Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 65,000

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has risen to 65,062, with 165,697 others injured, since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on Oct 7, 2023, said Gaza's health authorities on Wednesday.

In the past 24 hours, hospitals across the region received 98 victims and 385 injured ones, the authorities added.

Of those, seven were killed and 87 others wounded while seeking food at aid distribution sites, the data showed.

Since the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing aid supplies on May 27, a total of 2,504 people seeking aid have been killed and 18,381 injured.

Meanwhile, the health authorities also reported four more deaths from famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll linked to food shortages to 432, including 146 children.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 65,000

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 65,000

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 65,000

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 65,000

China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, went up 6.9 percent year on year in May, official data from the National Energy Administration showed Thursday.

Power use totaled 867.1 billion kilowatt-hours last month, according to the administration.

A breakdown of the data showed that power consumed by the primary industry rose 5 percent year on year to 12.4 billion kilowatt-hours, while power consumed by the secondary industry increased 6 percent to 575.3 billion kilowatt-hours.

Within the secondary industry, industrial power use rose 6.2 percent year on year to 570.3 billion kilowatt-hours, while electricity consumption by high-tech equipment manufacturing climbed 12.2 percent to 109.1 billion kilowatt-hours.

Power use by the tertiary industry reached 170.4 billion kilowatt-hours in May, up 9.7 percent compared with the same period last year. The charging and battery swapping service sector and internet data services reported rapid growth in electricity consumption, rising 59.9 percent and 45.4 percent, respectively.

Residential electricity consumption rose 7.5 percent from a year earlier to 109 billion kilowatt-hours.

In the first five months of the year, China's total power use reached 4,201.8 billion kilowatt-hours, up 5.7 percent year over year, the data showed.

China's power use up 6.9 pct in May