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NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — At least one person was injured when two Delta Air Lines planes collided while taxiing at low speed at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Wednesday evening.

According to the airline's statement, the collision occurred at low speed. The wing of the aircraft, which was preparing to depart for Roanoke, Virginia, struck the fuselage of the aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina.

The airline reported that one flight attendant suffered a minor injury. No passengers on board either plane were injured. The injured flight attendant was taken to the hospital, according to a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The cause of the collision is still unknown.

The Port Authority said the incident had no impact on airport operations.

"Delta will work with all relevant authorities to investigate what happened, as the safety of our customers and the public comes first. We apologize to our customers for this incident," the airline stated.

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HAIKOU, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — China has successfully rescued all 10 crew members of a Myanmar vessel stranded by Typhoon Bualoi in the Xisha Islands area of the South China Sea, the Marine Search and Rescue Center in Sansha City, south China's Hainan Province, said Thursday.

On September 26, the center received a report that a vessel with 10 sailors from Myanmar on board had lost steering control approximately 203 kilometers southeast of Yongxing Island in the Xisha Islands and was drifting out of control.

The center immediately activated the emergency response system and dispatched a rescue vessel as the approaching Typhoon Bualoi posed a serious threat to the safety of sailors.

On the night of September 27, a rescue vessel approached the distressed vessel in the waters off the Xisha Islands. However, due to an approaching typhoon, towing the vessel was not yet possible. Therefore, the center decided to evacuate the crew and transferred all 10 crew members to the rescue vessel that same day.

After the typhoon passed, the center used helicopters and satellites to search for the distressed vessel, which had been lost due to a power outage. On the afternoon of September 28, the drifting vessel was discovered in the waters near Yongxing Island after 36 hours of search operations.

On September 29, a rescue helicopter delivered the crew to their vessel, and a Chinese rescue vessel began towing. According to the center, the distressed vessel was handed over to the shipowner's tugboat on the morning of October 1 and arrived at its destination, the port of Da Nang in Vietnam, around 2:30 PM on Thursday.

According to the Sansha City Maritime Affairs Bureau, the operation saved the crew's lives and prevented potential marine pollution. In recent years, China has been continuously improving its integrated maritime and airborne emergency response system in the South China Sea, providing reliable support to vessels from various countries. -0-

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Washington, October 2 /Xinhua – On Wednesday, the first day of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration froze $26 billion for Democratic-controlled states. Trump called it a "good" opportunity to cut "something we didn't need."

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said about $8 billion in "fraudulent projects to advance the left's climate agenda" are being cut, affecting 16 states, most of which are led by Democrats.

Meanwhile, the US Department of Transportation has suspended $18 billion in funding for infrastructure projects in New York City, where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have been repeatedly attacked by Donald Trump, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The department blamed Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries for the funding cuts. "Due to the government shutdown caused by Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the Department of Transportation's review of unconstitutional practices in New York will take longer," the statement read.

"Without a budget, the department was forced to place the civil rights staff responsible for this work on unpaid leave," they added.

Charles Schumer claimed that the Trump administration is using the government shutdown to "blackmail" Democratic states. "He's using the American people as pawns, threatening to hurt the country as blackmail," he said.

The US Senate failed to pass a government funding bill on Wednesday, leading to a government shutdown for the first time in nearly seven years.

"A lot of good can come out of the government shutdown," Trump said on Tuesday. "We can get rid of a lot of things we never needed."

About 750,000 federal workers have been ordered not to report to work, while others have begun working without pay, Reuters reported on Thursday.

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Oslo, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — European Union (EU) leaders held an informal summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday to discuss, among other things, the advancement of the pan-European "Wall of Drones" project and continued support for Ukraine, according to statements made at a press conference later that day.

During the meeting, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the Commission had received the green light to continue work on the "Wall of Drones" project and the rearmament roadmap.

She described the project as an anti-drone defense system designed to “quickly detect, intercept, and, if necessary, neutralize drones.”

European Council President António Costa noted that the leaders discussed continued support for Ukraine, adding that this discussion will continue at the next European Council meeting in October.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called funding for Kyiv an investment in the European Union's security.

The informal format meant that no binding decisions were made, but EU institutions and national capitals indicated their intention to continue working on initiatives in the field of defence and support for Ukraine in the run-up to the October summit.

European leaders will remain in Copenhagen and attend the European Political Community (EPC) summit on Thursday.

Ahead of the summits, suspicious drone activity has disrupted airport operations and led to increased security measures.

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Moscow, October 2 (Xinhua) — From January to August 2025, over 3.1 million foreign tourists stayed in Russian hotels, an 11.6 percent increase from the previous year, RIA Novosti reported, citing Rosstat data.

According to statistics, in January-August 2025, the number of foreign tourists staying in hotels reached 3.114 million people, while in the same period last year this figure was 2.791 million people.

Moscow is among the most popular destinations, with 1.6 million foreigners staying in hotels. Next come St. Petersburg (521,000 people), the Moscow Region (150,000 people), Primorsky Krai (almost 100,000 people), and Krasnodar Krai (97,000 people).

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London, October 2 (Xinhua) — Several people were stabbed at a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, police said.

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham told the BBC that people should "avoid the area" but reassured that "the immediate danger appears to have passed." –0–

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Beijing, October 2 (Xinhua) — China's cumulative box office revenue since the start of 2025 has already surpassed that of 2024, according to data from the Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan.

