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President Trump is set to welcome Xi Jinping to the White House and has promised to press for Jimmy Lai’s release from a Hong Kong prison. The opinion piece questions whether Trump can still leverage a deal with Xi and frames Beijing as jailing a publisher who remains a threat to it.
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This opinion piece argues that AI poses an existential threat to Chinese Communist Party control because China's AI systems are built on lies and propaganda. It notes recent U.S.-China discussions about an AI communication channel but says deep cooperation will be difficult.
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An opinion piece by an Israeli official argues that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a distraction at the United Nations General Assembly and that Israel will not be intimidated by him. It says the Israeli prime minister will proudly stand before the assembly.
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Andy Burnham has approved a request from Saudi Arabia for UK military support, with RAF aircraft providing air-to-air refuelling to help defend oil infrastructure against Houthi missile and drone attacks. The deployment is described as time-limited and aimed at protecting oil routes and easing fuel price pressures. Burnham also plans to discuss the Middle East crisis with Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly.
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A 29-year-old man opened fire on a police officer outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, during Yom Kippur, leading to a shootout that wounded the officer and left the suspect with life-threatening injuries. No one inside the synagogue was hurt, and police have not established a motive; officials condemned antisemitism and violence.
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Andy Burnham says the UK will provide defensive air-to-air refuelling support to Saudi Arabia, likely using one RAF Voyager based in Cyprus, after Houthi attacks. Officials describe the support as time-limited, with the UK citing Red Sea shipping and cost-of-living pressures. The article also notes prior UK and US strikes on Houthi targets.
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President Trump met New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion during the UN General Assembly, continuing an unlikely relationship between the two. The article highlights their past clashes and current tensions over Israel, crime, taxes, and federal funding.
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The State Department restricted the size, travel, and luxury purchases of Iran’s UN General Assembly delegation, with a spokesman accusing Iranian officials of seeking shopping sprees while ordinary Iranians suffer. Iranian officials dismissed the restrictions as a theatrical distraction from what they call a brutal economic war.
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Pope Leo XIV will travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November for his longest trip as pope and first to Latin America, including a return to Peru where he served as a missionary priest and bishop. The itinerary includes a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei amid tensions between Milei's austerity policies and church leaders, along with stops focused on the poor, Indigenous communities and people with disabilities.
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A severed fiber-optic cable and a failed telecom circuit grounded flights at major Northeast airports, including Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, Teterboro, Philadelphia, and Boston, on the same day world leaders arrived for the UN General Assembly. Officials said an Amtrak construction crew accidentally cut the backup cable, and flights were gradually resuming at some airports while others remained paused.
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The article argues that U.N. agencies cannot police themselves, citing alleged Hamas links to UNRWA, diverted aid, hostages held in UNRWA facilities, and employees involved in terrorist attacks. It urges President Trump to warn the U.N. that U.S. taxpayer money will not be misused or diverted. The visible excerpt is a strongly critical opinion piece.
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Hurricane Polo rapidly intensified in the Pacific and is forecast to become a major hurricane, potentially bringing heavy rain, rough surf and tropical-storm-force winds to parts of Mexico. Forecasters expect it to stay offshore while strengthening, with flooding and mudslides possible. The article also updates Tropical Storm Odalys and weakening Tropical Storm Fay, noting no Atlantic hurricanes have formed yet this year due to El Nino.