It appears that Neom—Saudi Arabia’s hugely expensive, architecturally bizarre urban development project—is floundering and close to collapse. A new report from the Financial Times cites high-level sources within the project…
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Opinion | As China’s footprint grows, America’s presence in Asia feels thinner
At the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last weekend, one image stood out. There was Chinese President Xi Jinping at center stage, smiling serenely and confidently, surrounded by the leaders of more than a dozen nations….
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Mexico arrests a new suspect in 1994 assassination of a presidential candidate
MEXICO CITY — Federal prosecutors in Mexico arrested another alleged accomplice in the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, a crime that shocked the country and remains unsolved, even though the confessed killer has…
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Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar, released by Lebanon after 10 years in detention
Beirut
Associated Press
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Lebanese authorities released the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday after he paid a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention…
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China breaks its single-year launch record with weekend flurry
China just broke its single-year launch record — and with nearly two months left in 2025.
Four Chinese rockets lifted off over the weekend, taking the nation’s total number of orbital missions this year to 72. The previous record, set last…
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Fight fake news and climate deniers, Brazil’s Lula tells UN talks
Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil
ShutterstockBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the opening of the COP30 conferences in Belem, Brazil. The world must “defeat” climate denialism and fight fake…
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Trump hosts Syria’s new ruler in dramatic turnaround – DW – 11/10/2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, capping an extraordinary period for the 42-year-old rebel-turned-ruler.
Little under a year ago, al-Sharaa led Islamist fighters from Syria’s…
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Trump hosts Syria’s new ruler in dramatic turnaround – DW – 11/10/2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, capping an extraordinary period for the 42-year-old rebel-turned-ruler.
Little under a year ago, al-Sharaa led Islamist fighters from Syria’s…
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