Off the wire
Chinese shares open higher Wednesday  • China launches new communication satellite  • Angola with 11 wetlands has potential to join Ramsar Convention  • U.S. dollar drops amid data, Fed announcement  • Warriors star Curry to start Game 3 against Pelicans  • Nikola defeats Tesla in bid for big electric truck deal  • WTI crude futures settle up  • U.S. dollar ticks down  • Botswana's Rollers ready to tackle big guns in CAF Champions League  • Scientists reveal how a light touch causes severe itching  
You are here:  

Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 3

Xinhua,May 04, 2018 Adjust font size:

KAMPALA -- Three Democratic Republic of Congo refugees died and several others were injured when a bus they were traveling in on Thursday overturned along the Ibanda-Mbarara road in western Uganda.

Duniya Aslam, spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Uganda, told Xinhua that three refugees had died but the details are still being worked on. (Congo-Refugee-Death)

- - - -

PYONGYANG -- China supports and congratulates on the successful completion of the inter-Korean summit last month, which has brought beneficial opportunities for a political solution to the Korean Peninsula issue, visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. (China-DPRK-S.Korea)

- - - -

MOSCOW -- A police officer was injured in a shooting at a bank in Armenia on Thursday, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency cited a local police source as saying. (Armenia-Shooting-Police)

- - - -

NEW DELHI -- Twenty-seven people died and four injured when the bus they were travelling in turned turtle and caught fire in India's eastern state of Bihar on Thursday, reported leading English daily "The Times of India." (India-Road-Accident)

- - - -

ANKARA -- Four South Korean tourists were killed Thursday in a traffic accident in Turkey's southern Antalya province, local media reported.

Four other tourists and a Turkish national were also wounded in the accident after a minibus crashed into a car at a crossing in Kemer district of Antalya province, the Hurriyet daily reported. (S.Korea-Turkey-Death) Enditem