According to the Maoyan platform, as of 2:16 p.m. on Thursday, the year-to-date box office revenue, including pre-sales, reached 42.5 billion yuan (about $5.98 billion), exceeding the 2024 figure.

Domestic films continue to dominate the market, accounting for almost 90 percent of ticket sales, and all ten of the year's highest-grossing films were domestically produced. -0-

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Tashkent, October 2 (Xinhua) – Uzbekistan exported $6.9 million worth of pepper in the first eight months of this year, local media reported Wednesday, citing the National Statistics Committee.

“According to preliminary data from the National Statistics Committee, in January-August 2025, Uzbekistan exported 8,800 tons of pepper to 16 foreign countries worth $6.9 million,” the report says.

The largest export volume came from Kazakhstan, with 4,700 tons. Next came Kyrgyzstan, with 1,900 tons, and Spain, with 1,100 tons. –0–

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UN, October 2 (Xinhua) — China expressed deep disappointment and regret over Washington's earlier veto of a UN Security Council resolution aimed at alleviating the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Fu Cong, said on Wednesday.

According to him, the international community has long been persistently calling for a ceasefire and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which have resulted in horrific civilian casualties and a humanitarian catastrophe that undermines the foundations of human conscience and the international legal order.

"The Security Council has repeatedly tried to take action, but the United States has blocked them time and again," the diplomat said, referring to Washington's veto of the September 18 draft resolution. According to the document, Israel would have immediately lifted all restrictions on humanitarian access and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

"If it weren't for the repeated abuse of the US veto, the UN Security Council's response to the Gaza crisis would not have been so inadequate. If the US hadn't defended Israel, UN Security Council resolutions and international law would not have been so flagrantly violated," Fu Cong said.

The Permanent Representative reiterated the unacceptability of the weaponization of humanitarian aid, the militarization of aid distribution mechanisms, and attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers seeking assistance. "China urges Israel to immediately cease all military operations in Gaza and immediately end its dangerous plan to seize Gaza City," he noted.

Fu Cong also stressed that the two-state solution remains the only viable way to resolve the Palestinian issue, and called on the international community to unite more efforts and take concrete and irreversible actions to implement this solution, while firmly rejecting any unilateral actions that undermine its foundations.

China is ready to cooperate with the international community and make unremitting efforts to end the fighting in Gaza and achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian issue, Fu Cong concluded.

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BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — The eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai received 4.1 million foreign tourists in the first eight months of this year.

Among them was German tourist Elke Walter, who spent time in the city, learning about Chinese culture and sampling local delicacies.

E. Walter was impressed by Chinese culture and the latest technologies that are now part of everyday life in China, and had a rich and enjoyable experience.

Shanghai's tourism boom is the result of a series of measures aimed at making it easier for foreign tourists to enter China. As one of the country's most prominent tourist destinations, Shanghai is typically among the first to benefit from new measures in this sector.

Amid this boom, the city is attracting an increasing number of tourists from the Republic of Korea (ROK). After China began introducing a visa-free regime for South Korean citizens in November 2024, tourists from that country immediately took advantage of both the new policy and the relatively short distance from China, making weekend trips to Shanghai a new trend, especially among young people.

From January to August this year, the ROK was the main source of foreign tourists to Shanghai, with the number of trips from it to the city reaching 547,000, an increase of 123.9 percent year-on-year.

Just as Shanghai's appeal has grown among tourists from the ROK, China as a whole is becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination thanks to various measures to improve entry and travel conditions for foreign visitors.

According to data from the National Immigration Administration of the People's Republic of China, from January to June 2025, the number of round-trip border crossings by foreign citizens through Chinese checkpoints totaled 38.05 million, an increase of 30.2 percent year-on-year. Of these trips, 13.64 million were visa-free, an increase of 53.9 percent compared to the same period last year.

As the department noted, China is currently introducing a unilateral or reciprocal visa-free regime for 76 countries, as well as 240-hour visa-free transit for citizens of 55 countries, including the United States and Canada.

Most recently, starting September 15, China began piloting a visa-free entry policy for Russian citizens holding regular international passports. Data from the Russian travel platform OneTwoTrip showed that between September 15 and 21, the number of flight bookings from Russia to China increased by 70 percent compared to the same period last year.

According to official statistics, the tourist flow from Russia to Shanghai in the first eight months of this year has already exceeded 200,000 people.

In addition to expanding its visa-free policy, China has implemented and improved policies in recent years on entry, consumption, and tax refunds, Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli said at a press conference on Monday.

“Today, sightseeing and shopping in China have become a trend for tourists from all over the world,” said Sun Yeli.

From the latest fashion trends to cutting-edge electronics, China's shopping craze is on the rise, along with the trend of China travel.

According to data from the General Administration of Taxation of China, the efficiency of instant tax refund services has increased by more than 40 percent since the beginning of this year: in the first six months of this year, the number of outbound tax refund offices in China increased to more than 7,200. And the number of travelers using these services increased by 186 percent year-on-year.

China is also removing payment and language barriers for international tourists. The country's mobile payment systems, Alipay and WeChat Pay, now support direct integration with international credit cards. AI-powered translation tools are being introduced at airports and tourist attractions across the country to facilitate inbound tourism.

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