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In Focus | The US-China tech war has evolved since Xi and Trump last met. Who has the edge?

The two sides have found new sources of leverage across AI, chips, rare earths and wider technology supply chains since the US leader’s May visit to Beijing.

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Canada

Canadian province sues OpenAI in US over school shooting

Donald Trump

Trump’s approval falls to a career low of 32% as high living costs bite: poll

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Trump inaugurates White House helipad as networks skip ceremony over media ban

Broadcast boycott leaves US president without major pool cameras during maiden voyage from South Lawn.

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US President Donald Trump takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new White House helipad. Photo: Zuma Press Wire via dpa
US President Donald Trump takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new White House helipad. Photo: Zuma Press Wire via dpa
United States

Update | Thousands of US flights snarled before FAA resolves communications problem

Eight-hour outage cleared after construction crew cuts backup line on arrival day for world leaders in New York.

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Update | CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump over White House press ban

Lawsuit alleges First Amendment violations as major TV networks suspend presidential pool coverage in protest.

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United Nations

Burning questions: world leaders meet at UN amid climate, war and AI worries

As we face ‘three existential threats,’ says the UN chief, ‘international cooperation is more necessary than ever’.

A wildfire burns amid high temperatures in Colombia on Sunday. Photo: AFP
A wildfire burns amid high temperatures in Colombia on Sunday. Photo: AFP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Rising toll of US-China trade, tech curbs in focus ahead of summit

Impacts of reciprocal restrictions eroding profits, disrupting supply chains and intensifying market competition are back in the spotlight.

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China energy security

Canada sells more oil and gas to China as relations with US sour

China’s imports of Russian energy products also rise sharply as Beijing diversifies its energy supplies.

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Chinese province urges firms to capitalise on warm US ties before Xi-Trump talks

Eastern manufacturing centre Zhejiang asks traders to find opportunities for US exports in rare period of detente in run-up to leaders’ summit.

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On the morning of August 28, U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a delegation to visit Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, touring the Future Learning Center. Photo: Zhejiang University
Americas and the Caribbean

18 suspects in 2021 Haiti president’s killing sent to US for trial

Suspects flown to Florida as US prosecutors expand case over mercenary plot against Jovenel Moise.

Suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise being escorted to a court hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in May. Photo: AP
Suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise being escorted to a court hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in May. Photo: AP
United States

ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Texas

Man in custody pending removal as Austin mayor demands local police be involved in shooting investigation.

Donald Trump

US prepares sanctions against the ICC: sources

Trump administration readies entity-wide measures that could severely disrupt tribunal’s war crimes probes.

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Donald Trump

Trump and Mamdani set to meet in New York

Meeting marks first sit-down on the mayor’s turf following series of cordial exchanges between political opposites.

Zohran Mamdani and US President Donald Trump at the White House in November 2025. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet Trump in New York

Planned meeting comes as Washington pushes for fresh, face-to-face peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky talking on the phone to US President Donald Trump on Sunday. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via AFP
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky talking on the phone to US President Donald Trump on Sunday. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via AFP
Greenland

UK’s Burnham congratulates Trump and Danish PM on Greenland deal

British prime minister praises deal to bolster Arctic defence after Trump threatened to take island by force.

Donald Trump

Trump says his big arch would be a ‘military complex’ with drones and snipers

US president claims massive monument will store ammunition as critics call national security framing a legal pretext.

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Canada

Macron, Carney pledge closer ties in Atlantic island meeting amid US strains

Ottawa has been seeking closer ties with the European Union amid an increasingly acrimonious trade war with the United States.

French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands after their meeting in the French territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off Canada’s Atlantic coast on Sunday. Photo: Canadian Press via Zuma Press / dpa
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands after their meeting in the French territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off Canada’s Atlantic coast on Sunday. Photo: Canadian Press via Zuma Press / dpa
Israel-Gaza war

Ed Sheeran calls Gaza situation ‘unjustifiable’ after Macklemore exit furore

The pop star decried the ‘devastation and loss of children’s lives’ in the Palestinian enclave during a concert in Philadelphia.

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United States

Trump says he will create ‘AI Force’, name AI tsar

‘We will not in any way hinder or stifle’ the growth of the industry, the US president insisted.

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United States

White House bars CNN, MS Now and Politico reporters after Trump ban

All three news outlets separately said their teams’ press passes were ‌confiscated on Saturday morning.

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CNN Senior White House Reporter Betsy Klein, holding up an empty credential holder, reports near the White House complex on Saturday. Photo: AP
Denmark

Denmark cautiously optimistic over Trump’s Greenland deal

The Arctic island’s leaders have echoed that, saying the security agreement, which maintains Danish control, was long in coming.

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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenland’s government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Greenland on September 6. Photo: via AP
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenland’s government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Greenland on September 6. Photo: via AP
Israel-Gaza war

Rapper Macklemore’s US$1 million pledge highlights Palestinian suffering

‘There are children dying every single day’: non-profit leaders have welcomed both money and renewed public awareness.

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Artificial intelligence

A world of difference in 10 days: the changing course of AI

Not since the invention of the nuclear bomb has humanity grappled so seriously with its own demise, say safety advocates.

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Ukraine war

US approves potential US$2.7 billion sale of Ukraine air defence equipment

Kyiv wants to buy multiple types of missiles, launchers and counter-drone radars, the US government says.

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Smoke rises in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday following a Russian attack. Photo: EPA
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