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China: Under-construction bridge collapses, 12 workers dead, 4 missing
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Atleast 12 construction workers were killed after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Four workers remain missing, Xinhua News reported, citing officials from the emergency command headquarters handling the accident.
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China: 11 dead, 30 injured in highway bridge collapse in Shaanxi's Shanglu
Updated : 2 years ago IST
At least 11 people died after a highway bridge collapsed partially in northwest China's Shaanxi province on Saturday morning, Xinhua reported, citing local authorities.
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China earthquake: Rescue efforts conclude as authorities start post-disast
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The devastating Jishishan earthquake that rattled Northwest China overnight has led to a total of 131 fatalities, including 113 in Gansu Province and 18 in Qinghai Province. Nearly 1,000 people are reported injured, while 16 remain missing.
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China: Rescuers struggle in sub-zero temperatures as 116 killed after mass
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
At least 116 people were killed and hundreds have sustained injuries after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.2 jolted an ethnic county in northwest China's Gansu Province, CNN reported citing the state media.
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4 dead, 14 missing in mountain flooding and mudslides in Northwest China
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Rescue workers shifted 81 residents and 11 vehicles to safe locations on Sunday morning. They were also leading the search for the missing persons and recovery of the mortal remains of those dead, the report noted, adding that emergency rescue workers were also scanning a 65km-area along a n
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China: What happened at Xinjiang fire that killed 10 people
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
At about 19:49 on November 24, a fire broke out in a high-rise residential building in Jixiangyuan Community, Tianshan District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang, state media reported. The residents couldn't move out of the building and had to move up to the top floor.
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China: 10 killed, 9 injured in Xinjiang residential building fire
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The fire broke out at around 7:49 pm at a high-rise residential building in a community of Tianshan District in Urumqi, Xinhua news agency reported. It was put out at around 10:35 pm, the agency added.
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Nine killed, 7 injured as mountain collapses in China's Gansu province
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lanzhou [China], June 23 (ANI): Nine people were killed and seven others were injured after a mountain collapsed in northwest China's Gansu Province on Saturday.
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Will the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act make a difference?
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which came into effect last month, presumes that all goods from China's Xinjiang have been tainted by forced labour unless proven innocent, and vows to strike at the heart of slavery in northwest China.
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Six killed, 8 injured in explosion at China's chemical factory
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lanzhou [China], June 19 (ANI): At least six people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in Northwest China's Gansu Province, Lanzhou, local media reported.
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Doctor fights rare disease in northwest China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lanzhou [China], May 5 (ANI/Xinhua): At nine o'clock in the morning, Cao Yunshan walks into the ward he works in that cares for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and starts his busy day.
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5.4 magnitude earthquake hits China's Qinghai
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter Scale hit the city of Delingha in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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