People’s Daily, China

The death toll from the roof collapse at a nightclub in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, has risen to 218, Dominican authorities confirmed, as rescue efforts continue with no new survivors found since Tuesday afternoon.

China will moderately reduce the number of US films imported, said the China Film Administration on Thursday, adding that the plan follows market principles and reflects audience preferences.

China's homegrown biggest-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Wed began drilling the world's longest underwater shield highway tunnel — the 39.07-km Haitai Yangtze River Tunnel in east China's Jiangsu. The TBM with an excavation diameter of 16.6 m weighs about 5,000 tonnes.

In a global first, Chinese scientists found that the water content in each gram of the thick rocky layer beneath the moon's far side surface is less than 2 micrograms, the lowest record ever reported, after analyzing rock samples returned by China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

A fire at a nursing home has left 20 people dead in Chengde City, N China's Hebei Province, while 19 others were sent to the hospital for examination, local authorities said Wednesday.

The person in charge of the nursing home has been detained by police. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The China Search and Rescue Team, the China International Search and Rescue Team, and the search and rescue team from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region arrived in Beijing from Myanmar on Wednesday after completing their mission in the earthquake-stricken areas.

In pics: Located in Mangya, NW China's Qinghai Province, the Jade Lake is an artificial salt lake that presents different shades of emerald color with the change of sunlight and viewing angle.

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday released a notice urging Chinese tourists to fully assess the risks of traveling to the US and to exercise caution when traveling due to the recent deterioration of China-US economic and trade relations, as well as the domestic security situation in the US.

Li Yong, former general manager of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), on Wednesday stood trial on charges of accepting bribes worth more than 67.94 million yuan ($9.43 million) in a court in C China's Hubei Province. Li pleaded guilty and a verdict will be announced in due course.

China's first domestically developed monkeypox vaccine has entered phase I clinical trials at a hospital in Zhengzhou, C China's Henan Province, with plans to recruit 120 adult volunteers, its developer announced.

China has revised its marriage registration rules, reducing paperwork and giving couples greater flexibility in choosing where to register their union, as part of a broader push to encourage more young people to tie the knot.

The new regulations, the first revision since the marriage registration ordinance was enacted in 2003, will take effect on May 10, 2025.

European Union member states backed the bloc's first package of retaliatory measures against US President Donald Trump's tariffs, slapping 25% tariffs on a wide range of US products from agricultural to industrial products.

China's Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday that the country has filed a lawsuit against the United States with the WTO dispute settlement mechanism following the latest US tariff hikes.

China has added six US firms, including Shield AI, Inc. and Sierra Nevada Corporation, to its unreliable entity list, effective from 12:01 p.m. Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday.

These companies, in disregard of strong opposition from China, have in recent years either participated in arms sales to Taiwan or engaged in so-called military technology cooperation with Taiwan, seriously undermining China's national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

China has added 12 US companies, including American Photonics and Novotech, Inc., to its export control list, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday.

Effective from 12:01 p.m. Thursday, the export of dual-use items to these 12 companies will be prohibited, while any ongoing related export activities must stop immediately.

China will raise its tariff rate on all imports from the United States from 34% to 84% starting from April 10, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Wednesday.

At least 44 people were killed early Tuesday when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed during a live music event in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, authorities confirmed. Over 100 others were injured and rescuers are still searching for survivors under the rubble.