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Saturday, September 26, 2026
SinoDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)

US, China buy time with trade truce as pressure builds

Washington and Beijing may have bought themselves breathing space with an extended trade truce, but analysts warn that time is running out for the world's two biggest economies to resolve their strategic rivalry.

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SinoDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Trump took Xi on ballroom tour: White House

US President Donald Trump took Chinese President Xi Jinping and other state dinner guests on a tour of the construction site of hi...

SinoDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Trump, Xi inspect founding documents of US democracy to close summit

US President Donald Trump took Xi Jinping to see the founding documents of American democracy on Friday as the Chinese leader's st...

SinoDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepal minister

Wealthy nations must do their fair share to help countries that are least responsible for the climate crisis, yet bear its brunt, ...

PolicyDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iraq seeks exemption from US ban on Iran airlines

The Iraqi government said Saturday it is in talks with the United States to seek an exemption from sanctions on Iranian airlines, ...

Network Briefing - Cross-Domain Headlines
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RoboDaily US, China to set up 'communication channel' for AI incidents TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement following Meta TikTok to pay Alabama $100 mn under pre-trial settlement
PolicyDaily Oman calls for self-restraint, dialog in Mideast conflict Trump rejects Iran proposal for deal to reopen Hormuz Iran president says supreme leader backs new plan to reopen Hormuz
DisasterDay Bangkok declares disaster after homes flooded, roads submerged by heavy rain Drought declared in three-quarters of India's richest state Torrential rains flood towns in western Libya
SkyNightly JWST Finds Ammonia and Puzzling Chill in Giant Exoplanet's Atmosphere Quantum Decoherence Can Lock Cosmological Fields Into False Vacuums New Calibration Method Separates Cosmic Birefringence Signal From Telescope Instrument Errors
SinoDaily Trump hosts Xi for state dinner as pomp masks tensions Trump, Xi end summit long on pomp, but short on progress China leaves business leaders at home for Washington summit
AfricaDaily US miner KoBold bets on AI to gain edge in DR Congo mineral hunt European development bank cuts growth outlook as war hits Iraq exports Several Niger soldiers killed in fighting near Mali: ministry
FiscalDaily Markets mixed as China's Xi arrives for US talks Summer heatwaves cost Germany 25 billion euros: Allianz Macron says US diesel ban would be 'bad' decision
IndoDaily Thousands missing, aid needs mount one month after Nepal's deadly floods What's behind the Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan? Heavy snow forces climbers to cancel expeditions on Nepal's Manaslu
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SinoDaily MILITARY Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Iran president says Tehran wants return to memorandum with US

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that his country wanted to return to the memorandum of understanding agreed with the United States in June, days after saying his...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Norwegians more sceptical of Chinese EVs, but still buying more: survey

Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) are being met with growing scepticism in Norway, which is leading the world in EV adoption, but their sales continue to rise, the Norwegian Ele...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Key takeaways from Trump-Xi talks in the US

US President Donald Trump treated Chinese leader Xi Jinping to pomp and pageantry on Thursday, as the leaders of the world's two superpowers met in Washington DC for talks.

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Trump's photo of Xi greeting carries signs of AI

Donald Trump shared an image Thursday of Xi Jinping's red-carpet arrival to Washington that appears to have been altered using artificial intelligence, with an unflattering express...

OilGasDaily MILITARY Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
At UN, Saudi FM warns world failing to protect Gulf shipping

Saudi Arabia warned UN members Saturday that attempts to block Middle East waterways are a threat to global energy security and demanded the international community do more to defe...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
OpenAI says its AI agents posted user images online in error

OpenAI acknowledged Friday that its artificial intelligence tools had posted images from ChatGPT users onto online sites without the company's knowledge, the latest example of AI a...

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ETH Zurich Solves Mystery of Asteroid Bennu's Origin
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Silicon Solar Cells Could Cut Satellite Power Costs by Up to 90 Percent
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Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit
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S.Sudan government dissolved ahead of December vote
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Microsoft integrates Word, Excel deeper into Copilot
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12 Kazakh military personnel die in naval drills accident
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N. Korea test-fires guided rocket artillery: KCNA
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DarwinDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Guatemala ensures survival of vulnerable 'fossil' fish

In a freshwater canal surrounded by mangroves in southern Guatemala, hundreds of baby tropical gars -- a torpe...

DarwinDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Bacteria suspected in deaths of hundreds of baby whales off Argentina

A bacterial infection is suspected of killing hundreds of baby whales in the southern Argentine region of Pata...

DarwinDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
WTO to weigh Russia complaint over EU carbon border levy

The World Trade Organization will appoint experts to examine a complaint from Moscow over the European Union's...

DarwinDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
World ignoring UN request for El Nino disaster fund: FAO

The UN has received just one-fifth of the $202 million requested to prepare for food crises caused by El Nino ...