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Continuous downpours have triggered severe floods in a county in southwest China's Guizhou province, leaving 14 dead and 35 missing by 8 am on Tuesday.

The flooding also forced the relocation of 45,000 residents in Wangmo County of Qianxinan Prefecture, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said in a statement.

The Ministry of Railways will publish a new national train schedule on July 1, which will add 195 routes and implement floating ticket prices for the China Railway High-Speed (CRH), the Beijing Youth Daily reported on Thursday.

The new schedule will allow high speed trains running at different speeds to operate on the same CRH lines, and ticket prices will be lower for passengers who choose lower-speed trains on those lines.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Thursday urged Chinese citizens and companies in Yemen and the Central African Republic to take caution due to deteriorating safety situations in those countries.

In a statement posted on its website, the MOC warned Chinese people not to travel to Yemen for the time being and suggested that people who have plans to travel or invest in the Central African Republic to closely monitor local conditions.

Twenty-seven students in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province were sickened Wednesday in a suspected case of food poisoning, authorities said Thursday.

Affected students from the Central School at Dongyang Township in the province's city of Qiqihar were sent to the hospital after having breakfast at the school, said a city government spokesman.

Their symptoms included nausea, high fever and headache, said the spokesman.