44 dead after blast rocks industrial par...

Rescuers transfer an injured person of an explosion at a factory located in a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui County of Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Chen Fen

44 dead after blast rocks industrial par...

Forty-four people were dead and 90 others seriously injured after an explosion ripped through an industrial park Thursday afternoon in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said

44 dead after blast rocks industrial par...

NANJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Forty-four people were dead and 90 others seriously injured after an explosion ripped through an industrial park Thursday afternoon in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Pro

Blast rocks factory in east China

NANJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- An explosion ripped through a factory in the city of Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Thursday afternoon, causing unknown casualties, local authorities said.

Full text of Xi's signed article on Ital...

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled "East Meets West -- A New Chapter of Sino-Italian Friendship" was published Wednesday in leading Italian newspape

Diversity of bumblebees threatened in Ea...

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Bumblebee species in East Asia are being threatened by climate change and vegetation change, according to a recent Chinese study. Bumblebees are very important pollinato

East African law body offers to resolve ...

DAR ES SALAAM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The East African Law Society (EALS), a regional bar representing lawyers from across the East African Community (EAC) member states, on Wednesday offered to reconc

Analysis: Is Europe parting ways from th...

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East African bloc developing institution...

NAIROBI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The East African Community (EAC) is fast tracking the development of regional institutions that will support the implementation of a single currency, officials said on T

China steps up efforts to upgrade restro...

Continuous efforts will be made to increase the number of toilets and improve sanitary conditions at tourist destinations, said Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture and Tourism, on Friday at the "Ministe