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15 taken off missing list in China landslide

Rescue headquarters said on Sunday afternoon that 15 people had been taken off the list of missing people after the landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday.
High court overturns life imprisonment sentence in loan-shark stabbing case

The high people's court in east China's Shandong Province on Friday overturned a life imprisonment sentence imposed by a lower court against a man, after a review held his case had a nature of defense.
China Focus: China's top legislature opens bimonthly session

China's top legislature started its bimonthly session Thursday, with lawmakers scheduled to deliberate on draft laws concerning national intelligence and the national anthem, among others.
Budapest Declaration released to promote health cooperation

The Budapest Declaration of the third China-CEEC health ministers' forum was co-released by Li Bin, minister of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, and her counterparts of Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) on Monday.
China-CEEC "16+1 cooperation" mechanism fruitful: Chinese vice premier

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said that the mechanism of "16+1 cooperation" between China and the CEEC is fruitful, and has shown strong vitality since its establishment five years ago.

Chinese delegation attends 35th meeting of UN Human Rights Councils

Chinese delegation attends 35th meeting of UN Human Rights Councils

Chinese FM calls for efforts to allow refugees to return home

Chinese FM calls for efforts to allow refugees to return home

Myanmar, WB extend partnership agreement for development aid

Myanmar and the World Bank Group have renewed an agreement of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), extending it to two more years to help the country end extreme poverty and promote inclusive growth especially in rural areas, official media reported Sunday.

5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases in Lake Chad region as rainy season begins

The United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) warned Friday that more than 5.6 million children are at increased risk of contracting waterborne diseases, such as cholera and diarrheal infections, as the rainy season begins in conflict-affected areas of countries around Lake Chad.

UNICEF warns food crisis continues in some African and Mideast countries

The United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) warned Friday that food crisis is "far from over " in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen.

GOP health care bill criticized for benefiting the rich

A protest was staged outside the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday by the disability advocacy organization ADAPT to voice anger and objections to the newly proposed GOP health care bill.