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Firefighters’ union demands probe into soaring fire truck costs
As fire truck prices hit $2 million, US firefighters demand probe

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The largest firefighters' union in the United States is calling for federal antitrust authorities to investigate...

1 dead, 32 injured in tour bus crash on Los Angeles freeway
1 killed, 32 injured in bus-SUV collision on Los Angeles area freeway

LOS ANGELES, California: One person died and 32 others were hurt when a tour bus and an SUV crashed on a freeway near Los Angeles over...

21 killed, 35 injured as bus plunges off cliff in Sri Lanka
Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21, injuring 35

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A passenger bus carrying nearly 50 people skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka's central highlands, killing 21 and...

Trump signs order to cut US drug prices to global levels
Trump executive order demands pharmaceutical industry price cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the United...

Citing history, US appeals court upholds ban on gun for felons
US appeals court upholds federal ban on felons owning guns

PASADENA, California: A U.S. appeals court late last week upheld a federal law that stops felons from owning guns. The court rejected...

Google to pay $1.4 billion in Texas data privacy settlement
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion for collecting data illegally

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Google will pay US$1.4 billion to settle allegations that it unlawfully collected user data in Texas without...

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(SP)ITALY-IMOLA-AUTO-F1 GRAND PRIX-PRACTICE SESSION
(SP)ITALY-IMOLA-AUTO-F1 GRAND PRIX-PRACTICE SESSION

(250517) -- IMOLA, May 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Pit crew of McLaren work on the car of Oscar Piastri of Australia during the second practice...

Trump ends tariff talks for most nations
Trump ends tariff talks for most nations

Washington will send out letters to some 150 countries instead of striking deals with each individually Washington will inform 150...

Guatemalan expat bridges cultures between China, Latin America through social media
Guatemalan expat bridges cultures between China, Latin America through social media

WUHAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Celia Esquivel Salguero, from Guatemala, first arrived in China in 2014 as a foreign student of Chinese Language...

CHINA-HUBEI-GUATEMALAN EXPAT-CULTURE EXCHANGE (CN)
CHINA-HUBEI-GUATEMALAN EXPAT-CULTURE EXCHANGE (CN)

(250516) -- HUHAN, May 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Celia Esquivel Salguero hosts a livestreaming for overseas netizens on Wudang Mountain...

West pitting India against China Lavrov
West pitting India against China  Lavrov

Russias foreign minister said attempts were being made to provoke a serious clash between the Asian giants The West is attempting...

Argentine winemaker finds his ideal blend in China
Argentine winemaker finds his ideal blend in China

YINCHUAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Entering summer, tens of thousands of hectares of wine grapes turn into a green ocean in the Gobi Desert...

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