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CHINA CHOKES ON SMOG SO BAD THAT PLANES CAN'T LAND
Officials in China's capital Beijing issued a red alert for air pollution... READ MORE›
FLIGHTS GROUNDED, CHILDREN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ON 2ND DAY OF CHINA'S SMOG ALERT
Electric bike riders wearing masks wait at a traffic light junction during a heavily polluted day in Beijing on Sunday... READ MORE›
RESCUERS WORK TO FREE TRAPPED MINERS AFTER CHINA BLAST KILLS 17
A coal mine explosion in northern China has killed 17 people and left 10 others trapped, state media and officials said... READ MORE›
0336DEATH TOLL RISES IN CHINA CONSTRUCTION SITE DISASTER
China has suffered several major work-safety accidents in recent years blamed on weak regulatory oversight, systemic corruption and pressure to boost production amid a slowing economy... READ MORE›
67 KILLED IN POWER PLANT COLLAPSE IN CHINA
The accident occurred at about 7 00 am local time when a cooling tower platform plunged to the ground, trapping people beneath it, state-run Xinhua news agency reported... READ MORE›
DEADLY COLLAPSE AT CHINESE POWER STATION
At least 40 people are killed in an accident at a power station under construction in Jiangxi, China... READ MORE›
CHINA POWER-PLANT ACCIDENT KILLS AT LEAST 40
Abolut 68 people were on site when the collapse occurred, according to local state media outlet China Jiangxi Online... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF CHINESE OFFICIALS JAILED OVER TIANJIN EXPLOSIONS WHICH KILLED 165 (VIDEO)
A Chinese court sentenced 25 government officials and 24 company managers over the massive blasts in Tianjin warehouses last year, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS MARCH, CLASH WITH POLICE IN HONG KONG PROTEST OF BEIJING'S INTERVENTION IN POLITICAL DISPUTE
China's top legislative panel said that Beijing must intervene to deter advocates of independence for Hong Kong, calling their actions a threat to national security... READ MORE›
TIBET STILL AMONG WORLD'S BEST REGIONS IN ENVIRONMENT
The quality of the water, air, soil and environment atop of the Tibet Plateau remains in good condition, Wang said... READ MORE›
21 KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH LANDING DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS
The two black boxes of the ill-fated helicopter were found by rescue teams in Russia's northwestern Yamalo-Nenets region in Siberia, Xinhua news agency reported... READ MORE›
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DOZENS KILLED IN TIANJIN PORT BLASTS
China explosions Dozens killed in Tianjin port blasts... READ MORE›
BEIJING ISSUES FIRST RED SMOG ALERT
China pollution Beijing issues first red smog alert... READ MORE›
CHINA OFFICIAL WARNS OF 'HUGE IMPACT'
China, the world's biggest polluter, has said its emissions of gases that cause climate change will peak by 2030... READ MORE›
LIFE TERM FOR EX-SECURITY CHIEF ZHOU
China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is jailed for life, the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule... READ MORE›
CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM
The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›
NINE HURT IN CHINA STATION ATTACK
It comes just a day after China began its annual parliamentary session in Beijing... READ MORE›
CHINA JAILS TOP OFFICIAL OVER BRIBES
Yahoo! uk and ireland top chinese official gets life for 6m bribery court 10 hrs ago... READ MORE›
CHINA PUTS FINAL TOUCHES TO WORLD'S LARGEST TELESCOPE
China has put the final piece of what is set to be the world's largest radio telescope in place, state media have reported... READ MORE›
12 FIREFIGHTERS AMONG 50 DEAD IN CHINESE PORT CITY EXPLOSIONS
BEIJING -- The death toll in twin warehouse blasts in China rose to at least 50 people Thursday, including 12 firefighters, state media reported... READ MORE›
NEW YEAR'S STAMPEDE IN SHANGHAI: 35 DEAD, 43 INJURED
In Chen Yi Square on the Bund, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported early Thursday... READ MORE›
CHINA FITS FINAL PIECE ON WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE
China has fitted the final piece on what will be the world's largest radio telescope, due to begin operations in September, state media report... READ MORE›
CHINA: NO, WE ARE NOT SENDING CANS OF HUMAN FLESH TO AFRICA
However, China's spreading influence in Zambia has bred resentment among many locals, who accuse China of providing low wages and dangerous working conditions at its projects... READ MORE›
CHINESE MEDIA DESCRIBES UK PUBLIC AS 'POTATO LOVERS WHO CAN'T DRINK TEA PROPERLY'
Chinese journalists were confused by the Duchess of Cambridge's decision to borrow a tiara belonging to the Queen Mother... READ MORE›
IS CLAIMS TWO MORE HOSTAGE KILLINGS
IS gave no details about when or where Ole-Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Norway and Fan Jinghui, 50, from China were killed... READ MORE›
HUGE BLAST ROCKS CHINESE PORT CITY; SCORES REPORTED INJURED
The People's Daily reported that the blast could be felt many miles away... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES IN CHINA BLAST AMID CONTAMINATION FEARS
Some 95 people including 85 firefighters remain missing following the blasts in the city of Tianjin northern China on Wednesday night China's official Xinhua news agency reported... READ MORE›
OIL PRICES DROP BELOW $30 AS GLOBAL MARKETS SLIDE
