A FIRE at a gold mine in eastern China trapped at least 50 people underground, though 200 miners have been lifted to safety, state news agency Xinhua said yesterday.

A high-speed passenger train slammed into another train in eastern China today, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 400 in China’s worst train accident in a decade.

A high-speed passenger train came off the tracks and crashed into another train in eastern China today, killing at least 66 people and injuring more than 400, a state news agency reported.

Four people held responsible in the sinking of a Chinese ferry that killed 282 people have been sentenced to prison terms of five or six years, the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said today.