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  HMPV outbreak: Amid global concern, Chinese official says cases in northern China declining

  World | January 12, 2025 23:05 IST

  The Chinese Health official said that the increase in recent years in the number of cases of the virus, first detected in the Netherlands in 2001, is due to better detection methods.

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  Fire in mall kills 10 in China, 16 others hurt

  World | July 02, 2012 12:00 IST

  Beijing, Jul 2: A state news agency says the death toll from a weekend fire in a mall in northern China has risen to 10.The official Xinhua News Agency says 16 others were slightly hurt

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  Girl on phone accidentally falls through hole in pavement

  World | April 28, 2012 20:14 IST

  Xi'an (China), Apr 25: Dramatic video has emerged of a teenage girl falling through a sinkhole in the pavement in northern China, before being rescued by a passing taxi driver.The footage from a security camera,