Beijing state banquet sets the table for Trump-Xi diplomacy

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sit down to a lavish state banquet ​in Beijing on Thursday, one Chinese cuisine is likely to feature on the menu: Huaiyang food, from the ‌region surroundin...

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Washington Hilton attack spotlights hotel industry's nagging and costly security problem

The suspect charged with storming a security checkpoint and firing a shotgun near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday mocked security measures at the Washington Hilton that allowed him to get close to President Donald ​Trump.

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Friends, Romans, Copy Editors — Lend Me Your Em-Dashes

I come to defend two of my favorite literary devices from the evil that LLMs do.

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Hungary election results live: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority

Veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orbán conceded defeat after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump'...

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Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources say

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters.

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It's time to end the world's delusions over the Iran energy crisis

The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been characterised by a series of miscalculations by most of the involved and peripheral parties, but the real danger is the delusion over the scale of the re...

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AI is rewiring the world’s most prolific film industry

India's film studios are upending industry economics by deploying the technology at scale to slash movie costs and production timelines, pitting questions of efficiency against audience acceptance.

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US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters

The United States will be "out of Iran pretty ‌quickly" and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime ...

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Drones and mines: taking Kharg Island would pose risks for US troops

President Donald Trump has been weighing whether to use ground forces to seize Iran's strategic oil hub of Kharg Island, an operation analysts say could be achieved quickly, but leave U.S. troops in g...

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Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says

Iranian attacks ‌have knocked out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia, Qatar...

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Antonio Tejero, Franco loyalist and leader of Spain's failed 1981 coup, dies at 93

The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol at 6:23 p.m. on February 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to...

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Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address to Congress

President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, a potentially pivotal moment as the White House seeks to firm up support among Republican vot...

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As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model

As the lights go out on the Winter Games this weekend, the Olympic movement is already pivoting towards Los Angeles 2028 — a privately financed showpiece the IOC is betting will reboot a commercial mo...

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Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest

Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one...

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How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody

Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.

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Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 96

Wiseman made immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work.

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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations

The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious ...

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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations

The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a ...

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The Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defying Russia and the cold

A Kyiv family shelters in their pig cafe with kids and pets, enduring blackouts and brutal cold as Russian strikes leave their home unlivable.

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US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and p...

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ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow

A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and...

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Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home

Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over President Donald Trump's use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their ho...

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Exclusive: Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran

Speaking with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said Iran's clerical government may collapse, blamed Ukraine President Zelenskiy for the stalemate in Russia talks and dismissed Republican criticism of...

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Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out

President Trump's threats to seize Greenland have forced Copenhagen to rally support among its European allies, but it won't have much to gain if the territory declares independence.

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