China, Iran’s biggest trading partner and a key customer of Tehran’s energy exports, is willing to work with BRICS towards peace in the region, Xi said.

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New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies  Reuters Iran war live: Commercial ship attacked in Hormuz killing 1, wounding 3  Al Jazeera An Iranian commercial ship is struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 dead, Iranian media say  The Hill One person killed after ship struck in the Strait…

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Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, travels to points along a river in Nepal that turned into a deadly torrent, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving over 5,000 more missing as entire, towns bridges and roads were swept away.

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Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.

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Sweden votes on Sunday. With various crises easing, center-left politics seem in vogue again, but the far right cannot be discounted.

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Altman’s IPO comments and Amodei’s public call for more careful pacing of AI development cap a week of loud AI warnings.

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Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary  theguardian.com Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds  NBC News Will you get Trump’s $5,000 dividend check? Here’s what we know.  USA Today Trump Will Never Mail the $5,000 Checks  The Atlantic Trump officials scramble to manage fallout after his $5K…

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Trump predicts war with Iran will end ‘very soon,’ likely after midterms  Fox News Iran war live: Houthis warn against intervention; threaten to close strait  Al Jazeera Trump says Hormuz ‘will work out just fine’; Pezeshkian: Mideast doesn’t need US to be a ‘policeman’  The Times of Israel Trump reveals what he wants to rename next: ‘People love…

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Exclusive: Inside Hegseth’s push to showcase a dramatic Iran rescue on ‘60 Minutes’  CNN Hegseth and associates reportedly pressured two F-15 airmen downed over Iran to appear on ’60 Minutes’  The Times of Israel First on 60 Minutes: U.S. Air Force officer shot down in Iran details his two days surviving behind enemy lines before being rescued  CBS…

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Trespasser stopped on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Malibu property  Los Angeles Times Kamala Harris & Doug Emhoff’s Los Angeles Home Targeted in Trespass Incident  TMZ Security stops trespasser at former VP Kamala Harris’ Malibu home, sheriff’s department says  ABC7 Los Angeles Person ‘illegally entered’ Malibu property of Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff: reports  KTLA Police rush to Kamala Harris’…

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