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‘Pandas are cute but US needs rare earth magnets’: Trump-Xi meet so far leaves analysts wanting more

But one noted that when the objective is to stabilise ties under pressure, the optics do matter.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping looking at an image of an autopen signing former US president Joe Biden’s signature in the Colonnade of the White House on Sept 24.

The curious absence of Chinese brand names in Washington streets, and at White House state dinner

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China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan turns soft power on US audience

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Trump, Xi urge pursuit of common ground as they meet

US and Iran discuss phased deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz, end US blockade, sources say

OpenAI to preview GPT-6 Cyber within days, Fortune reports

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Nepal’s towns in ruins: What it will take to rebuild after massive flood

They must not only build back better, but also in safer places.

Indonesia needs to grow more rice, corn and sugar. Can its forests survive?

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Beyond Bali and Batam: How new routes are changing Singapore’s ties with Indonesia

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America’s political maps are shifting. So is who can win

Republican redistricting a blow to civil rights, raises racial tensions ahead of Nov 3 midterm elections.

A plaque marks the spot where Rosa Parks boarded a public bus and refused to yield her seat for a white passenger, her rebellion sparking a mass protest that forced authorities to end segregation on the city’s buses in 1956. It also brought to the national stage a dapper 26-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

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George Washington’s White House had 9 slaves. Does it matter?

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No clear edge for Democrats as midterm elections take shape in the US

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UN approves resolution on dealing with rising sea levels

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Outgoing UN chief makes final climate push at New York summit

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Turkey launches AI initiative ahead of COP31 climate summit

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Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica

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