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Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from flood-hit regions of central China on July 22 as officials raised the death toll from heavy rains that have deluged Henan province for almost a week to 33 people.

Turkey on July 21 extended condolences to Beijing over deadly flooding in central China.

"We are deeply saddened that the floods in the Henan province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) have claimed more than 25 lives and resulted in the evacuation of many people from the area," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Large areas of land in the central Chinese province of Henan were under water.
The capital, Zhengzhou, was hit the hardest after being hit by the deadly rains, as meteorologists said, "worst in the last 1.000 years".
At least 12 people died as a result of the floods.

Large swathes of China's central Henan province were under water on July 20, with at least a dozen people dead in its capital Zhengzhou after the city was drenched by what weather watchers said was the heaviest rain in 1,000 years.    

China's police have started using sunglasses with built-in face recognition technology to increase the chances of identifying and capturing criminals, the BBC reported.

Two Chinese companies - the e-commerce giant Alibaba and the Porter City Holding are considering investing in major logistical projects in Bulgaria, Bulgarian institutions have announced.

Bulgaria and China signed agreements for cooperation in the areas of air and water transport.

The agreements were signed during the visit of Bulgaria's Deputy Transport Minister Anton Ginev to Shanghai and Zhengzhou between March 2 and 6.