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• Interview: China-ASEAN Expo delivers shared development dividends: expert

  20-09-2026 08:20 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) serves as a bridge for ASEAN and China to boost trade flows and strengthen supply chain cooperation, helping both sides reap shared development dividends, a Filipino expert said. "ASEAN and China boast complementary economic structures, and the CAEXPO provides a matchmaking venue to connect supply and demand between both sides," said Lucio Pitlo, member of the board of directors and former president of the...
  
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• Xi Jinping's closest military ally expelled from party, accused of corruption

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  The Chinese leadership accused the high-ranking military officers of disloyalty and corruption involving "exceptionally large" sums of money. ......
  
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• World leaders in New York to grapple with climate. Fuel prices, AI and disasters complicate things

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — World and business leaders gathering this week in New York are being forced to grapple with the increasingly urgent costs of climate change, soaring energy prices and the human toll from this summer's oppressive heat waves, ......
  
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• What to expect at the UN General Assembly, the biggest event in world diplomacy

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Fear not, world leaders — the UN’s notorious escalator has been fixed in time for diplomacy’s biggest event of the year. That’s what outgoing United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters at his last press conference ahead of this week’s General Assembly, which will bring hundreds of diplomats and world leaders to the UN’s New York headquarters. Last year, US President Donald Trump accused the UN of sabotage after the escalator he was
  
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• War, runaway AI and climate shocks to take center stage as world leaders meet at UN

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  World leaders are meeting under a...
  
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• ‘Voters are like, No thanks’: Trump’s tariffs fall flat with the working class

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  It’s become an article of faith for trade hardliners in both parties that a protectionist agenda is a guaranteed pathway to building support among working-class voters. But now that President Donald Trump is testing that theory in practice, it is largely flopping on the campaign trail. Trump has pursued the most confrontational trade agenda of any president since at least William McKinley at the end of the 19th century, and by the estimation of some historians, even Thomas Jefferson around
  
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• Venice considering raising tourist entry fee to $44

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  The current fee...
  
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• US visa policy: 3 new groups to face online background vetting from October 1; Key ...

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• US says all Iranian airlines to be shutdown from Sep 23

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Washington: All Iranian airlines will be shut down worldwide from Wednesday, September 23, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, September 21, as Washington tightens sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector. Speaking to CNBC, Bessent said foreign companies that provide fuel, landing services or ticket sales to Iranian airlines...
  
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• Ukraine civilians face rough winter amid Russian infrastructure attacks: UN probe

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  UN investigators expressed fear of a repeat of last winter’s suffering. ......
  
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• UFOs over Tehran? Mysterious multi-coloured lights spark debate amid US-Iran war

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
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• Typhoon Dujuan and festival clear-up: photos of the day – Monday

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world ......
  
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• Trump bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House over “fake news” claims

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  President accuses outlets of persistent dishonest coverage, warns other “fake news” organisations may face similar bans President Donald Trump has...
  
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• There's an easy way to get rid of all the reusable bags piling up in ...

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — When professional home organizer Britnee Tanner visits her clients, she often spots extra reusable bags buried under the kitchen sink or stuffed in a corner of the pantry. ......
  
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• The main Kremlin party keeps control of Russian parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Election officials say the Kremlin's...
  
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• Stock markets climb worldwide after oil prices and bond yields give back some of last ...

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  U.S. stocks are climbing with markets worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market gave back some of their jumps from last week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Monday and pulled within 1.3% of its all-time high set ......
  
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• South African police arrest three people over woman's death after spate of killings

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, Sept 21 - South...
  
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• Smoke rises after drone strikes hit oil refinery in Moscow

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Plumes of smoke rose...
  
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• Russia targets Zaporizhzhia after Ukraine launches 1,000-drone weekend barrage

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, a day after Kyiv’s forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia, officials said. ......
  
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• Russia has intensified repression of critics overseas,�UN�expert says

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Some 650,000 to 900,000 people have left Russia since 2022, the report said. ......
  
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• Romanian pro-Russian former presidential frontrunner under investigation for fraud

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  BUCHAREST, Sept 21 - Romanian...
  
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• Republicans target Las Vegas congressional district with help from Trump's 'no tax on tips' policy

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Susan Gonzalez plans to pay off her credit card now that she no longer needs to pay taxes on the dollar bills that she stashes away at the end of long shifts pouring beers and mixing ......
  
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• Putin consolidates grip on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans elected to parliament

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Pro-Kremlin party’s record victory in tightly controlled vote likely to be used as evidence country supports war...
  
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• North Carolina turned 3,000 tons of damaged concrete pipes and boxes into two artificial reefs, creating new habitat off the Outer Banks

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  North Carolina has given two existing artificial reefs off the Outer Banks another 3,000 tons of material, using damaged and unusable concrete pipe and boxes that would otherwise have required disposal. The N.C. Artificial Reef Program completed the two enhancement projects in May 2026, placing approximately 1,500 tons of recycled concrete at each site. The reefs, designated AR-230 and AR-250, lie offshore of Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke, respectively. According to the North Carolina Department of
  
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• NATO will be responsible for Greenland's security under new U.S. deal, Danish official says

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  NATO will also be responsible for Greenland's security under a landmark U.S.-Denmark agreement announced by President Trump last week, the Danish foreign minister said. ......
  
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• Merz vows coalition stability after state election defeat

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  BERLIN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz on Monday called his party's state election defeat in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern a "heavy blow," while ruling out any internal leadership challenge. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin, Merz admitted that the CDU failed to...
  
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• Kamala Harris launches into the 2026 midterms as her 2028 decision looms

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  As Kamala Harris mulls whether to run for president again, she's throwing herself into the midterms by campaigning with fellow Democrats, starting with a Tuesday trip to Michigan on behalf of Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. ......
  
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• ‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world...
  
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• It’s raining boxes: Amazon drones overwhelm a Texas suburb

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Drone deliveries are a welcome convenience for some, but an invasion for others. ......
  
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• Is Germany’s leader Friedrich Merz doomed as far right wins again?

  21-09-2026 16:07 via article.wn.com
  Berlin — “It is a disaster.” Those were the words of a forlorn-looking German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday evening as he addressed his party in the seconds after regional elections handed his center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) their second and third electoral drubbings in a month. The elections in the north-eastern region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the city of Berlin not only reopen the barely healed wounds from the Saxony-Anhalt election on September 6, but have
  
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