12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (283+ words) HAIKOU – More than 31,000 people have been evacuated from at-risk areas in South China's Hainan province as persistent heavy rain battered parts of the island. As of 7:50 pm Sunday, 31,564 people had been relocated, though the provincial committee for disaster prevention, mitigation…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (936+ words) WASHINGTON – Keepers had warned the eager crowd to keep their voices down so as not to startle the sensitive birthday girl, but giant panda Qing Bao clearly had other plans. The moment she made her appearance at her fifth birthday…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (116+ words) LONDON – The remarks of US President Donald Trump on the unification of Ireland and Britain's Northern Ireland have sparked strong opposition from Britain. During a two-day visit to Ireland, Trump said on Saturday he would "love to see" the unification…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1318+ words) TEHRAN/DOHA/MANAMA/BAGHDAD – At least one person was killed and three others were wounded after an Iranian commercial ship was targeted by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, the country's state-run IRIB news agency reported....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (330+ words) China's auto exports continued to surge in August, with monthly shipments exceeding 1 million vehicles for the third consecutive month, underscoring the growing role of overseas markets in supporting the country's auto industry. China exported 1.01 million vehicles in August, up 65.3 percent…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (307+ words) HONG KONG — Nine months after a catastrophic fire killed 168 people and injured 79 at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po, the Hong Kong Buildings Department (BD) on Wednesday laid 259 charges against four individuals and two companies linked to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (590+ words) BEIJING – China's summer movie season is on track to close Monday with total box office revenue estimated at around 12.5 billion yuan ($1.84 billion), up slightly from about 12 billion yuan a year earlier, marking a second consecutive year of growth for the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (259+ words) CARACAS – Venezuela announced on Friday what it called "a historic agreement" with the US government to promote investment in the recovery and reconstruction of strategic infrastructure for its hydrocarbons industry. In a statement, Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (269+ words) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has reserved HK$50 million ($6.38 million) from its disaster relief fund to support emergency rescue and recovery efforts in the Xizang autonomous region following a devastating mudslide, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Saturday....