Former provincial political advisor indi...

BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Huo Ronggui, a former official in northwest China's Gansu Province, has been indicted for taking bribes, misappropriation of public funds and abuse of power, according t

3 dead after severe thunderstorms, gales...

NANCHANG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Three people are dead after strong thunderstorms, gales and hail swept through parts of Jiangxi Province in eastern China on Thursday, local authorities said. The sever

President Xi meets Harvard president

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with president of Harvard University Lawrence Bacow here Wednesday, and expressed the hope that Sino-U.S. cultural and people-to-people

President Xi meets Harvard president

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with president of Harvard University Lawrence Bacow in Beijing Wednesday, and expressed the hope that Sino-U.S. cultural and people-to-people exchanges could produce

International Happiness Day: Finding joy...

What makes people happy? Can money buy happiness? How much do people cherish happy memories? On the occasion of the International Day of Happiness, CGTN Digital caught up with a cross-section of Chin

Cyclone Idai kills more than 200 people ...

UNITED NATIONS, March 19 (Xinhua) -- More than 200 people have been counted dead and the toll "is likely to rise" in the wake of Cyclone Idai's sweep through southeast Africa, the UN Office for the C

10 dead in Afghan floods, hundreds rescu...

KABUL, March 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people died following flash floods in western Afghanistan while local officials have rescued more than 400 people trapped by a heavy snowstorm in central regio

At least 2 killed as floods, landslides ...

JAKARTA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed as floods, landslides and whirlwind displaced more than 8,000 people in Java Island of western Indonesia, disaster agency official said h

11 arrested after mine accident kills 22

HOHHOT, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were arrested for their roles in a deadly mine accident that killed 22 people in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, authorities said Monday.

Search operation continues as death toll...

JAKARTA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A joint rescue team continued to search and rescue for 43 missing people as the death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province ros