Wall Street also sank on Friday morning, with the Nasdaq hitting its lowest since August 24 and the Dow plunging nearly 400 points, as oil prices dived... READ MORE›
15 KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACK IN WESTERN CHINA
4 COMMENTEMAILMORE BEIJING AP Chinese state media say 15 people have been killed in an attack in the country's troubled western Xinjiang region... READ MORE›
26 COAL MINERS DIE IN FIRE IN NORTH CHINA MINE
The government's China National Coal Administration reported 1,067 deaths in 604 coal mining accidents in 2013, down 23 percent from the year before... READ MORE›
BEIJING ENGINEERS COVERAGE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA RULING
State media stress that China does not recognise an international tribunal's ruling against its claims to rights in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
CHINESE STOWAWAY FOUND IN HOLD OF EMIRATES FLIGHT TO DUBAI
A Chinese teenager has been found hiding in the cargo hold of an Emirates passenger jet that had flown from Shanghai to Dubai... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS U.S. MILITARIZING SOUTH CHINA SEA
China on Friday accused the United States of militarizing the South China Sea, days after deploying missiles to a disputed island in the area... READ MORE›
EVACUATION ORDERED OVER FEARS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION IN TIANJIN
Chinese authorities have evacuated thousands of people from three kilometres around the site of deadly explosions in Tianjin after discovering sodium cyanide among other toxic chemicals... READ MORE›
CYANIDE FEARS COMPOUND COST OF TIANJIN EXPLOSIONS
Around 700 tons of sodium cyanide was being stored at the warehouse where the blasts took place He Shusheng a Tianjin vice mayor told a news conference... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 22 DEAD IN CHINA ROAD CRASH
The front of the truck and the bus in the central province of Hunan burst into flames the official Xinhua News Agency reported... READ MORE›
'HUNDREDS OF TONNES' OF CYANIDE AT CHINA BLASTS SITE
Tianjin explosions 'Hundreds of tonnes' of cyanide at China blasts site... READ MORE›
EGYPTAIR JET LANDS IN UZBEKISTAN AFTER HOAX BOMB THREAT
Egyptian officials told the Associated Press news agency that the plane resumed its journey to Beijing about four hours after landing in Urgench... READ MORE›
CHINA'S SAFETY RECORD UNDER SCRUTINY AS NATION COUNTS COST OF TIANJIN BLAST
Tianjin explosion China's safety record under scrutiny as nation counts the cost of a blast visible from space... READ MORE›
CHINAA??S NEW SECURITY LAW 'WILL COVER SPACE AND SEABEDS'
China's national security law New legislation 'will cover space, the deep sea, polar regions'... READ MORE›
'IA??VE FIXED IT': CHRISTOPHER PYNE SOLVES DARTH VADERA??S PROBLEMS IN STAR WARS SPOOF VIDEO
In response to the video, Mr Pyne tweeted that he was available for Star Wars V11 if director JJ Abrams was interested... READ MORE›
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POOR RANKING FOR AUSTRALIA IN CLIMATE ACTION INDEX RELEASED AT MOROCCO TALKS
Australia's climate change policies continue to be ranked as very poor in an international comparison of 58 countries... READ MORE›
FORMER FOX NEWS CHIEF AILES IS NOT ADVISING TRUMP
Former Fox News chief Ailes is not advising Trump campaign... READ MORE›
CBA ONE OF THE MOST 'UNDEROWNED' STOCKS IN THE WORLD
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'MAYHEM' AS AUSTRALIANS RUSH TO BUY POUNDS
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FOX TV ANCHOR NEIL CAVUTO RECOVERING FROM OPEN HEART SURGERY
AP -- Neil Cavuto, an anchor for Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, is recovering from open heart surgery... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO DO ITS OWN TESTS ON MITSUBISHI VEHICLES AS PERFORMANCE SCANDAL WIDENS
The ministry has separately ordered Mitsubishi Motors to resubmit fuel economy data on all of its models by May 11... READ MORE›
MH370 MYSTERY: MALAYSIA'S PM NAJIB RAZAK STILL 'COMMITTED' TO INVESTIGATION
A relative of passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 waiting in 2014 in a conference room in Beijing for a briefing on the search... READ MORE›
AFTER 3 YEARS IN AUSTRALIAN DETENTION CAMP, SYRIAN FAMILY REUNITES IN CANADA
Syrians Ali Kharsa, 18, and his father Ahmed, 47, have now settled in Saskatoon in way they never could have anticipated... READ MORE›
FOX SUSPENDS RALPH PETERS, STACEY DASH FOR PROFANITY ON AIR
Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel do not condone the use of such language, and have suspended both Peters and Dash for two weeks... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN HUNTERS OF MH370 SAY NEW ANALYSIS PLACES LOST PLANE WITHIN CURRENT SEARCH ZONE
Australian authorities hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said they have new analysis that reaffirms the plane's most likely resting place is within... READ MORE›
LOCKHEED, UNITED TECH TO CLOSE SIKORSKY DEAL BY FRIDAY
WASHINGTON Lockheed Martin Corp LMT.N said it expects to close its 9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technologies Corp UTX... READ MORE›
SUN SHINES AGAIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA BUT FLOOD ORDEAL, DRINKING WATER SHORTAGE CONTINUE
Tuesday was the first completely dry day in Columbia South Carolina's capital since Sept... READ MORE›