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39 UK truck victims likely Vietnamese

39 UK truck victims likely Vietnamese

-- 2019-10-26 19:08:36

Most of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam, a community leader from the rural, rice-growing community where many of the victims are believed to have c...

'Speculation may hinder lorry investigation'

'Speculation may hinder lorry investigation'

Xinhua 2019-10-26 17:21:37

British police warned on Friday that press and social media speculation about the identities of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex may hinder the investigation. "This is a fast-moving inves...

China firmly opposes US vice president's speech

China firmly opposes US vice president's speech

Xinhua 2019-10-26 17:16:08

China on Friday expressed strong indignation and firm opposition to a speech by US Vice President Mike Pence that intentionally distorted China's social system, human rights and religious conditions a...

Storms ravage eastern Japan, killing 10

Storms ravage eastern Japan, killing 10

-- 2019-10-26 14:55:53

The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in Japan climbed to 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region...

WB offers $150m to improve Ghana’s education

WB offers $150m to improve Ghana’s education

-- 2019-10-26 14:11:18

The World Bank announced Friday a package of 150 million US dollars to support the Ghanaian government's project for improving the quality of education. The Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes...

Lightning kills 150 in central India in two months

Lightning kills 150 in central India in two months

-- 2019-10-26 13:57:03

At least 150 people were killed in different incidents of lightening during rains in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh over the past two months, said the latest data released by a private organi...

Mexican forest fires leave three dead

Mexican forest fires leave three dead

-- 2019-10-26 11:54:08

Three people were killed and hundreds evacuated from their homes as fires spread through forests in northern Mexico near the US border on Friday, officials said. A fire near the town of Tecate, about...

US judge validates Trump impeachment inquiry

US judge validates Trump impeachment inquiry

-- 2019-10-26 10:38:11

A US judge on Friday validated the legality of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and ordered his administration to hand over an unredacted copy of former special co...

India holds Kashmir polls despite lockdown, boycott

India holds Kashmir polls despite lockdown, boycott

-- 2019-10-26 00:25:32

Village council elections were held on Thursday across Indian-controlled Kashmir, with the detention of many mainstream local politicians and a boycott by most parties prompting expectations that the...

BJP wins in Maharashtra

BJP wins in Maharashtra

-- 2019-10-25 16:18:54

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party retained its control over a big western state on Tuesday and was left scouting for an ally to keep hold of a northern state, after the two election r...

Pollution levels in New Delhi worst this year

Pollution levels in New Delhi worst this year

-- 2019-10-25 16:07:19

Pollution levels in India's capital New Delhi have hit their worst for the second time in October -- earning a "very poor" rating and indicating air quality could deteriorate further after the Hindu f...

Two Myanmar cops killed in Rakhine state

Two Myanmar cops killed in Rakhine state

-- 2019-10-25 13:43:31

Two policemen have been killed with five other policemen and two women civilians injured as the local insurgent Arakan Army (AA) attacked a police convoy in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. The convo...

Chinese paper says Britain must accept responsibility for truck deaths

Chinese paper says Britain must accept responsibility for truck deaths

-- 2019-10-25 11:19:37

Britain and other European countries must accept some responsibility for the deaths of 39 people, believed to be Chinese nationals, found dead in a refrigerated truck near London, the state-backed Glo...

Brexit: EU to consider extension as MPs mull election

Brexit: EU to consider extension as MPs mull election

-- 2019-10-25 10:54:58

EU ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of Brexit extension to offer the UK, as MPs consider Boris Johnson's call for an early election. Most EU states are understood to favour a three-mont...

Trudeau likely to mend fences with China

Trudeau likely to mend fences with China

Global Times 2019-10-24 18:42:23

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's reelection, albeit with a thinner margin, can be attributed to his government's improved economic performance leading to better jobs numbers. In his second ter...

