Sources: BBC
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
The China Meteorological Administration issues a low-temperature warning, forecasting a cold wave affecting most of the country. 2023-12-16
Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants who were found dead at a farm on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. 2022-12-15
Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China, assures that China will prevent war breaking out between North Korea and South Korea. 2016-04-28
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills at least 367 people and injures more than 1,700 in Yunnan, China. 2014-08-3
The International Court of Arbitration in The Hague urges China to respond to "Philippines v. China", the case filed by the Philippines regarding the Nine-dotted line. 2014-06-4
Two Chinese provinces pass restrictions on house sales designed to dampen a booming housing market. 2013-03-31
Six firefighters die and two are injured fighting a fire in China's Zhejiang Province. 2011-02-5
A court in Zambia grants bail to two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder for shooting and injuring 11 coal miners during a protest over pay and working conditions. 2010-11-2
A bus falls off a cliff in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China resulting in the death of 23 people. 2010-07-18