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Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says

David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island

Europe

Protesters disperse after blocking route for loyalist march in Portadown

Talks expected on Monday after Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow Orange Order parade for first time since 1998

Americas

Northeast U.S. pummelled by wind and floods from deadly nor'easter

Residents of coastal communities in the U.S. northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor'easter pummelled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.

A $45 million San Francisco mansion once owned by Larry Ellison kept its new buyer secret for a year; the 11,000-square-foot Billionaires Row property has now been traced to investor Chuck Esserman

The mystery buyer behind one of San Francisco’s most secretive real estate deals has finally been identified, nearly a year after an off-market sale

Rhode Island federal judge orders revival of $7 billion Solar for All program canceled by Trump administration’s EPA in August 2025, rules agency overstepped its authority

More than a year after federal regulators canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program, a Rhode Island federal judge has ordered the government to

Republican senator criticizes White House for taxpayer-funded Trump ads

John Kennedy pushes back against such spending as pro-Trump ‘public service announcements’ air before midterms

Middle East

‘Shake the prisons’: Israel was warned by Hamas before October 7 attack, says ex-defence minister Gallant

Hamas had reportedly sent a warning to Israel before its October 7, 2023, attack, with the message conveyed through a Shin Bet channel.

An 8,000-acre South Carolina forest was bought for conservation after drawing developer interest; the state now plans to acquire 4,148 acres for a new Carvers Bay State Forest

Georgetown County School Board members voted to support state plans to buy two large pieces of land.

‘They wanted everything up front’: Trump’s UN envoy says Iran was not negotiating in good faith to end war

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the ongoing conflict because Tehran

Americas

Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91

Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New York

Americas

3 killed, 4 injured after fight erupts into gunfire at Detroit strip club in US

Three people were killed and four others injured after an argument escalated into gunfire at an after-hours strip club in Michigan's Detroit early Sunday,

Tukaram Mundhe: Why some Indian civil servants become heroes for doing their jobs

In a system often marked by red tape and exhausting delays, officers seen to be following the rules get adulation.

Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty

Polling for rights group shows issue is concern for voters and many feel recent policies have had negative effect

Charles Baker started a two-person garage business in 1980 so his son could have a job; 46 years later, the nonprofit he built in Malvern has hired, trained and mentored more than 12,500 people

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Americas

Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo

Hurricane Nolo moving away from Hawaiian islands but the threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persists

Venezuelans rally to demand opposition leader's safe return, presidential elections

Supporters of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado have taken to the streets.

Asia

Nepal battered by severe rain: 21 dead, 5 missing as floods, landslides worsen

At least 21 people have died, five are missing and five others have been injured across Nepal after four days of torrential rain triggered floods and

Louisiana neighbours fought over a 70-foot strip of land; after signs, bright lights and even a dead cow appeared near the boundary, an appeals court upheld $15,000 in damages and an injunction

A decade of peaceful relations between neighbors in Union Parish, Louisiana, ended in a bitter court fight involving bright lights, power generators,

US rejects Iran's claim of capturing underwater drone, calls move 'clearly desperate'

The US military has rejected claims by Iran's Revolutionary Guard that it seized an advanced American underwater vehicle carrying out surveillance in the

Late-night drive and a 999 call: farmer’s chance encounter that led to terrorism arrests at RAF base

Local people say members of WhatsApp group noticed suspicious activity around vans in Whelford overnight

Yellowstone rangers remove 20,100 pieces of trash from geothermal areas in 2026, including more than 5,000 rocks and sticks, 280 visitor hats and over $18 in coins

Cleaning up litter may be one of the less glamorous parts of working as a national park ranger, but at Yellowstone National Park, the job is particularly

Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages

At least one person killed and about 110,500 households still without power from North Carolina to New England

Americas

Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’

US attorney general argues that president was ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico

Nearly 30 fighters killed, 32 captured: Why Afghanistan, Pakistan are fighting again

Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions escalate as Kabul says 28 fighters were killed in Nuristan, while Islamabad denies supporting militants.