Fire engulfed a 24-story government-owned apartment building near Notting Hill in west London in the wee hours of Wednesday, killing at least 6 people and injuring 74, police and fire services said.
Aiming at strengthening national cohesion through athletic exchange, China's top sports body is welcoming overseas athletes with Chinese ancestry to compete at the National Games.
It was too hot for a jacket. None of the humans on the street were wearing one. Even worse, the poor, panting creature was clutched to its owner's chest, which I dare say on a chilly winter night would have been quite pleasant. At 30 C, it should be classified as a torture technique.
Item from June 15, 1984, in China Daily: As night descended, Xidan Street, one of the busiest shopping areas in Beijing, was flooded with people. Mobile stalls lined the well-lit walks and clothing for sale festooned roadside trees. ...
China is cutting the number of products whose manufacture requires official licensing, the State Council decided at an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.
China commended the clarification Uganda made on Wednesday, in which the African country's Foreign Ministry said that Chinese diplomats were not involved in ivory smuggling and that the Ugandan government is committed to strengthening ties with China.
A Chinese student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has not been seen for five days after security footage showed her getting into a car on Friday.
The BRICS Summit, planned for September in China, is expected to promote pragmatic cooperation among member states in a wide range of areas, senior diplomats from the BRICS bloc said on Wednesday.
Beijing and Panama City announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on Tuesday, as the Central American country cut its "diplomatic ties" with Taiwan.
President Xi Jinping recently signed an order to confer an honorary title on a special military unit stationed in Hong Kong ahead of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the city's return to the motherland.
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