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How the Opium War Still Shapes Xi Jinping’s Trade Clash With Trump

29/10/2025 04:01 New York Times

China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.

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In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”...

29/10/2025 09:02 New York Times
Senate Votes to End Trump’s Brazil Tariffs, With Some G.O.P. Backing

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29/10/2025 00:21 New York Times
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28/10/2025 20:01 New York Times
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Some areas near Los Angeles are under a red flag warning through Wednesday....

28/10/2025 19:23 New York Times
UPS Has Already Cut 48,000 Workers This Year

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28/10/2025 18:10 New York Times
Beyond Trade War, China’s Xi Looks to Press Trump on Taiwan

China’s leader wants to weaken American support for Taiwan. But first he will want clarity about President Trump’s stance toward the island....

28/10/2025 04:08 New York Times
Russia Aims Drone Attacks at Civilians, a War Crime, U.N. Inquiry Says

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27/10/2025 21:26 New York Times
Trump’s China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making

The Trump administration is hailing a potential deal that may return the U.S.-China relationship to where it was before the president began a trade war against Beijing....

27/10/2025 20:08 New York Times
Trapped Between U.S. and China, South Korea Feels Trade War’s Pressure

A preliminary tariff deal with President Trump called for a large investment in the United States, while China has warned Seoul not to side with Washington....

27/10/2025 15:53 New York Times
Food Banks Brace for Growing Demand, and Putin’s New Missile Test

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27/10/2025 10:32 New York Times
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

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27/10/2025 07:43 New York Times
Burevestnik Nuclear Missile Tests Successful, Russia Says

Because of its power source, the Burevestnik can remain airborne far longer than other nuclear-armed missiles....

26/10/2025 20:35 New York Times
Drew Struzan, Masterly Painter of Movie Posters, Dies at 78

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26/10/2025 19:17 New York Times
3 Years Ago It Was a Casting Agency. Now It Has $1 Billion in Drone Contracts.

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26/10/2025 12:53 New York Times
The ‘Sleeper Issue’ at the Heart of Trump’s Trade War on China

Concern is increasing throughout Southeast Asia as U.S. officials, intent on slowing China, have yet to say how they will define the origin country of imports....

26/10/2025 08:54 New York Times
Trump’s Asia Tour: Deals, Diplomacy and a Meeting With Xi

From Kuala Lumpur to Gyeongju, President Trump is casting himself as a deal-maker and peace negotiator, while a wary region looks for tariff relief and steadier ties....

25/10/2025 22:10 New York Times
Trump’s Russia Sanctions Shift War Dynamics to the Energy Front

As winter slows the pace of battlefield combat, Moscow and Kyiv are betting on campaigns against each other’s energy assets to break a stalemate in the conflict....

25/10/2025 09:02 New York Times
Asia, Caught in the Middle, Faces Trump and Xi’s Tug of War

President Trump’s visit shows how the United States and China are vying for influence in Asia over trade, technology and the fate of Taiwan....

25/10/2025 04:01 New York Times
Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War

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DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia....

24/10/2025 16:33 New York Times
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

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Trump Official Warns California Against Arresting Federal Agents

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24/10/2025 14:14 New York Times
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24/10/2025 09:00 New York Times
Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit

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24/10/2025 07:45 New York Times
How Trump and Xi Can Stop a War Before It Starts

Dangerous close calls are rising, but the U.S. and China still lack the communication channels needed to stop a crisis from becoming a war....

24/10/2025 05:00 New York Times
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