China inaugurates the world's highest bridge
China inaugurated the world's highest bridge on Sunday. The Huajiang Canyon Bridge, built in the mountainous province of Guizhou, spans a 625-meter gorge and a river winding below.
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Pinched, slapped, punched, nursery worker convicted of abusing 21 babies in UK
A 22-year-old woman who worked in two nurseries in the UK was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for molesting 21 babies, acts that were “gratuitous” and “sadistic”, according to the judge.
Two million people evacuated in China ahead of typhoon Ragasa
China has evacuated nearly two million people from cities in the southern province of Guangdong ahead of the arrival of super typhoon Ragasa, international media reported on Wednesday, citing local authorities. Particularly heavy rains are expected.
Super-impressive images of a road collapsing in Bangkok, residents forced to evacuate
A gigantic hole formed after a busy road collapsed in Bangkok on Wednesday, causing no casualties but evacuating the surrounding area. The 50-metre-deep hole in Samsen Street, near a police station and Vajira Hospital, ruptured a pipe and dragged power lines into the mud and debris, AFP journalists observed. Dozens of police and municipal officials cordoned off the site, in a residential area in the north of the Thai capital.
Typhoon Ragasa: authorities in Shenzhen, China, plan to shelter 400,000 people
Emergency services in the southern Chinese megalopolis of Shenzhen have announced plans to evacuate 400,000 people in the wake of super typhoon Ragasa, which was in the Luzon Strait between southern Taiwan and the northern Philippines on Monday afternoon.