At least 42 people died when a passenger jet overshot a runway in north-east China today and burst into flames.

An airliner with 91 people on board crashed in north-east China today.

At least two people were killed when an explosion ripped through a fireworks factory in the north-east of China, a state news agency said today.

The number of dead in China’s worst mining accident in two years rose to 106 after two more bodies were pulled out.

Grieving miners’ families demanded answers today from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.

At least 92 people died and 16 are still missing after an underground explosion at a Chinese coal mine.

A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China today, killing 31 people and trapping 82 others nearly a third of a mile under ground, government authorities said.

EIGHTY-FOUR Siberian tigers, among the world’s rarest animals, have been born since March at a northeastern China breeding centre, an official said yesterday.

China’s top health official today said the pollution of the Songhua River by a chemical spill was a big problem which has highlighted the country’s need to have contingency plans for emergencies.

Anxious relatives of missing miners demanded to be allowed into a coal mine today after an explosion killed at least 134 people and left rescuers searching for 15 others, adding to a soaring death toll in China’s mines despite a national safety crackdown.

RUNNING water was restored in the Chinese city of Harbin yesterday after a chemical spill forced a five-day shutdown, but officials warned it was not immediately safe to drink.

The death toll from a flash flood that hit a primary school in north-east China rose to 64 today, as information began trickling out from the remote area a day after the tragedy.

An explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed at least eight miners and trapped 29 others today, and dangerous gases kept rescuers from reaching them.

The death toll from the blast in a north eastern China coal mine reached 111 today as rescuers scrambled to save workers missing after the massive gas explosion.

Rescuers looking for 45 coal miners missing after an underground explosion in north east China were digging through tons of rubble today.