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One person died during a highway pile-up involving hundreds of vehicles in central China, state media reported Wednesday. Aerial pictures show chaotic scenes with hundreds of passenger cars, vans and lorries -- many of which had smashed into one another -- piled up on a section of the highway. IMAGES
"Global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars" says European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, "and their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies". The comments -- made to the European Parliament in Strasbourg -- come as Brussels announces it will investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicles in order to protect the European market from "distortion." SOUNDBITE
The Greek town of Farkadona, in the central region of Thessalis, is covered by floodwaters after the country was hit by downpours brought by Storm Daniel. IMAGES
Record rainfall in Hong Kong causes widespread flooding Friday, cars are submerged and locals wade through gushing streets. The Hong Kong Observatory, the city's weather agency, reported hourly rainfall of 158.1 millimetres at its headquarters in the hour leading up to midnight, the highest since records began in 1884. IMAGES
People evacuate through flooded streets after heavy rains inundated the Chilean city of Talca, 200 km south of Santiago. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdymukhamedov and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev pose for group photos during the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, in China's northern Shaanxi province. IMAGES
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