India landslide death toll rises to 37

GUWAHATI: The dying toll from a massive landslide in India hit thirty seven on Sunday (Jul 3), authorities mentioned, as rescue groups battled teeming rain to search for 25 others still missing 3 days later. A walls of mud and rock swamped the camp housing train construction workers plus membersContinue Reading

Designers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelons

BEIJING:   Struggling developers in China have started taking payment intended for homes in watermelons, peaches and other farming produce, state media reported Sunday (Jul 3), as they attempt to lure buyers deterred by a property marketplace slump. China’s housing market continues to be hit by a decreasing economy andContinue Reading

Indian landslide search enters third day with 25 dead

GUWAHATI:   The search for survivors buried under a landslide in India’s northeast entered its third day upon Saturday (Jul 2) with 25 bodies pulled from the rubble and nearly forty people still lacking. Protection forces and disaster relief teams ran against the clock to get any more survivors caughtContinue Reading