Searching on missing Chinese in Afghanistan attack still underway: embassy
Chinese Embassy to Afghanistan has confirmed with Xinhua searching on the final missing Chinese citizen during the Thursday attack in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul is still underway.
Two of the missing Chinese nationals are both male, and one of them has been found alive and transferred to a safe place. The embassy confirmed Afghan police is making all efforts in searching the other one, adding that the where-about of the missing one is unclear yet.
Three Chinese nationals, one male and two females, were killed in an apartment building in central Kabul during the attack. However, it remains unclear that if the attack was purposefully targeting on Chinese nationals in Kabul as the investigation is still on-going.
Iraq bombing wave kills more than 60
More than 60 people were killed and over 200 others wounded in a wave of bombings attacks across Iraq on Saturday, mostly in the capital Baghdad, according to latest data given by officials and local media.
A total of 12 car bombs went off in Baghdad, mostly targeting markets, restaurants and cafes, killing more than 30 people and injured over 100 others as Iraqis were celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
The attacks made one of the country's deadliest Ramadan months in recent years, as the country is witnessing its worst eruption of violence in five years.
Heavy rain to hit northern China
Modest to heavy rain will hit northeast China and north China in the coming three days.
The National Meteorological Center says from Sunday to Tuesday, eastern parts of northwest China, north China, northeast China, as well as parts of southwest China's Sichuan Basin and Yunnan Province will see modest to heavy rainfall, with some areas experiencing torrential rain.
Some of these regions will be swept by brief thunderstorms, gusts and hail.
Worst flood in two decades to hit NE China province
Worst flood in two decades is predicted to hit northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Orange alert for severe flood was issued on Saturday night as the water level along the upper reaches of Nenjiang River in the province surpassed the warning level by up to 1.6 meters.
10 dead, five injured in SW China road accident
Ten people have been killed and another five injured in a road accident in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The accident, involving a minibus, happened Sunday morning in Agang Town of Luoping County. The driver died along with nine others, including a pregnant woman.
The injured passengers have been hospitalized.
The cause of the accident is being investigated, but it seemed the minibus driver was responsible for the accident.
Two dead, 9 missing after Chinese boat capsizes
Rescuers have retrieved two bodies and are still searching nine others who went missing after their fishing vessel capsized in sea waters off east China's Shandong Province on Saturday morning.
The city government of Qingdao has mobilized 14 fishing vessels, two rescue helicopters, two military vessels and four maritime enforcement ships for the rescue.
Divers managed to enter the cabin of the boat, but did not find any trapped fishermen inside.
The rescue effort is still under way. The cause of the accident is being investigated.
Chinese gov't calls on celebrities to take up social responsibilities
Chinese Internet celebrities have been urged to take up more social responsibilities and play a more constructive role.
An official with the State Internet Information Office has told a meeting in Beijing that internet celebrities, who have notable influence on public opinions in virtual society, should deliver more positive and constructive messages to Chinese netizens.
He said the government expects them to uphold law and order as well as promote virtues and trust.
China's social networks have developed fast in recent years with more than 1.2 billion accounts opened on about 103 microblogging networks.
Mainland welcomes more Taiwan mayors to boost cross-Strait ties
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun says the mainland welcomes and encourages personages from various Taiwan political parties and more mayors to participate in the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
He made the remarks while meeting Chen Chu, the mayor of southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung city, who is visiting the mainland's port city of Tianjin.
Zhang Zhijun reaffirmed the mainland's stance of supporting exchanges between cities across the Strait, saying the current development of cross-Strait ties manifests that peaceful development is one sure path and the common aspiration of compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Beijing to host 24th World Congress of Philosophy
China's capital Beijing will host the 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) in 2018.
This was announced in Athens at the closing ceremony of the 23rd WCP.
It will be the first time for China to host the international meeting, organized by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies every five years.
According to FISP, the 24th WCP will be organized by the Department of Philosophy, Peking University. |