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Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions
Heatwave hotspots exceeding climate models are emerging globally, with regions like northwestern Europe, central China, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest witnessing record-breaking extremes. Recent findings reveal jet stream wobbles, vegetation drying, and atmospheric patterns driving these anomalies. Notable impacts include wildfires, crop failures, ...
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"Islam In Xinjiang Needs To Be Sinicised", Says China's Top Official
Xinjiang's top Communist Party official said on Thursday that the "Sinicisation" of Islam in the Muslim-majority region in northwestern China, where Beijing is accused of human rights abuses, is "inevitable".
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1,000 Tourists Stranded In Remote China Village Due To Avalanches
Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday.
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137 Dead, Dozens Still Missing After Devastating 6.2 Earthquake In China
A dozen people were still missing on Thursday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Gansu province late Monday, and netizens questioned the speed at which rescue operations had ended.
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31 Killed After LPG Leak Sets Off Explosion In China Restaurant
At least 31 people were killed when a gas explosion ripped through a barbecue restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said Thursday.
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China's Youth Unemployment Hits Record High At 20.4 Per Cent In April: Report
The statistics have been released just one month before another 11.6 million students will graduate from college and vocational schools.
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10 Dead, 9 Injured In Apartment Fire In China's Xinjiang: Report
Ten people were killed and nine injured in a fire in a residential building in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, state media reported Friday.
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China's Zero Covid Policy Sparks Outrage Over Boy's Death In Lockdown
The death of a three-year-old boy in a suspected gas leak at a locked-down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered excessive outrage in the country as Presdient Xi's stringent zero-covid policy has been blamed for the incident.
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Dramatic Video Shows Massive Sandstorm Ripping Through Parts Of Northwest China
Dramatic videos have surfaced online of a massive sandstorm ripping through China's northwestern region last week. The storm reportedly forced travel to come to a halt as residents and tourists alike sheltered in place.
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Strong 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits China's Qinghai Province
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck China's remote northwestern Qinghai province early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
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China Bans Informal Classes Teaching Tibetan To Students In Qinghai Province
Tibetan children in northwestern China's Qinghai province are being blocked by the authorities from taking classes outside their schools during winter holidays in an attempt aimed to weaken the connection to their native language.
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12 Dead In Pak Bus Blast, China Says "Bombing", Islamabad Says "Gas Leak"
Beijing said nine Chinese workers were among 12 people killed Wednesday by a bomb attack on a bus in northwestern Pakistan and called for severe punishment, but Islamabad blamed the explosion on a "gas leak".
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Extreme Weather In China Kills 21 In Ultramarathon, Sparks Outrage
Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon on Saturday in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China.
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Hazardous Sandstorm Blankets Beijing, Second In Two Weeks
The Chinese capital Beijing woke on Sunday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles, as a second sandstorm in two weeks hit the city due to winds from drought-hit Mongolia and northwestern China.
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Beijing's 'Biggest Sandstorm In Decade' Leaves It Covered With Brown Dust
The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday as a result of heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the metereological agency has called the biggest sandstorm in a decade.
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Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions
Heatwave hotspots exceeding climate models are emerging globally, with regions like northwestern Europe, central China, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest witnessing record-breaking extremes. Recent findings reveal jet stream wobbles, vegetation drying, and atmospheric patterns driving these anomalies. Notable impacts include wildfires, crop failures, ...
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"Islam In Xinjiang Needs To Be Sinicised", Says China's Top Official
Xinjiang's top Communist Party official said on Thursday that the "Sinicisation" of Islam in the Muslim-majority region in northwestern China, where Beijing is accused of human rights abuses, is "inevitable".
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1,000 Tourists Stranded In Remote China Village Due To Avalanches
Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday.
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137 Dead, Dozens Still Missing After Devastating 6.2 Earthquake In China
A dozen people were still missing on Thursday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Gansu province late Monday, and netizens questioned the speed at which rescue operations had ended.
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31 Killed After LPG Leak Sets Off Explosion In China Restaurant
At least 31 people were killed when a gas explosion ripped through a barbecue restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said Thursday.
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China's Youth Unemployment Hits Record High At 20.4 Per Cent In April: Report
The statistics have been released just one month before another 11.6 million students will graduate from college and vocational schools.
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10 Dead, 9 Injured In Apartment Fire In China's Xinjiang: Report
Ten people were killed and nine injured in a fire in a residential building in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, state media reported Friday.
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China's Zero Covid Policy Sparks Outrage Over Boy's Death In Lockdown
The death of a three-year-old boy in a suspected gas leak at a locked-down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered excessive outrage in the country as Presdient Xi's stringent zero-covid policy has been blamed for the incident.
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Dramatic Video Shows Massive Sandstorm Ripping Through Parts Of Northwest China
Dramatic videos have surfaced online of a massive sandstorm ripping through China's northwestern region last week. The storm reportedly forced travel to come to a halt as residents and tourists alike sheltered in place.
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Strong 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits China's Qinghai Province
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck China's remote northwestern Qinghai province early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
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China Bans Informal Classes Teaching Tibetan To Students In Qinghai Province
Tibetan children in northwestern China's Qinghai province are being blocked by the authorities from taking classes outside their schools during winter holidays in an attempt aimed to weaken the connection to their native language.
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12 Dead In Pak Bus Blast, China Says "Bombing", Islamabad Says "Gas Leak"
Beijing said nine Chinese workers were among 12 people killed Wednesday by a bomb attack on a bus in northwestern Pakistan and called for severe punishment, but Islamabad blamed the explosion on a "gas leak".
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Extreme Weather In China Kills 21 In Ultramarathon, Sparks Outrage
Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon on Saturday in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China.
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Hazardous Sandstorm Blankets Beijing, Second In Two Weeks
The Chinese capital Beijing woke on Sunday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles, as a second sandstorm in two weeks hit the city due to winds from drought-hit Mongolia and northwestern China.
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Beijing's 'Biggest Sandstorm In Decade' Leaves It Covered With Brown Dust
The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday as a result of heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the metereological agency has called the biggest sandstorm in a decade.
