 12, 2011, SPA -- A forest fire that broke out Tuesday evening in northeast China's Heilongjiang province has engulfed an area of 96 hectares so far, according to the provincial forest fire prevention headquarters.
The fire (...)
AlQa'dah 10, 1432, Oct 8, 2011, SPA -- A forest fire that broke out Saturday morning is quickly spreading in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local firefighters said.
The fire was spotted around 10 a.m. in Sunwu County of Heihe City, and as (...)
A coal mine flooded in northeast Heilongjiang Province Tuesday, leaving one miner dead and five others trapped underground, according to local authorities.
The flood occurred around 4:30 a.m. in the city of Shuangyashan as 28 miners were working (...)
A forest fire that broke out Friday on Dahinggan Mountains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was extinguished early Saturday, said local authorities.
The fire, which engulfed about 30 hectares of forest on Dahinggan Mountains, was put out (...)
