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Final death toll in China hotel collapse put at 17

SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Nine more people have been confirmed dead in the collapse of a budget hotel in eastern…

Seven more rescued from rubble of China hotel collapse

SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Rescuers have pulled another seven survivors out of the rubble of a small budget hotel that…

Hotel collapse in eastern China leaves one dead, 10 missing

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A hotel collapsed in eastern China Monday, leaving at least one person dead and 10 others…

Flights canceled and schools closed as Beijing hit by storm

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Beijing as schools and tourist sites were shut due to…

Leaders of China and North Korea vow to strengthen ties: KCNA

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to bring…

China tightens security on Myanmar border over virus fears

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Covid-19 outbreak on China's porous border with Myanmar pushed new cases to the country's highest…

Six school kids among nine Hong Kongers arrested for ‘bomb plot’

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Six secondary school children were among nine Hong Kongers arrested on terror charges for allegedly…

Chinese city on Myanmar border locked down again over virus fears

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese city near the border with Myanmar has imposed a lockdown and started mass…

China has embarked on an ‘irreversible historical course’: Xi

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China is on an "irreversible historical course", President Xi Jinping told a huge gathering in Beijing…

US urges Covid cooperation at G20 as China calls for “true multilateralism”

Blinken cites US $2B pledge for COVAX, add'l 500M Pfizer doses to other countries   by Shaun TANDON / Gildas…

World’s second-largest hydropower dam goes online in China

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China began operating the world's second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as a…

18 killed, 16 injured in fire at China martial arts school

  by Laurie CHEN Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- At least 18 people were killed and 16 injured…

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