Ten areas where China and US need to focus

Ten areas where China and US need to focus

Global Times 2019-10-24 17:29:56

Substantial progress has been made in the latest round of China-US trade consultations on October 11. The volatile trade dispute which has taken global economic circles by storm over the past year and...

India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits

India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits

-- 2019-10-24 16:29:34

India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the nuclear-armed rivals at a time of tension and...

Over 5,000 children killed, injured in Yemen war: UNICEF

Over 5,000 children killed, injured in Yemen war: UNICEF

Xinhua 2019-10-24 16:18:52

More than 5,000 Yemeni children have been killed or injured since the war erupted between the Saudi-backed exiled Yemeni government and Iran-allied Houthi rebels in March 2015, the representative of t...

Trends show mixed results for ruling BJP in India state polls

Trends show mixed results for ruling BJP in India state polls

-- 2019-10-24 12:50:59

Early trends show India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to win a key state election but may lose another. The BJP is set to retain power in the western state of Maharashtra, but it ma...

Five die in Mexico plane crash

Five die in Mexico plane crash

-- 2019-10-24 12:24:28

At least five people died after a small plane crashed Wednesday in Las Juntas, a community in the Madero town, in Michoacan state of Mexico, local media reported. The state prosecutor told reporters...

Indian trafficking cases fall sharply

Indian trafficking cases fall sharply

-- 2019-10-24 12:23:01

Cases of human trafficking in India have fallen sharply, according to new government data, but campaigners warned on Tuesday that the figures may not reflect the full magnitude of the crime. South As...

HK kills extradition bill

HK kills extradition bill

-- 2019-10-23 21:54:46

Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one...

HK needs education reform to better understand its future

HK needs education reform to better understand its future

Global Times 2019-10-23 18:26:45

In today's Hong Kong, rioters are clamoring for so-called democracy and freedom while seldom mentioning their recognition of Chinese history, culture and development. They have no idea why China becam...

China's absence from global space conference due to "visa problem" causes concern

China's absence from global space conference due to "visa problem" causes concern

-- 2019-10-23 17:37:06

"I miss an important space agency in this panel. Where is China?" Attendees at a plenary of the ongoing weeklong International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Washington brought the question atop the...

39 bodies found inside lorry container in England

39 bodies found inside lorry container in England

-- 2019-10-23 14:50:14

The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry container in Essex in England. Police were called by the ambulance service shortly before 01:40 BST after the discovery at Waterglade Industrial...

HK formally scraps extradition bill that sparked protests

HK formally scraps extradition bill that sparked protests

-- 2019-10-23 14:40:05

Hong Kong's legislature has formally withdrawn a controversial extradition bill that has sparked months of unrest. The bill - which would have allowed for criminal suspects to be extradited to mainla...

India test-fires two BrahMos missiles

India test-fires two BrahMos missiles

-- 2019-10-23 13:23:30

Indian Air Force (IAF) has test-fired two BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles from a mobile platform as a part of the routine operational training on Monday and Tuesday, IAF said in a statement. The...

Johnson to push for election if EU offers longer Brexit delay

Johnson to push for election if EU offers longer Brexit delay

BBC 2019-10-23 11:05:42

The British PM will push for a general election if the EU proposes to delay Brexit until January, No 10 has indicated. Boris Johnson "paused" his Brexit bill on Tuesday after MPs rejected his plan to...

Burundi security forces kill 14 armed men plotting attack

Burundi security forces kill 14 armed men plotting attack

-- 2019-10-23 11:04:36

Security forces in Burundi have killed at least 14 armed men who had intended to launch an attack in the northwestern province of Bubanza, police and residents said. The men, from the neighbouring De...

Anger mounts over polls result confusion in Bolivia

Anger mounts over polls result confusion in Bolivia

-- 2019-10-23 00:34:11

Violent protests have erupted in at least nine cities in Bolivia amid ongoing confusion about the result of Sunday's presidential election, reports BBC. Suspicion arose among opponents of the incumbe...