A Long March-4C carrier rocket lifted off at 11 pm on Mon from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, sending to orbit Gaofen-12(03) satellite that will be used for land census, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention & mitigation.
The driver of a high-speed train in southern China was killed and eight people were injured when two cars derailed early Saturday after hitting a mudslide, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The accident occurred midmorning as the train was entering a tunnel in the inland southern province of Guizhou.
