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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York to prepare for President Trump's upcoming summit with Xi Jinping. The talks centered on a fragile tariff truce and efforts to de-escalate trade tensions, with AI and tariff issues looming. The Trump-Xi meeting is scheduled for Thursday in Washington.
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AI safety concerns are adding urgency to the upcoming Trump-Xi summit in Washington, though analysts expect low odds of a major breakthrough. Trump has dismissed existential AI risks as a hoax while Chinese officials also warn about AI's risks for different reasons. The most likely outcome is establishing a channel for dialogue on frontier AI risk.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a planned meeting with President Donald Trump in New York, saying it could build diplomatic momentum toward ending the Ukraine-Russia war. Zelensky thanked Trump for signing a sanctions bill targeting Russia's energy sector, while the article notes the meeting's time and location have not been released.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he and President Trump agreed to meet in New York this week amid what he called diplomatic momentum. Trump is also set to address the UN General Assembly and meet New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The article reports the planned meeting and recent U.S. diplomatic outreach to Kyiv without taking a political side.
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Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) described Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez as a “necessary evil” for stabilization while defending Trump’s meeting with her. The article reports Salazar’s remarks on democracy and elections, plus background on Rodríguez’s role after Maduro’s capture and Salazar’s congressional race.
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Eighteen suspects arrested in Haiti over the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse are awaiting extradition to the U.S. to face trial in Florida. The case has already produced convictions and guilty pleas in the U.S., while Haitian investigations repeatedly stalled amid gang violence, threats, and judicial instability.
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Eighteen suspects held in Haiti in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse are being extradited to Florida to face trial, U.S. officials said. The move follows U.S. convictions and guilty pleas in the case, while more suspects remain in Haiti.
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President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky are set to meet Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as fighting intensifies. The meeting follows new U.S. sanctions on Russia and a major arms deal for Ukraine, with talks focused on de-escalation. Ukrainian officials describe progress but say a few key issues remain.
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Ed Sheeran told a Philadelphia crowd he felt abandoned by family and friends amid controversy over Macklemore's removal from his tour over the rapper's pro-Palestine remarks. He apologized for bringing politics into the show and called Gaza's situation catastrophic while condemning Hamas's October 7 attacks.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York ahead of a planned Trump-Xi summit. The talks focused on U.S.-China economic and trade issues, with AI, critical minerals, and an expiring trade agreement expected to be addressed. Rep. Ro Khanna called for AI safeguards to be a priority at the summit.
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Exit polls predict United Russia, the party aligned with Vladimir Putin, will win around 50% of the vote in Russia's parliamentary elections. The article says the Kremlin's tight control and lack of credible opposition made the result a foregone conclusion. It notes Putin is not on the ballot because these are Duma elections.
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A senior Houthi official warned other nations against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s renewed civil war, saying the rebels have assured the Trump administration they will not target U.S. vessels in the Red Sea. The report details recent Houthi advances, Saudi-led coalition strikes, and indirect U.S.-Houthi contacts through Oman.