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WorldChina has extended the suspension of its expanded rare earth export controls until January 10, 2027, as trade negotiations with the United States continue.
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WorldThe UN weather agency says 2026 is set to rank among the four hottest years ever recorded, with January to September temperatures 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels as a powerful El Niño builds.
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WorldRussian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid left more than 850,000 people without power on Sunday, hitting 12 regions days before US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi.
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WorldSeven people were killed and 112 injured when a Giza-to-Fayoum train struck a Cairo-to-Aswan service near Al-Ayyat, south of Cairo. President Sisi has ordered an investigation.
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WorldA Taiyuan apartment fire killed 14 people and sent 38 to hospital after breaking out in a high-rise tower in northern China on Sunday evening. The death toll rose overnight from five.
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WorldUS President Donald Trump will meet Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at the White House on Monday as mediation efforts on Iran face fresh hurdles.
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WorldOusted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested a new passport and identity card so she can return from exile in India in December, in the clearest step yet toward her planned return.
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WorldA drone strike halted production at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field on Sunday night, cutting up to 2,800 megawatts of power generation and leaving more than 70% of the Kurdistan region without electricity. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
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WorldPower has been restored to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after it lost its last external power line on Sunday, with the Ferosplavna-1 line reconnected to Ukraine's grid, the IAEA and Energoatom said.
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WorldThe US has widened its Iran blockade from the sea to the land with a new Task Force Iron Gate, days after President Trump confirmed limited strikes on Qeshm Island and as tankers burn near the Strait of Hormuz.
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WorldPresident Donald Trump said renewed US strikes on Iran are 'highly unlikely' if talks progress, telling CNN the US has three aircraft carriers in the region but prefers a 'very strong agreement' with Tehran.
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WorldEurope's largest nuclear power station lost its last external power line on Sunday and is running on emergency diesel generators, with fuel for about two weeks, the IAEA said.
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