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Tourists gather near the White House on Monday, the day three news outlets said they were suing the government over moves to ban them from the building and its grounds. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

US TV networks refuse White House pool duties after Trump bans 3 outlets

White House TV pool says it ‘will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President’, while banned outlets file lawsuit.

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

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

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Russia & Central Asia

Putin’s party retains power in Russian vote marked by massive drone attack

Electoral chief says results show United Russia – dominating for 25 years – won 355 of the Duma’s 450 seats, the party’s highest ever.

A gaping hole in a multi-storey residential building on the outskirts of Moscow. Photo: Reuters
A damaged multi-storey residential in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region. Photo: Reuters
Plumes of smoke rise from fires at an oil refinery in Moscow. Photo: Reuters
The courtyard of a damaged multi-storey residential building in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region. Photo: Reuters
A damaged residential building in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region. Photo: Reuters

Global Economy

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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Europe

‘Disaster’: Germany’s embattled chancellor suffers bruising election defeats

Friedrich Merz is under pressure as the far-right AfD party wins another vote and his conservatives crash out of a state parliament.

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United States & Canada

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.

US President Donald Trump holds a model of the triumphal arch he plans to build. Photo: AFP
US President Donald Trump holds a model of the triumphal arch he plans to build. Photo: AFP

World

China’s 3-nm chip progress; how much sex couples should have: 5 weekend reads

From an alternative way to making 3-nm chips to Trump’s hosting plans for Xi’s visit, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

United States & Canada

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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United States & Canada

ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Texas

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

Authorities deploy non-lethal weapons near a demonstration where a man was shot by an ICE officer in Austin, Texas. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

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

East Asia

South Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit

South Korea is the latest large source of jet fuel shipments to Europe, exporting 129,000 barrels per day, the highest since October 2022.

Europe

Meloni pushes for burka ban in Italy’s schools, cap on foreign students

Italian prime minister tells party rally that foreigners must ‘respect our rules’ under proposed integration package.

China Economy

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

United States & Canada

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

Global Economy

Open Questions | ‘Trade is never free’: former WTO chief Pascal Lamy on the EU’s China challenge

He says Chinese authorities’ lack of interest in addressing structural macroeconomic imbalance a ‘huge problem’ for European Union.

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United States & Canada

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.

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China

Handshakes of history: when Chinese and US leaders meet - an infographic

Explore the meetings that have helped shape one of the world's most consequential bilateral relationships.

Handshakes of history: when Chinese and US leaders meet - an infographic

World

Infographic: a powerful new El Nino cycle begins. Is the world ready?

Discover the history and science behind El Nino, the ‘Pacific fever’ that turbocharges extreme weather globally.

Science

An immersive visual guide to China’s space station

Explore the Tiangong space station and track its simulated orbit in our infographic.

East Asia

Visualising Hiroshima and Nagasaki casualties, the world’s first atomic attacks

Explore our infographic showing the human toll of the atomic bombings on Japan 80 years ago.

Visualising Hiroshima and Nagasaki casualties, the world’s first atomic attacks
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Open Questions series

Wu Shicun on why Beijing will not rule out Scarborough Shoal construction

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Zheng Yongnian on what US’ ‘neocolonialism’, Venezuela operation mean for China

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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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Wu Shicun on why Beijing will not rule out Scarborough Shoal construction

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Zheng Yongnian on what US’ ‘neocolonialism’, Venezuela operation mean for China

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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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