Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 24
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CAIRO -- At least six people, five of them from the same family, were killed and 12 others injured on Friday after two microbuses collided with a car on the Assuit-Cairo road in southern Egypt, said a medical source.
The two microbuses first bumped against each other due to high speed, and then collided with a nearby car on the highway, said a doctor from Minya Hospital where the wounded were being treated. (Egypt-Traffic Accident)
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LONDON -- Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday unveiled his ambitious plan to cut taxes and boost economic growth, while analysts expressed concerns that public borrowing would surge and the fiscal policy may not drive growth as much as expected.
The new measures include canceling the planned increase in corporation tax from 19 percent to 25 percent and reversing this April's decision to increase National Insurance contributions by 1.25 percentage points, a change which the United Kingdom government said was meant to save 920,000 businesses almost 10,000 British pounds (10,900 U.S. dollars) on average next year. (Britain-Tax Cuts)
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ISTANBUL -- At least one illegal migrant died and 46 others were rescued on the Aegean Sea on Friday after their life raft broke down, according to the Turkish Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard said in a written statement that the incident occurred at around 3 a.m. local time (2400 GMT) due to engine failure, and soon after, the life raft carrying migrants started to drift off. (Türkiye-Migrants-Rescue)
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UNITED NATIONS -- Fighting in northern Ethiopia has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in recent weeks in parts of Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said aid workers cannot access large parts of Tigray and several areas in adjacent Amhara and Afar due to fighting. Humanitarian convoys remain suspended through the only available land route into Tigray. (UN-Ethiopia-Fighting) Enditem
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