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• Xi has no interest in stabilising relations with Trump

  23-09-2026 06:26 via article.wn.com
  When Xi Jinping arrives in Washington today for a much-anticipated summit with President Donald Trump, the Chinese leader will want to show the world that this is more than just an act of reciprocity for hosting the US president four months ago. At a time of ongoing global disputes ranging from trade to the Iran war to the ever-elusive North Korea problem, Beijing will want to give the impression of stabilised relations with the global hegemon. Beneath the surface, however, China shows few signs
  
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• Yemeni gov't forces say airstrikes hit Houthi reinforcements in Taiz, casualties reported

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni government forces said Saturday that warplanes struck Houthi supply lines, reinforcements, and weapons depots across the southwestern province of Taiz, leaving dozens of fighters killed or wounded as fighting intensifies on several fronts. In a statement on social media...
  
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• Slovakia sees rapid expansion in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  BRATISLAVA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The number of battery electric vehicles (EVs) of all categories in Slovakia has increased to 33,379 by the end of June, up 65 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Slovak Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) on Saturday. Meanwhile, Slovakia's public charging infrastructure...
  
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• Saudi, Yemeni commanders meet over military readiness

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lieutenant General Fahd bin Hamad Al Salman, commander of the Joint Forces of the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government, and General Tariq Saleh, a member of Yemen's Presidential...
  
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• Russian foreign minister accuses Europe of blocking Ukraine peace talks

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  Both Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks after the deadliest summer since 2022 — the year Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. ......
  
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• Russia says strikes destroyed 25 pct of Ukraine's internet, Starlink facilities

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Strikes by Russian forces on data centers in Kiev have led to the destruction of a quarter of the facilities providing internet access and Starlink support for...
  
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• Roundup: Istanbul forum highlights China-proposed initiatives in advancing multipolar world

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  ISTANBUL, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- As the world shifts toward multipolarity, China's global initiatives are emerging as practical frameworks for building a more just and equitable international order, scholars and experts said Saturday at a forum in Istanbul. Jointly organized by Turkish foreign news platform Harici Media and Berlin-based think tank European Transcontinental Initiative, the inaugural East-West Forum gathered over 20 speakers from 15 countries to discuss the...
  
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• Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds ......
  
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• ‘She was loved by everyone’: Family's tribute to mum found dead as police launch murder probe

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  Leanne Park's family have paid tribute to the mum and nana after she was found dead at a property in Parkgate, Darlington ......
  
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• Libya resumes crude pumping through Sharara-Zawiya pipeline after closure

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  TRIPOLI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said Saturday evening it had resumed regular crude oil pumping through the main Sharara-Zawiya pipeline after valve No. 7 was reopened. Precautionary...
  
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• Israeli opposition leader Eisenkot rules out Arab party from future gov't

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot, whose party leads in recent Israeli election polls, said Saturday he would not...
  
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• Iran denies plans for military retaliation over recent air restrictions

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) denied in a statement on Saturday that Iran would take military retaliatory action in response to the recent aviation restrictions imposed on the country, the semi-official Tasnim news agency...
  
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• CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  The White House left CNN off Air...
  
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• 8 killed, 12 injured after bus overturns in northeast Brazil

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 12 others injured after a...
  
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• 5.1-magnitude quake hits South of Africa -- GFZ

  27-09-2026 00:11 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South of Africa at 1750 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ...
  
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• Tasia Fortune's hanging was staged, Mississippi investigators say

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  See video as mother of Tasia Fortune speaks to press outside courthouse Christy Spivey, Tasia Fortune's mother, speaks to the press about her daughter and the preliminary hearing for one of the suspects, Jarques Ratliff. In a new development in the case of a Mississippi Black woman found dead in a tree, authorities said they now believe that Tasia Fortune’s hanging was staged and that she was killed at another location. The new...
  
