600-year-old Chinese tower partially collapses

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This screengrab taken from a video shows roof tiles collapsing from a centuries-old Chinese drum tower in Anhui, China, on May 19, 2025. (@fennafaxing/Douyin via CNN Newsource) Hong Kong — Visitors to a centuries-old tourist site in eastern China were sent scrambling after hundreds of roof tiles came loose and cascaded more than two stories to the ground. The Fengyang Drum Tower—built in 1375 and used to announce the beginning of ceremonies and the time of day—is one of the largest such towers in China, according to state media. The tower is a major tourist attraction in Anhui province, which...