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China's Xi seeks to boost investment, deepen economic ties with Russia

Xi met Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People, a day after Chinese Premier Li Qiang held a meeting with Mishustin in Hangzhou

Trump threatened by our campaign: NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

Earlier, Trump warned that New York would face "total economic and social disaster" if Mamdani won the mayoral race, as the city headed to polls today

1 dead, thousands displaced as Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps central Philippines

Ahead of the typhoon's landfall, disaster-response officials said more than 150,000 people had evacuated to safer ground in eastern Philippine provinces

No safe passage for 200 Hamas terrorists trapped in Rafah: Netanyahu

Earlier, Israeli media reports suggested that Israel might approve the fighters' safe passage if they agreed to surrender their weapons and if Hamas returned the bodies of additional fallen hostages

Most donors to Trump ballroom project have federal contracts: Report

Sixteen of the 24 donors have received federal contracts with the cumulative sum totaling $279 billion over the past five years, according to the study by Public Citizen

Boyu Capital seeks around $1.4 billion loan for Starbucks China takeover

Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it will sell a majority stake in its China retail operations, which are valued at $4 billion

Trump backs Cuomo, warns of funding cuts if Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

US President warns New York City could face an 'economic and social disaster' under 'Communist' Zohran Mamdani's leadership; backs Democrat Andrew Cuomo as the only viable alternative to avert crisis

UK still in talks with Trump to lift steel, whiskey tariffs: British envoy

In September, the UK and the US signed the Tech Prosperity Deal to deepen collaboration in key technology areas including AI, quantum computing and nuclear energy

US bans 7,000 truckers over English tests, 150,000 Indians on alert

The US Department of Transportation has launched a nationwide campaign to enforce English proficiency among truckers through real-time roadside tests, leaving many Indian-origin drivers vulnerable

China started reducing reliance on the West years before Trump tariffs

Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing's "bulwark" against conflicts

Iran arrests journalists, researcher critical of govt; summons another

The Shargh report said authorities confiscated electronic devices of Mohammad Maljou, a 53-year-old economist, and summoned him to appear before security officials

Trump admin to partially fund SNAP in Nov amid govt shutdown, court rulings

The programme serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation's social safety net and costs more than $8 billion per month nationally

Starbucks sells 60% stake in China retail business in $4 billion deal

Starbucks will retain a 40 per cent interest in the joint venture and will own and licence the Starbucks brand

US Justice Dept rejects Comey's claim of politically motivated prosecution

Dispute centres on Comey's claim that his indictment is driven by Trump's long-standing hostility and public calls to prosecute him, arguments his lawyers say show political motivation behind the case

NYC mayoral candidates make final campaign push ahead of Election Day

More than 735,000 votes were cast during the city's nine days of early, in-person voting -- over four times the number of ballots cast during the only other mayor's race to allow early voting, in 2021

NYC's Jewish community divided as city faces potential 1st Muslim mayor

As evidence of the divisions within Jewish ranks, there have been competing endorsements of Mamdani and Cuomo by leaders of different factions within the Satmar Hasidic community

Indian-origin truck driver sober during US crash, faces negligence charge

The updated complaint includes the three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, as well as the new charge of reckless driving on a highway causing a specified injury

S&P 500, Nasdaq gain after Amazon-OpenAI deal; Kenvue jumps after buyout

Loop Capital raised its price target for Nvidia stock by $100, which also helped gains

US Supreme Court to weigh legality of Trump's sweeping tariff powers

At issue is the legality of his signature economic policy: the use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every US trading partner

OpenAI signs $38-bn multi-year cloud partnership with Amazon Web Services

The deal marks the first major announcement since OpenAI's restructuring last week, which freed the ChatGPT maker from its non-profit framework