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China: Car Crashes Into Highway Barrier After Truck Tire Blowout in Hunan

On April 12, 2026, a car crashed into a highway barrier in Yueyang, Hunan, China, after a truck's front tire blew out as the car was overtaking. The blowout sent debris and air pressure toward the passing vehicle, causing the driver to lose control and swerve across multiple lanes before hitting the barrier.

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Philippines: Tropical Depression Verbena Causes Flooding Across Negros

Tropical Depression Verbena made its fourth landfall in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, on Tuesday, November 25, causing severe flooding across several areas of the Visayas.

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China: Sparrows Take Shelter on Car Tire During Rain in Qinghai

A video shot on September 9 in Qinghai captured a heartwarming moment in nature during rainfall. Six small sparrows perched neatly in a row on a parked car tire to shelter from the rain.

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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2025 - Practice & Press Conference

A crew member takes off a tire on the car of Lewis Hamilton (GBR), Scuderia Ferrari HP, #44, Practice 2 during Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2025 - Practice & Press Conference, Formula 1 Championship in Montreal, Canada, June 13 2025

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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2025 - Practice & Press Conference

A crew member mounts a tire on the car of Lewis Hamilton (GBR), Scuderia Ferrari HP, #44, Practice 2 during Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2025 - Practice & Press Conference, Formula 1 Championship in Montreal, Canada, June 13 2025

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China is extremely important market for us: Continental China CEO

STORY: China is extremely important market for us: Continental China CEO SHOOTING TIME: June 21, 2024 DATELINE: June 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Continental AG 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ENNO TANG, President and CEO of Continental China STORYLINE: German car parts supplier Continental AG put into operation the fourth phase of its tire plant in China's Hefei on Thursday. The plant is Continental AG's first wholly-owned tire production base in China. With the new project, the company's annual tire production capacity in China is expected to reach 18 million in 2027. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ENNO TANG, President and CEO of Continental China "Continental has been in the Chinese market for 30 years, and it is an extremely important market for us globally. Its significance lies not only in its size but also in its technological leadership. Through 30 years of development, Chinese automobiles, especially in terms of electrification and intelligent systems,

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(SP)JAPAN-SUZUKA-F1-GRAND PRIX 2024

(240404) -- SUZUKA, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A mechanic of Kick Sauber Ferrari works on a front tire of the car for Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu before the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, April 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(SP)JAPAN-SUZUKA-F1-GRAND PRIX 2024

(240404) -- SUZUKA, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 4, 2024 shows a front tire of the car for Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu before the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Young Gazan aspires to make small tire recycling business into bigger environmental initiative

STORY: Young Gazan aspires to make small tire recycling business into bigger environmental initiative DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MIDIAN HELLES, Gaza-based man 3. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MIDIAN HELLES, Gaza-based man 5. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MIDIAN HELLES, Gaza-based man 7. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza STORYLINE: Inside his small workshop in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, Midian Helles spends hours every day recycling broken car tires and turning them into eco-friendly tools. "I have succeeded in recycling thousands of broken car tires into artificial grass for playgrounds, making use of wasted tires for organic farming, and utilizing those tires' metal components to produce various electrical tools," said the 27-year

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Chinese-invested car tire factory officially inaugurated in Cambodia

STORY: Chinese-invested car tire factory officially inaugurated in Cambodia DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the car tire factory STORYLINE: A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia's Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) officially launched its operation on Monday. The 300-million-U.S.-dollar General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant, located in Cambodia's coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, is a subsidiary of Chinese tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian cut the ribbon to officially inaugurate the factory, attending a celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the SSEZ. Hun Sen said the tire factory is another fruit of cooperation between Cambodia and China under the BRI, adding that the plant will play an important role in processing local rubber into tires. "The fact

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CAMBODIA-SIHANOUKVILLE-CHINESE-INVESTED CAR TIRE FACTORY

(230522) -- SIHANOUKVILLE, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 22, 2023 shows a view of the General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia's Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) officially launched its operation on Monday. The 300-million-U.S.-dollar General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant, located in Cambodia's coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, is a subsidiary of Chinese tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-SIHANOUKVILLE-CHINESE-INVESTED CAR TIRE FACTORY

(230522) -- SIHANOUKVILLE, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 22, 2023 shows a view of the General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia's Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) officially launched its operation on Monday. The 300-million-U.S.-dollar General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant, located in Cambodia's coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, is a subsidiary of Chinese tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-SIHANOUKVILLE-CHINESE-INVESTED CAR TIRE FACTORY

(230522) -- SIHANOUKVILLE, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 22, 2023 shows a view of the General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia's Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) officially launched its operation on Monday. The 300-million-U.S.-dollar General Tire Technology (Cambodia) plant, located in Cambodia's coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, is a subsidiary of Chinese tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-TIRE-SHOP OWNER-MOUNTAINS-MOVIE (CN)

(230201) -- LUSHUI, Feb. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yang Mingjin drives a car to project free movie in Luzhang Town of Lushui City, Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 21, 2022. TO GO WITH "Profile: Tire-shop owner lights up the mountains with movies" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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Knife and vehicle attack in Guam

GUAM, United States - Photo taken in Guam on Feb. 14, 2013, shows a tire track left at the site of a knife and vehicle attack. A knife-wielding man stabbed bystanders on the night of Feb. 12 after crashing his car into a convenience store in a major tourist area on the Pacific resort island, killing three Japanese and injuring 10 other Japanese and one local.

