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Tadahi Yanai, the founder of Uniqlo and owner of Fast Retailing, in Chelsea, New York, Sept. 16, 2025.

For Uniqlo’s founder, conquering America is personal

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Is it really OK for America to, as it pleases, decide this percentage for this country and this percentage for this country? I have objections.’

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The decimation of a key US department will have widespread impacts on low-income women.

Trump decimates birth control office, locks workers out

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Almost everyone in the office was locked out of their government emails and computers on Friday. The workers spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution. 

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Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has issued a stern warning to Russia as Donald Trump weighs up providing Kyiv with greater weaponry.

Hegseth’s grim warning to Russia if peace efforts falter

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s secretary of defence offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles.

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Smoke rises up from the site of explosions in Kabul on October 15, 2025, amid heavy border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan reach truce after Kabul explosions

Both nations announced the ceasefire after a week of deadly clashes along their border and strikes on the Afghan capital threatened to spill into a broader conflict.

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Police officers search a second-hand phone shop in London, September 25, 2025.

London’s phone theft epidemic is actually an industry

THE NEW YORK TIMES: After a record 80,000 phones were stolen in the city last year it became apparent that this wasn’t just normal low-level street crime.

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Uncertainty in France is causing companies to pause investment.

France’s political turmoil is leaving foreign investors wary

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘France has traditionally been the locomotive of Europe, now it has become the caboose.’

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From left, Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, and Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, his son-in-law and daughter, at a rally in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, October 11.

‘A big day’: How US and Arab world united to seal Gaza deal

The cease-fire talks in Egypt showed that with pressure on Hamas and Israel, seemingly huge impediments could be overcome or set aside.

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Donald Trump continues the trade war battle with China, enforcing increased tariffs on lumber and wood products.

Trump unleashes new tariffs in China trade showdown

Donald Trump has intensified his trade war with China, unveiling new tariffs on furniture and wood imports in a move set to shake global markets.

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As Americans take more gummies, pills and powders than ever, some physicians are trying to convince patients to be a bit more careful.

A doctor’s plea: ‘Cool it on the supplements’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Supplements can also come with side effects which patients are sometimes ‘shocked’ to learn about.

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Beneath the pageantry, the fight for women’s rights in China has in some ways become more difficult.

China hosts women’s rights summit while stifling activism

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Women’s rights activists have been arrested. Feminist social media accounts have been shut down. Yet, Xi Jinping spoke of the achievements of women.

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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has responded to outlets with just one emoji.

News outlets reject Pentagon’s reporting restrictions

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Media lawyers have raised the alarm over the new restrictions, saying they would expose reporters to punishment for engaging in routine practice.

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US President Donald Trump signs a document during a peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

US President avoids questions about what’s next for Gaza

US President Donald Trump landed in Israel to cheers and promises of peace, but questions linger over Hamas, Gaza’s future, and the details of his ambitious Middle East plan.

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Rom Breslavski, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip smiles making a heart sign from a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel finally starts to heal as hostages come home

After two years in captivity, Israel’s final hostages have returned home. Tears are flowing and the streets have filled with joyous celebration as a weary nation begins to heal.

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Palestinians return to inspect their destroyed homes in the Tal al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2025.

Thousands return to Gaza as Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds

Thousands of people travelled by foot toward Gaza City on Saturday as a ceasefire held overnight, but early accounts described devastation across the area.

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Israel has agreed to let the UN send hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza from Sunday.

Aid groups prepare for quick relief in Gaza under ceasefire

Israel has agreed to let the UN send hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza from Sunday.

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