RIO DE JANEIRO - The death toll from the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais has risen to 110, with 238 still missing, the state civil defense authorities said on Thursday.

HBIS Group, based in North China's Hebei Province, has signed a deal with a subsidiary of Indian steel giant Tata Steel to acquire 70 percent of the latter's steel assets in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.

BEIJING - Profits of China's major industrial firms grew 10.3 percent year-on-year in 2018, but lower than the 21-percent expansion for 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.

China's oil and gas industry is set to reinforce efforts to reduce environmental impacts of its projects and operations in 2019, leading energy and shipping certification agency DNV GL said Tuesday in a report.