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• Private colleges around Australia offering last-minute discounts for diploma allegedly ‘misused by shonks’

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  Federal government to deregister graduate diploma of management in October over fears it was being used by ‘non-genuine’ students to remain in country...
  
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• Paws for applause: the Feline Oscars – in pictures

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  More than 200 cats came to compete in the Romania International Cat Show, an international feline beauty contest known as the Feline Oscars, in Bucharest ......
  
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• Palestinian careers adviser who was allegedly told to stop wearing keffiyeh at Sydney school sues ...

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  Wasim El-Haj alleges NSW government school ordered him to stop wearing symbolic garment as it ‘may cause discord’...
  
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• Over 60 abductees rescued in Nigerian military operations

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  ABUJA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian troops rescued more than 60 victims of abduction during various anti-terror operations conducted nationwide in the past week, the military said Saturday. Michael Onoja, spokesman for the Nigerian military, told the media that at least 20 terror suspects surrendered to troops and 44 suspected family members of terrorists were...
  
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• Mid-Autumn Festival brings Chinese, Kenyans together in Nairobi

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Chinese and Kenyan nationals celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday at the rooftop garden of the Global Trade Centre in Nairobi, in the first East African edition of a global poetry event. The gathering was held under "We Share the Same Moon - Mid-Autumn Poetry Gathering," a global brand of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which authorized the Nairobi event as the series' first stop in East Africa. The name comes from a line by...
  
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• Dolly Parton's classic '9 to 5' returning to theaters for limited run

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  The newly restored film will screen Oct. 9 through Oct. 15. ......
  
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• California construction workers uncover 40-million-year-old fossils; they could belong to extinct 'thunder beast' or 'swamp rhino'

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  Workers on a routine infrastructure project in Oceanside, California, recently uncovered the fossilised remains of a large, hoofed mammal that lived tens of millions of years ago. The significant find, which included several limb bones, ribs and numerous other bones and fragments, was uncovered approximately 12 feet below the surface during routine excavation for a city infrastructure project, according to the City of Oceanside. A palaeontologist now believes the bones belong to one of two extin
  
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• 2 rescue workers killed after terrorists attack ambulance in NW Pakistan

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  ISLAMABAD, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least two rescue workers were killed on Saturday after terrorists opened fire on an ambulance transporting an injured person to a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan...
  
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• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in Somali operation: intelligence agency

  26-09-2026 23:48 via article.wn.com
  MOGADISHU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said it killed 12 al-Shabab militants in an operation in the south-central part of the country, according to a statement issued on Friday evening....
  
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• Who is Cath Bowie? Meet the grandmother who became Fortnite’s oldest Twitch streamer and Guinness World Record holder

  26-09-2026 23:25 via article.wn.com
  Cath Bowie is a 78-year-old grandmother from the United Kingdom who has turned her love for Fortnite into a successful Twitch streaming journey. Known online as grumpygran1948, Bowie recently earned a Guinness World Records title for her work as a Fortnite streamer. Her gaming story began when she watched her grandson play Fortnite and became curious about the game. What started as something she watched from the side soon became a new passion. Today,...
  
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• U.S Weather update: Powerful Nor’easter storm forces Ed Sheeran show, MLB game, over 400 flights ...

  26-09-2026 23:25 via article.wn.com
  Nor'easter storm forced a change of...
  
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• Snoop Dogg invested in Reddit when it was still a private startup in 2014; 10 ...

  26-09-2026 23:25 via article.wn.com
  Snoop Dogg's investment in Reddit...
  
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• Shooting leaves 4 dead in Caribbean nation known for luxury tourism, police say

  26-09-2026 23:25 via article.wn.com
  A manhunt is underway in St. Vincent and the Grenadines after a shooting left four people dead ......
  
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• Robert Downey Jr. launched a coffee company built on mental health support in 2024; today, ...

  26-09-2026 23:25 via article.wn.com
  Robert Downey Jr. entered the coffee business in 2024 with...
  
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