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China's passenger car sales rise for third straight month in April
Chinese passenger car sales rise for a third month in April

SHENZHEN, China: China's passenger car sales climbed for the third consecutive month in April, increasing 14.8 percent from a year...

Taiwan’s China Airlines orders 14 Boeing 777X jets
Taiwan's China Airlines orders 14 Boeing 777X planes

TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwan's China Airlines has placed an order for 14 Boeing 777X wide-body aircraft, consisting of 10 777-9 passenger...

Microsoft bans Chinese AI app Deepseek over data security fears
Microsoft denies its employees use of China's Deepseek

REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft has prohibited its employees from using Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence app, citing concerns...

CHINA-HUBEI-DING XUEXIANG-INSPECTION (CN)
CHINA-HUBEI-DING XUEXIANG-INSPECTION (CN)

(250515) -- WUHAN, May 15, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political...

Taiwan MND detects 21 sorties of Chinese aircraft, 6 naval vessels in its territory
Taiwan MND detects 21 sorties of Chinese aircraft, 6 naval vessels in its territory

Taipei [Taiwan], May 16 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Friday detected 21 sorties of People's Liberation Army...

(SP)ITALY-ROME-TENNIS-WTA-ITALIAN OPEN-ZHENG QINWEN VS COCO GAUFF
(SP)ITALY-ROME-TENNIS-WTA-ITALIAN OPEN-ZHENG QINWEN VS COCO GAUFF

(250516) -- ROME, May 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Zheng Qinwen returns a shot during the women's singles semifinal match between Zheng Qinwen...

International

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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...

Poland tells Russia to close consulate in Krakow over fire allegations
Poland orders Russia to shut consulate in Krakow, citing arson attack

WARSAW, Poland: Poland has ordered Russia to shut down its consulate in Krakow following allegations that Moscow was involved in a...

Equinor may scrap $2.5 billion Empire Wind project over US delays
Offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Norwegian energy company Equinor is on the brink of terminating its US$2.5 billion Empire Wind project in...

Trump reopens protected Cape Cod waters to fishing
Trump allows commercial fishing in New England marine monument

WASHINGTON, D.C.: On May 9, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to reopen nearly 5,000 square miles of protected ocean near...

US measles cases top 1,000 in worst outbreak in five years
US measles cases surpass 1,000 for first time in 5 years

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The number of measles cases in the U.S. has gone over 1,000 for the first time in five years, according to federal...

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (4K UHD) [Blu-Ray]