Factory in China explodes due to floodwater; Central Chinese city drenched with record-level rain

A record-breaking rainstorm hits China. Collapsed streets, flooded subway stations, deaths, and injuries -- all revealed through social media.

An explosion ignites at a metal factory in Central China. That’s after river water flooded the facility-- getting into high-temperature solution inside a metal alloy tank.

Today marks 22 years since the Chinese Communist Party began persecuting people who practice Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline. The U.S. State Department calls on Beijing to bring an end to the repression.

A Chinese citizen is detained for killing two Chinese Communist Party officials. That's after his house was forcibly demolished by order of authorities.

And one European country is going against a rule set by Beijing. That’s as Taiwan sets up the first ever "Taiwanese Representative Office” in Lithuania.