BEIJING, Chinese-- Chinese authorities on Friday earmarked 290 million yuan (about 40.65 million U.S. dollars) from the central natural disaster-relief funds to support rescue and relief work in regions hit by floods and typhoons. The emergency funds were jointly allocated by the Ministry of...
LUSAKA, Zambia -- Four people died and 25 others were seriously injured early Friday when a bus collided head-on with a truck in central Zambia, police said. The driver of the bus was trying to overtake when the vehicle crashed into a truck from the opposite direction in Kabwe town, police...
BRISBANE, Australia -- The state government of Victoria, Australia on Friday announced its decision to stop gas connections in new homes from 2024. "From Jan. 1, 2024, planning permits for new homes and residential subdivisions will only connect to all-electric networks, with houses taking...
BRISBANE, Australia -- The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched a transport safety investigation after two single-engine light aircraft collided at Caboolture Airport in Queensland on Friday. The national transport safety investigator confirmed that the incident occurred shortly...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump faced fresh charges Thursday alleging that he attempted to obstruct the investigation into the mishandling of top-secret documents by conspiring to delete surveillance footage at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Federal prosecutors...
PARIS, France -- July is on track to be the hottest month in recorded history, scientists confirmed Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Earth has moved into an "era of global boiling". Searing heat intensified by global warming has affected tens of millions of people in parts of Europe,...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- The Vatican and the government of Vietnam took a step forward Thursday in improving strained ties, agreeing to a "Resident Papal Representative" in the Communist nation. A joint announcement of an agreement finalising the status and office of the resident envoy came...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday praised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for strongly backing Western efforts to help Ukraine fight off Russian invasion -- while setting aside any qualms about her far-right government. Biden said Meloni had also provided "very...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday minimized his hard-right government's judicial reform package in interviews with US media, calling it a "minor correction" while dismissing international and domestic criticism. "It's described as the end of Israeli...
BEIJING– Wang Yongsheng, a former vice president of China Development Bank, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, according to an official statement released Thursday. Wang, also a former member of the bank's committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is being...
This aerial photo taken on July 26, 2023 shows fishing boats taking shelter at a port in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province.  (Xinhua) BEIJING, China -- China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday raised its emergency response for typhoons and flooding...
LOS ANGELES– NASA and SpaceX are targeting Aug. 17 to launch the seventh crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said on Wednesday. The mission, codenamed "Crew-7", is the seventh rotational mission to the ISS for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX's Crew Dragon...
