Newborn panda cub dies at US zoo

Washington’s National Zoo said one of its two newborn panda cubs died yesterday after three-and-a-half days.

The zoo’s adult female panda, Mei Xiang, gave birth to the first cub on Saturday at 5.35pm and a second cub about five hours later.

Had both cubs survived, they would have been the 17-year-old panda’s third and fourth surviving offspring.