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Update: Mainland urges Taiwan businesses to jointly resist external risks, challenges
Update: Mainland urges Taiwan businesses to jointly resist external risks, challenges

NANJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland official on Friday urged Taiwan business people and businesses to join hands in resisting...

Xinhua Photo Daily | April 18, 2025
Xinhua Photo Daily | April 18, 2025

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua. Evan Kail from the United States speaks during a...

US and Ukraine sign memorandum on mineral resource deal
US and Ukraine sign memorandum on mineral resource deal

The final agreement is expected to be sealed next week, US President Donald Trump has said The US and Ukraine have signed a preliminary...

Economic Watch: ECB on high alert in times of "exceptional uncertainty"
Economic Watch: ECB on high alert in times of "exceptional uncertainty"

This photo taken on April 17, 2025 shows flags of the European Union in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt,...

US strikes Houthi-controlled fuel port in Yemen
US strikes Houthi-controlled fuel port in Yemen

The site was used to fund the Houthi terrorist effort, the United States Central Command said The US has carried out strikes on the...

Myanmar: 4 Indians trapped in Myawaddy scam repatriated, Embassy issues warning
Myanmar: 4 Indians trapped in Myawaddy scam repatriated, Embassy issues warning

Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 18 (ANI): The Indian Embassy in Myanmar on Friday said that four Indian nationals who were victims of scam...

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NY tour helicopter firm shuts down after deadly crash
Company whose chopper crashed, killing 6, ceasing operations

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The helicopter tour company involved in a recent crash that killed a pilot and a visiting family from Spain...

Education Department moves to cut off Maine's federal education funding
Trump administration moves to pull Maine's school funding over transgender athletes

WASHINGTON D. C.: President Donald Trump's administration announced late last week that it would stop all federal education funding...

Indonesia plans US visit to avert tariffs with bold offer
Indonesia to offer to increase U.S. imports to help trade talks

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia is preparing a high-level visit to Washington with an ambitious offer to avert steep U.S. tariffs on...

Trump admin ends race-based admissions at military academies
US military academies end race consideration in admissions

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer use race when deciding who gets in. For many...

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party moves to dissolve
Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves towards disbanding

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's last major opposition party has begun the process of dissolving, a symbolic end to decades of pro-democracy...

Justice Department blocks staff from attending ABA events
US Justice Department bars attorneys from participating in ABA events

WASHINGTON, D.C: The U.S. Department of Justice has told its lawyers they can no longer attend or speak at events hosted by the American...