In Jiangsu, 55 public health institutions have banded together to negotiate with manufacturers of stents and pacemakers. The stent manufacturers have agreed to price cuts averaging about 51 percent, and those producing pacemakers will provide discounts of as much as 38 percent.
In Boston, the Massachusetts state Senate approved a bill early Thursday to impose a 75 percent tax on e-cigarettes, to impose a first-in-the nation ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and to improve access to smoking-cessation programs.
In January this year, Coca-Cola added Chicago-based Fairlife-an innovative and value-added dairy brand-to its portfolio. Fairlife CEO Tim Doelman had said that the increased investment would allow the companies to further innovate and branch out into other dairy segments.
In July, a group of 43 Chinese tourists lost their passports in Sweden. The passports were in the tour guide's purse when it was stolen.
In January, London announced its new plans to safeguard the country's telecoms network, which is widely seen as approving a restricted role for Huawei in helping build the country's 5G network.
In Guatemala City, where migrant shelters filled with people, waves of people departed at daybreak on roads leading to Mexico. The nearest border is about 110 miles (177 km) away.
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In December, the Ministry of Transport said China would spend at least 2.7 trillion yuan on transport infrastructure projects this year, with 800 billion yuan going to the railway sector.
In India, a Central Pollution Control Board study across 60 major cities showed that they generate over 4,000 tons of such waste per day. The country generates nearly 26,000 tons of plastic waste daily.
In Brussels, Li will co-chair the 19th China-EU leaders' meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and pay an official visit to Belgium.
In February, major telecom fraud cases were reported to police in Sichuan. Suspects, disguised as court or police officials, claimed that the victims' bank accounts had been breached, inducing them to transfer their money to a so-called "safe account" in panic.