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Strong tremors felt in Southwest China province, no casualties

Strong tremors were felt in southwest China's Yunnan province bordering Myanmar after an earthquake struck the country on Friday, official media in Beijing reported. IMAGE: Rescue personnel gather......

Quake kills 50, over 150 hurt in southwest China

At least 50 people were killed and more than 150 others injured on Friday when a shallow earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks jolted the mountainous southwest China, triggering landslides......

'Rubio's Call To Munir Was Critical'

'Fears in Washington began to intensify when it was realised that subsequent Pakistani and Indian attacks on major military facilities -- which were significant in terms of geographic scope and......

175 killed, 1,400 injured in strong quake in southwest China

At least 175 people were killed, 1,400 injured and 181 others were missing after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China’s Yunnan province on Sunday causing widespread death......

China holds celebrations in new villages along Indian border

China, which is building numerous villages in Tibet close to its borders with India and Bhutan, has held several celebratory events to mark its takeover of Tibet in the new border villages with a......

India to award leases to top up strategic oil reserves amid Gulf tensions

State-owned Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL), which operates India’s strategic crude oil storage, will make awards by December to lease around 1 million tons of crude oil......

'India Needs More Than 2 Airlines'

'Just look at China: They have five or six major airlines and some smaller ones.' IMAGE: An IndiGo aircraft taxis on the tarmac at the Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport in Mumbai.......

China approves 5 software export bases

China has granted the "national software export base" status to its five more cities, entitling them to special treatment and financial support from the government, as part of its efforts to......

US strengthens agri trade with China

Giving a clear signal to the world that the US is all set to tap the China market, the US Department of Agriculture last week opened a new agricultural trade office in Chengdu, the capital of......

Founder of China's 'Silicon Valley' dead

Chen Chunxian, who set up China's first private technology development company and founded the communist nation's 'Silicon Valley' in Zhongguancun, has died, media reports said on Tuesday.He was......

Asian Games in China will go ahead in September

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has requested an update from Beijing on the COVID-19 situation in China but remains confident the Asian Games will go ahead in Hangzhou in September, a senior......

Troubles aside, OCA optimistic about 'greatest ever Asian Games'

IMAGE: Former Olympic skeet shooter Randhir Singh, who has been chairman of the coordination committee for the Hangzhou Games, said it was too early to talk about the next OCA elections.......

Postponed Asian Games to be held in Sept-Oct 2023

IMAGE: The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the organisers to postpone the Asian Games in May. Photograph: 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 Official/Twitter The Hangzhou Asian Games, which......

Asian Games postponed until 2023 amid COVID surge

The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because of the COVID-19 situation, the governing Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)......