Beijing, May 31 (IANS) Five persons died and one other was injured when a collapse occurred during illegal mining activities in Huize County of China’s Yunnan Province on Sunday, officials said.The incident took place at around 4:30 a.m. in Baiwu village of Nagu Town in Huize County, according to local authorities.Emergency response, public security, firefighting, health and natural resources departments from the city of Qujing and Huize County launched rescue operations, pulling out all six tra…
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Beijing, May 28 (IANS) Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and three others injured after an overloaded passenger van rear-ended a semi-trailer truck on an expressway section in central China’s Henan Province early Thursday morning, according to local authorities.The crash took place at around 2:40 a.m. Thursday at the section in Nanyang City. The nine-seat passenger van carried 16 people at the time of the accident, reports Xinhua news agency.The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched …
Seoul, May 24 (IANS) South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday expressed condolences over a deadly gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s Shanxi province, voicing hope for a swift recovery from the tragedy.”I pray for the souls of those who lost their lives in the tragic accident, and express my deep condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families and to the people of China,” Lee wrote on the social media platform X. He also posted the message in Chinese, Yonhap news agency reported.T…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong on Sunday expressed appreciation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of condolence following the loss of lives in the mining accident in Shanxi Province. He said that the sympathy and support from India are “deeply valued” in the difficult time.According to the officials on Saturday, a total of 82 people were confirmed dead, while two others remained missing after the coal mine gas explosion on Friday. The gas explosion hit t…
Taiyuan, May 23 (IANS) The coal mine accident in north China’s Shanxi Province has left 82 dead, with nine others still trapped, according to Xinhua reporters at the site.The gas explosion occurred on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, with rescue operations currently underway.China has dispatched six national mine emergency rescue teams, totaling 345 personnel with equipment, to assist in rescue efforts following a coal mine gas explosion in Qinyuan County, north China’s Shanx…
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) At least three people were killed, and 23 others sustained injuries, including nine who are reported to be in critical condition, after a fire broke out in a building near Qinxian North Street in Taiyuan, located in North China’s Shanxi Province, local media reported on Sunday. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire, while follow-up rescue and relief efforts are still underway, according to reports by CCTV News.The blaze erupted at …
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) China’s crackdown on churches is part of a broader effort to align social institutions with the ideological priorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a report said. On January 5, hundreds of armed police surrounded Yayang Church in Wenzhou region of China’s Zhejiang province and led to the removal of the church’s cross from its scaffolding, an action that indicated more than a local zoning dispute, the report added.”Its targeting reflects an intensifying national cam…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) A wildfire has been raging for nearly two days in a village in southwest China’s Yunnan Province as of Sunday, with 326 people mobilised for rescue efforts, local authorities said.The fire broke out at 4:51 p.m. on Friday in Jiasheng Village, under the jurisdiction of Nujiang Prefecture. The local government has organised 326 rescuers, including personnel from forestry, grassland, and firefighting departments, to combat the blaze.No casualties have been reported so far, re…
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan’s Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial “house churches” in China in the past year, it stated. On January 6, the Early Rain Covenant Church stated that police conducted raid at the home of its current leader, Li Yingqiang, in Deyang and took him away. …