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Environmental investigators determine that the February 2025 failure of a tailings dam owned by a Chinese copper mining company dumped 50 million liters of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River basin, killing ecosystems up to 100 km (62 mi) downstream and impacting the water supply, fishing activities, and irrigation of 60% of Zambia's population.
2025-03-15

A bus crashes into a tunnel wall on an expressway in Linfen, China, killing 14 people.
2024-03-19

The National People's Congress of China appoints Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Dong Jun as Minister of National Defense, succeeding Li Shangfu.
2023-12-29

"Avatar" retakes its place as the world's highest-grossing film of all time from "Avengers: Endgame" following a domestic release in China.
2021-03-13

China confirms an outbreak of African swine fever in domestic pigs being illegally transported through Funing County in Yunnan province.
2021-03-3

At the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping assumes his second term as General Secretary (China's paramount leader), and the political theory Xi Jinping Thought is written into the party's constitution.
2017-10-25

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Sichuan in southwest China, killing at least thirteen people and injuring more than 175.
2017-08-8

China claims to have discovered the largest undersea hole dubbed "The Dragon's Hole" in the disputed Paracel Islands.
2016-07-27

10 Chinese sailors are missing and 14 others are rescued after the cargo ship MV Hong Wei founders off the southeast coast of China.
2010-12-4

Stanley Kingaipe and Charles Chookole, two ex-officers in Zambia's air force, are awarded 10 million kwacha in damages following claims they were tested and treated for HIV without their knowledge.
2010-05-27