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President Donald Trump made the announcement moments before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump’s call to resume nuclear tests revives Cold War debate

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s unexpected declaration that he was ordering the US military to resume nuclear testing has prompted visions of a return to the worst days of the Cold War.

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United States President Donald J Trump holds a mockup of the White House ballroom.

As shutdown pain grows, Trump’s mind is on other matters

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The pain of the government shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the five-week mark. But President Donald Trump has been attending to other matters.

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King Charles and Andrew.

Will the unmaking of a prince be the making of a king?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: When Prince Charles ascended the throne in 2022, few predicted that exiling his wayward younger brother, Andrew, would be a defining moment in reforming Britain’s ancient monarchy.

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AI is everywhere, as author AJ Jacobs learned the hard way while making as little contact as possible with machine learning and generative artificial intelligence.

My attempt to spend 48 hours without AI was brutal

THE NEW YORK TIMES: I didn’t expect was that my attempt to avoid all interactions with AI and machine learning would affect nearly every part of my life — what I ate, what I wore, how I got around.

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MAGA embraces left ideas even while not knowing, in most cases, where these ideas came from.

Hey, lefties! Trump has stolen your game

THE NEW YORK TIMES: MAGA embraces left ideas even while not knowing, in most cases, where these ideas came from.

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King Charles and Andrew.

Shame of thrones: Prince Andrew to lose royal title and home

The extraordinary move caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

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Nvidia hits new milestone amid AI goldrush.

Nvidia soars as world’s first $5trn company amid AI boom

Nvidia has become the world’s first company worth more than $5 trillion, cementing its dominance in the AI boom that’s reshaping global power.

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Scores of journalists with access to the Pentagon handed in their press passes rather than sign on to new rules.

How the Pentagon is blocking out news organisations

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The new rules codify sharp limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment — including revocation of credentials — for simply requesting information on matters of public interest.

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A man walks in the rain before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Canizo, a village in Santiago de Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramón Espinosa)

Cuba braces for ‘catastrophic’ Hurricane Melissa

After cutting a path of destruction across Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to hit Cuba — very likely as a Category 4.

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Bill Gates appears to have shifted his stance on climate change in a new memo from the Microsoft co-founder.

Gates: Climate change ‘will not lead to humanity’s demise’

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against climate alarmism and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.

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Hamas militants carry a white bag believed to contain a body, during a search for the remains of hostages in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

‘Forceful strikes’ on Gaza as Israel claims truce violation

Hamas denied involvement in an attack on Israeli forces, saying that it remained committed to the ceasefire and accusing Israel of violating it.

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Microsoft co-founder and and philanthropist Bill Gates appears to have shifted his stance on the risks posed by a warming planet.

‘Doomsday’: Bill Gates shifts stance on climate change risks

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Microsoft co-founder has spent billions raising the alarm about the dangers of climate change, now he’s pushing back against what he calls a ‘doomsday outlook’.

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Donald Trump has linked the use of paracetamol with autism.

Texas sues Tylenol makers, claiming they hid autism risks

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The lawsuit is the first by a state that seizes on Donald Trump’s unproven allegations that the use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) products during pregnancy causes autism.

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US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping are set to meet.

Trump and Xi set to trade barbs on Taiwan

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump has said that he wants to focus on trade when he meets Xi Jinping in South Korea, even if the Chinese leader presses him on Taiwan.

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The angst of nu metal is being discovered by Gen Z, but with digital eyes always looming, the ephemeral catharsis of collectively going mad is a thing of the past

Y2K kids were the last to really rage with no one watching

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The ability to express ourselves freely in public without the ever-looming spectre of perpetual surveillance has been completely lost.

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