18 arrested

EIGHTEEN suspects have been arrested for dumping 1,000 tons of hazardous waste in North China’s Hebei Province, local authorities said yesterday.

Trains delayed

TORRENTIAL rain since early yesterday has triggered a landslide, affecting train operations in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, a railway company said.

At least 18 passenger trains were delayed, detoured or suspended after the landslide in Leshan City halted operations of the railway line between Chengdu and Kunming cities, according to the China Railway Chengdu Group Co. Ltd.