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Man killed in shooting in U.S. Seattle
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A 29-year-old man was shot and killed across the street from the Harvard Market in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood early Tuesday. Police responded to sounds of ...
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Azerbaijani president highlights peace, progress in New Year address
BAKU, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev delivered his New Year address to the nation on Tuesday, celebrating the country's achievements in 2024 and reaffirming the government's ...
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 122 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea: USGS
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 122 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea at 20:09:41 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a ...
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Feature: Gazans in Egypt hope for peace and return as new year approaches
CAIRO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- "As the new year is approaching, we pray for peace in Gaza," Bassem Medhat, a Palestinian refugee who had fled the war-torn enclave, voiced the sentiments of thousands now ...
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Woman burned to death on NYC subway identified by police
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. investigators have learned the name of a woman who was burned alive and beyond recognizability aboard a Brooklyn train last week in New York City, reported The New ...
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New gun laws rolling out in multiple U.S. states on Jan. 1
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. states have taken steps to pass their own gun regulations to effect on Jan. 1, as related violence kept on ravaging the nation with nearly 500 mass shootings ...
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World's 500 richest people surpass 10 tln USD in wealth this year: Bloomberg
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The world's 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang leading the group of billionaires to a new milestone: a ...
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U.S. home-price growth slows slightly as buyers gain more leverage
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A national gauge of U.S. home prices rose 3.6 percent in October from a year earlier, according to data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller, smaller than the 3.9 percent ...
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Jet crash disaster in S. Korea marks another setback for Boeing
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The year 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant, but when one of the company's jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing ...
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Feature: A Hungarian expert's first visit to China
"It was my first time in China," Kiszelly said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. The Hungarian expert attended the book launch of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's political director, Balazs Orban, ...
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Car bomb wounds 4 in Syria's Aleppo: monitor
DAMASCUS, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb exploded in the northern Aleppo town of Tel Rifaat on Tuesday, injuring at least four people, including a child, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human ...
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World population reaches 8.09 bln on New Year's Day
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimates released ...