Police officers at a checkpoint stop cars at the entrance to the Liushenyu coal mine facility in Qinyuan county in Changzhi, northern China’s Shanxi province on Sunday, May 24, 2026. E. Eduardo Castillo/AP Photo/E. Eduardo Castillo An emergency vehicle is seen leaving from the Liushenyu coal mine facility in Qinyuan county in Changzhi, northern China’s…
A Taiwanese official said that Chinese vessels had been detected before the summit in Beijing but that the numbers went above 100 in recent days. (File pic) TAIPEI: Taiwan’s security chief said Saturday that China has deployed more than 100 navy, coast guard and other vessels in regional waters stretching from the Yellow Sea to…
May 23 (UPI) — More than 90 people have died in a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China, the worst mining disaster in the country since 2009. The explosion happened at 7:29 p.m. CST Friday at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi province. China’s Ministry of Emergency Management sent 345 personnel from…
Taiwan warns US about China’s regional ambitions as Trump weighs arms deal Fox Business correspondent Lydia Hu reports live on Taiwan’s top diplomat, Alexander Yui, sharing a warning about China as President Donald Trump weighs a proposed $14 billion arms package for the island. Yui stresses that Taiwan acts as a front-line defense, preventing China’s…
The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has jumped to 90 and nine people are missing, state media organisation Xinhua reports. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, while 247 workers were on duty underground, Xinhua reported earlier….
At least 90 miners have died in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China. The blast occurred on Friday at 19:29 local time (11:39 GMT) at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province, according to Chinese state media. There were 247 workers underground at the time of the explosion.The cause of the accident remains…
The cause of the explosion was under investigation | Representative image: Shutterstock 1 min read Last Updated : May 23 2026 | 8:45 AM IST A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi killed at least eight people and trapped 38 underground, state media reported Saturday. The accident…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States has temporarily paused weapons sales to Taiwan in order to ensure readiness for a potential escalation in Iran, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao testified to the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on Tuesday. “I have not heard, I have not spoken to the Taiwanese. However,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China on 19–20 May was not merely another bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Its main purpose was to demonstrate that, following the high-profile visit by US President Donald Trump, Beijing is not changing its strategic course and is unwilling to sacrifice its partnership with Moscow for a…
The new industrial park under the Northern Metropolis megaproject has attracted strong global interest from companies in environmental and AI sectors, its chairman has said, with plans to provide international education and accommodation facilities. Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung, the newly appointed chairman of the Hung Shui Kiu Industry Park Company, also aims to have the park…