An aggressive China started their quest to end a 12-year title drought at the FIBA Women's Basketball Asia Cup with a crushing 89-44 victory over Lebanon, here.After finishing runners-up at last year's World Cup, world No.2 China returned to Sydney Olympic...

Nine people were detained in Thursday over a massive explosion at a barbecue restaurant in China's Yinchuan city which killed at least 31 people.Authorities said that the detained persons included the owner of the Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant, as well as staffers...

Fourteen people were confirmed dead and five others remained missing following a mountain collapse on Sunday in Leshan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to local publicity department.The collapse took place at around 6 a.m. in a forest farm...

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday, according to authorities. The China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said the epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 41.87 degrees north latitude and 79.85...

Sixteen people were killed after five multi-vehicle rear-end collisions occurred in China's Hunan Province, local authorities said. The rear-end collisions, involving a total of 49 vehicles, happened at around 5 p.m. on Saturday on the Hunan section of an expressway,...

Some 900 million people in China have been infected with coronavirus as of January 11, according to a study by Peking University, media reports said. The report estimates that 64 per cent of the country's population has the virus, BBC said.It ranks Gansu...

China on Sunday launched Wentian, the first lab module of its space station.The new module will function both as a backup of the core module and as a powerful scientific experiment platform, Xinhua reported.Wentian, which literally means 'quest for the heavens',...

One person had been killed and 13 others injured after a blast rocked a rice noodle restaurant in Changsha County of central China's Hunan province on Wednesday morning, according to the local publicity department. All the injured have been rushed to the...

‘Entry only, No exit’- printed plates hanging on walls depicting the worring sense of officials to curb cases which have imminent-possibility of outbreak, however, officials refused to comment on this.Shanghai health official worried about the economy and taking...

All 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines' plane that crashed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were dead, an official has announced.The national emergency response headquarters for the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 aircraft accident...

Matthias Mayer of Austria made history on Tuesday as he defended his Olympic Super-G title to become the first male alpine skier to win gold in three consecutive Games.The 31-year-old Austrian, who also won downhill gold in Sochi 2014, followed up his PyeongChang...

Eight people were killed, and seven others reported missing after a passenger boat overturned in a river in China's Guizhou province, local authorities announced on Sunday.The accident took place at 4.50 p.m. on Saturday in Zangke River in the city of Liupanshui,...

The death toll from the torrential rainstorms in China's Henan province had increased to 56, with five people reported missing, local authorities said.Rescue efforts, including drainage operations, are still underway at Jingguang Road tunnel in the provincial...

Seventeen people have been killed and five others injured after an annex to a hotel collapsed in the city of Suzhou, in east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said Wednesday.The accident took place at around 3:33 p.m. Monday, during which 23 people were...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to implement the spirit of the fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.Jinping, also...

Authorities in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, found that three frozen beef samples tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, local health authorities have said.The batch of products dispersed in 1,006 boxes, weighing 27 tonne, were imported from...

Twenty-two people have been killed and over 7 million people affected by heavy rain that has brought floods in China's Jiangxi Province since June, authorities said here on Thursday.The floods have forced evacuation of over 594,000 people and affected about 469,300...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed here on Thursday to work together to create a bright future of inter-party and inter-state relations at a new starting point in history, the state-run news agency reported.Xi became the...

Sixteen people were killed and 12 were reported missing after torrential rains caused havoc in China, authorities said on Tuesday.In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, week- long downpours have triggered floods in six cities and 32 counties, killing nine and...

Smartphone maker Realme on Wednesday announced the global launch of the Realme X and X Lite here, marking its entry into the Chinese market.Realme X is priced at Chinese Yuan (CNY) 1,499, or around Rs 15,300 (4GB RAM +64GB ROM variant) and CNY 1,599, or Rs 16,300...