Mon 27 October 2025: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday acknowledged that the world body’s Security Council faces problems of legitimacy because its composition does not reflect the reality of today’s world. “It is clear the Security Council has a problem of legitimacy and the problem of effectiveness. Legitimacy, because its composition no longer corresponds to the reality of […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: President Donald Trump announced Monday that a potential agreement on TikTok’s US ownership with China could be concluded at his upcoming meeting with President Xi Jinping this week. “We might. That’ll be one of the things we’re discussing,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Malaysia to Japan […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: French authorities arrested two suspects linked to last week’s burglary at the Louvre Museum, where eight of France’s crown jewels worth an estimated €88 million ($102M) were stolen, local media reported on Sunday. According to BFMTV, one suspect was detained late Saturday at the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport while attempting to board a […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the final test of the new nuclear-powered cruise missile, Burevestnik, was a success, lauding the “unique” weapon’s capability to carry nuclear warheads and reach distances of up to 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles). “The decisive tests are now complete,” Putin, who is waging an […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: 2 sides ‘getting to a point where we have something we can present’ Trump, Chinese leader Xi ‘for their consideration,’ says US official ISTANBUL Top officials from China and the US reconvened Sunday for a second day of trade talks in Malaysia, as President Donald Trump began a three-nation Asia tour, […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: Seventeen out of the European Union‘s 27 member countries exceeded the bloc’s self-imposed limits for budget deficits and public debt last year, according to data published on Tuesday by the EU’s statistics office Eurostat. Twelve countries had a deficit of at least 3% of their total economic output, breaking the bloc’s limit […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: The US passport dropped from the world’s top 10 most powerful list for the first time in the 20-year history of a key rankings index. The declining strength of the US passport since its November 1 spot in 2014 “signals a fundamental shift in global mobility and soft power dynamics,” per […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced an additional £10 million (approximately $13.3 million) in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes and attacks, following his visit to a mosque in Peacehaven that was targeted in a suspected arson attack earlier this month, Anadolu reports. During his visit on […]
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Sat 25 October 2025: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that the US is “inventing a new eternal war,” amid escalating attacks on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean. “The people of the United States know it, they are inventing a new eternal war,” Maduro said in Caracas. “They promised they would never get involved […]
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Sat 25 October 2025: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he needs a $1 trillion compensation package to maintain his influence over the company’s artificial intelligence and robotics division, including the humanoid robot project known as “Optimus.” Speaking during, Musk said in the company’s third-quarter earnings call Wednesday that the issue was not about money but how […]
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