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Trump says rare earths deal and tariff cut agreed with China after high-stakes talks Xi Jinping

Trump says rare earths deal and tariff cut agreed with China after high-stakes talks

Busan, South Korea/Beijing  —  A landmark meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of an international summit in South Korea Thursday appears to have made major strides to resolve frictions in the volatile relationship between the world’s two largest economies and rival superpowers.…
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October 30, 2025
Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture SpaceX

Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Two former NASA administrators criticized the agency’s current approach to using SpaceX’s Starship for the Artemis 3 crewed lunar landing, calling for an urgent redirection to reach the moon before China. In a fireside chat at the American Astronautical Society’s von Braun Space Exploration Symposium on Oct.…
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October 30, 2025
Trump’s surgeon general pick to face senators’ questions at confirmation hearing Donald Trump

Trump’s surgeon general pick to face senators’ questions at confirmation hearing

The Senate confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, has been postponed after she went into labor, a spokesperson for the Senate committee set to consider her nomination said. Means was supposed to appear virtually before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee…
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October 30, 2025
Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years Nuclear Weapons

Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia and China. The Kremlin pointed out that a global ban on nuclear tests has remained…
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October 30, 2025
Zeekr unleashes an EV Shooting Brake, the 7GT set for an Aussie debut this weekend in Sydney Geely

Zeekr unleashes an EV Shooting Brake, the 7GT set for an Aussie debut this weekend in Sydney

The electric vehicle scene in Australia is getting a serious shake-up, and it’s coming straight from the premium performance arm of Geely, Zeekr. Fresh off the back of the Zeekr X and 009 launches, the brand is bringing some serious firepower to the Sydney International EV Show. This isn’t just…
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October 30, 2025
Young female tenant in south Dublin ‘advised to go into homelessness to avoid eviction’ Homeless

Young female tenant in south Dublin ‘advised to go into homelessness to avoid eviction’

A Tallaght councillor noted that young, vulnerable tenants were faced with eviction as they weren’t able to afford rent increases A young female tenant has been advised to go into homelessness to get an increase in her Homeless HAP payment, according to a councillor in the area. The Homeless Housing…
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October 30, 2025
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It. Air Pollution

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.

Reporting Highlights Unreliable Pollution Reports: For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. Real Pollution Levels: Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show.…
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October 30, 2025