In a city with a population of more than 3 million, it may be hard to imagine that dinosaurs used to roam about tens of millions of years ago, but in Heyaun, Guangdong province, that thought doesn't seem so other-worldly anymore.
After a four-month survey last summer, geologists confirmed that 49 sinkholes had been discovered in the mountains near the city of Hanzhong in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
The scarcity of sinkholes means the well-preserved Hanzhong sinkholes are not only of scientific importance, they are also a resource that can be exploited to boost the local economy - the nearby towns are still poor and tourism might help local residents to improve their livelihoods.
Sinkholes must be one of the rarest geological phenomena in the world, since they are formed when carbonate rocks are eroded over a long period of time by an underground river, the water would hollows out the rock which eventually collapses, leaving the process up to 500,000 years to form.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday revived two pipeline projects blocked by his predecessor on environmental grounds, signaling his determination to undo Barack Obama's legacy.
Electrical tape on private parts. Really?
The woman at the center of a scandal gripping South Korea angrily protested her innocence on Wednesday, shouting that she had been made to confess as she was forcibly summoned for questioning.
France's Socialists were scheduled to offer a stark contrast in Wednesday's debate between diehard leftist Benoit Hamon and reformist ex-prime minister Manuel Valls as the two vie for the party's presidential nomination.
It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favorite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a family corruption scandal and struggled with a skeptical press.
Authorities in India have beefed up security across major cities including capital New Delhi, days ahead of Thursday's 68th Republic Day celebrations.
The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May's government must seek the approval of Parliament to trigger the process by which the UK leaves the European Union.
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