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At least eight volunteers lost their lives and three others were injured when a massive landslide struck during restoration work on the flood-affected Danyor Nullah in Gilgit in the early hours of Monday. According to Gilgit-Baltistan government spokesperson Faizullah Firaq, the incident occurred around 2am when a group of about 15 volunteers was repairing a water channel damaged by recent floods. Tonnes of mud and rocks suddenly collapsed, burying several people under the debris. Rescue teams, police, and local residents rushed to the scene, pulling four people out in critical condition. The injured were shifted to hospitals, where an emergency…

Pakistan ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan has opened up about his side’s defeat in the rain-affected second ODI against West Indies, admitting that the batting unit fell short on a challenging pitch at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Speaking at the post-match press conference on Sunday, Rizwan said Pakistan were targeting a bigger score but couldn’t fully adapt to the conditions. “We made 180, thought 200 was possible. The pitch was difficult, with both spin and seam. The way Chase and Rutherford played changed the momentum,” Rizwan stated. Concerns over bowling depth Addressing questions about the bowling attack, particularly the fifth…

Tucked away in the Ili River Valley in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the village of Sigong once struggled to survive. The soil here was thin, rocky and poor for farming. Yields were low, income was meager and the village streets were quiet except for the elderly and children. Most young people left to work in faraway cities. Lavender fields in Sigong. Everything began to change in 2009, when the village began planting lavender as an experiment. The purple blossoms didn’t just brighten the landscape, they brought a new future. Lavender earned far more than traditional crops, sparking enthusiasm…

Roads damaged by mountain torrents in Yuzhong County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, reopened on Sunday and power supply has been restored following the disaster that left 13 dead and 30 missing. According to transport authorities in the provincial capital Lanzhou, which administers Yuzhong, roads leading to the most affected areas reopened on Sunday. The effort involved more than 700 rescuers and over 200 machines and vehicles. Power was restored to residents affected by the disaster on Saturday night, according to the State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company. A total of 73 rescue vehicles, 42 generators and three power-generating vehicles, together…

The total number of registered local companies in Hong Kong surpassed 1.5 million by the end of July, while over 15,000 non-Hong Kong companies were also registered, both figures marking historical highs, said John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Sunday. From January 2023 to July 2025, Invest Hong Kong assisted 1,333 enterprises in establishing or expanding their operations in Hong Kong, attracting 174 billion Hong Kong dollars ($22.17 billion) in first-year direct investment and creating over 19,000 new jobs, Lee said in a video posted on social media on Sunday. Lee also highlighted…

China has contributed its wisdom, solutions and strength to the building of a community with a shared future for humanity and the advancement of sustainable development for mankind, according to a think tank report released on Sunday. Titled “Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains for Beautiful China and World: China’s Ecological Civilization Concept and Practice, and How They Inspire the World,” the report was jointly released by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, and the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. According to the report, China has demonstrated the global value of the concept…

The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom on Saturday condemned the recent “erroneous remarks” made by the Group of Seven (G7) regarding Hong Kong. “The irresponsible remarks made by a small group of countries, including the UK, regarding the law enforcement actions of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) police constitute a gross interference in China’s internal affairs and the rule of law in the Hong Kong SAR. We strongly condemn such remarks,” said a spokesperson for the embassy. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to the G7’s comments on Friday regarding the arrest warrants issued on July…

The first comprehensive rehearsal for the upcoming grand gathering to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War concluded in Beijing early Sunday, according to the event’s media center. The rehearsal, held from Saturday night to early Sunday morning in Tiananmen Square, involved about 22,000 participants, including those taking part in the rehearsal and personnel providing on-site support. The organizers said the rehearsal covered key elements of the gathering and served as a comprehensive test of organizational, logistical, and command operations. The grand gathering, which will…

China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, remained unchanged from a year earlier in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday. On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.4 percent in July, reversing the 0.1 percent decline in June. The core CPI, deducting food and energy prices, climbed 0.8 percent, with the increase widening for three consecutive months. Residents shopping at a supermarket in Jiangsu Province, China, July 9, 2025. /VCG Meanwhile, the producer price index (PPI), which measures costs of goods at the factory gate, fell 3.6 percent year-on-year in July. The…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : On 7-8 August 2025, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, paid a visit to the United States of America. During the visit, the Presidents of both countries signed a “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the United States of America regarding the establishment of a Strategic Working Group to develop a Charter on Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United States of America” to elevate the Azerbaijan-U.S. relations to the level of strategic partnership. According to the Memorandum of…