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Cleaning up 'nail land mines' in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A member of a volunteer group working to remove ''nail land mines'' in Jakarta collects nails with a hand-made tool using a magnet on a street in the Indonesian capital on Jan. 17, 2012. As the number of vehicles continues to rise in Indonesia on the back of its buoyant economy, there has been an increase in the number of ''nail land mine'' cases, in which car tires go flat after being driven over nails believed to have been deliberately left by operators of tire repair businesses.

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Smuggling stimulants in auto tire

OSAKA, Japan - Smuggled stimulant drugs are shown to reporters at the Osaka Customs office in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2012. The same day prosecutors indicted two men for trying to smuggle the drugs into Japan by concealing them in the spare tire (front) of a car brought by container ship from Canada.

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Bridgestone to market world-biggest radial tire

Bridgestone Corp. will begin selling the world's largest tire, with a diameter of 3.91 meters, starting in December. The tires are for special vehicles used on construction sites. The photo also shows an ordinary passenger car tire.

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On site in Urumqi: Life returning to normal amid COVID-19 measures

STORY: On site in Urumqi: Life returning to normal amid COVID-19 measures DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Urumqi 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU XIANGLI, Tire shop owner 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Ms. WANG, Tire shop owner 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HAO HONGMEI, Staff member of a local supermarket 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHANG BING, Staff member, a local branch of JD Logistics 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): HUANG HE, Deputy general manager, Silkroad Resort in Urumqi 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): WEI JIANYE, Deputy director of Nanshan scenic spot administrative committee, Urumqi STORYLINE: Life in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been gradually returning to normal. With COVID-19 control measures in place, the city has restored public transport in a gradual and orderly manner starting from Nov. 28. More and more private cars appear on roads. Car owners in Urumqi are busy with changing sn

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Six killed in missile strikes on Ukraine's western city of Lviv

STORY: Six killed in missile strikes on Ukraine's western city of Lviv DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: various of street view in LvivSTANDUP (English): SHOMODI YURII, Xinhua reporter in Lviv, Ukrainevarious of a railway line in Ukraine STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): SHOMODI YURII, Xinhua reporter in Lviv, Ukraine "According to the West Air Command, there were four missile strikes in Lviv this morning, three on military infrastructure, and one on tire fitting. The fires that broke out as a result of the attack are still being extinguished. Six people have been killed and eight wounded in Lviv after missiles struck military facilities and a car tire service point in the western Ukrainian city this morning. This information was confirmed by regional governor Maksym Kozytsky. 'The facilities have suffered significant damage,' he said. Ukrainian railway station on its official Telegram posted about possible minor delays in the schedule." Xinhua News Agency c

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Liquefaction damage caused to Koto Ward by the Great East Japan Earthquake

Roads suffered liquefaction damage triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake, with car tires stuck in the mud.

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Cars (2006)

Guido, Luigi & Lightning Mcqueen Characters: Guido,Luigi & Lightning McQueen Film: Cars (2006) Director: John Lasseter 09 June 2006 Guido and Luigi can't believe that the champion Ferrari Michael Schumacher is in their tire shop. CARS, the seventh animated feature to be created by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, is a high octane adventure comedy that features a wide assortment of cars as characters who get their kicks on Route 66. The film is directed by Academy Award

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Cleaning up 'nail land mines' in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A member of a volunteer group working to remove ''nail land mines'' in Jakarta collects nails with a hand-made tool using a magnet on a street in the Indonesian capital on Jan. 17, 2012. As the number of vehicles continues to rise in Indonesia on the back of its buoyant economy, there has been an increase in the number of ''nail land mine'' cases, in which car tires go flat after being driven over nails believed to have been deliberately left by operators of tire repair businesses. (Kyodo)

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Smuggling stimulants in auto tire

OSAKA, Japan - Smuggled stimulant drugs are shown to reporters at the Osaka Customs office in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2012. The same day prosecutors indicted two men for trying to smuggle the drugs into Japan by concealing them in the spare tire (front) of a car brought by container ship from Canada. (Kyodo)

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Old tire, tires, garbage, waste, dump

A pile of used old car tires in a waste depot in Sedlcany, Czech Republic, November 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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Old tire, tires, garbage, waste, dump

A pile of used old car tires in a waste depot in Sedlcany, Czech Republic, November 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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Old tire, tires, garbage, waste, dump

A pile of used old car tires in a waste depot in Sedlcany, Czech Republic, November 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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Old tire, tires, garbage, waste, dump

A pile of used old car tires in a waste depot in Sedlcany, Czech Republic, November 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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Old tire, tires, garbage, waste, dump

A pile of used old car tires in a waste depot in Sedlcany, Czech Republic, November 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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Old tire, tires, garbage, waste, dump

A pile of used old car tires in a waste depot in Sedlcany, Czech Republic, November 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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car, service, tire

Car Skoda Superb at a service station during tire changing, in Humpolec, Czech Republic, July 4, 2020. (CTK Photo/Martin Macak Gregor)

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car, snow, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow covered car, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains prepared to be mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains prepared to be mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains prepared to be mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains prepared to be mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow covered car, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow covered car, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

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car, snow chains, tire, weather, winter, transportation, automobile

An illustrative photo of snow chains being mounted on the tire, Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2010. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)