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NEW YORK (AP) — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation characters in both kid and adult sizes, dangle near colorful wigs and bottles of fake blood. Downstairs, vintage clothes from the 1970s beg for one more boogie night. The frightening possibilities mask the work that’s gone on behind the scenes to stock the family-owned shop and its sister store for the spooky season. Owner Courtland Hickey said he ordered 40% fewer costumes this year because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on products from China.To fill the gap, Hickey and his…

TOKYO — Anyone who thinks gold’s surge into the stratosphere represents irrational exuberance isn’t paying attention to the wretched state of the Group of Seven (G7) economies. US government debt is topping US$37 trillion, giving ratings agencies cause to reassess the world’s largest economy’s underlying health. France’s dueling political and debt crises have the International Monetary Fund gauging its available reserves. Germany is skirting recession, with industrial output plunging 4.3% in August from July. Over in London, some commentators wonder how long the UK can avoid a 1970s-style date with the IMF, three years after the Liz Truss debacle. Here in…

KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety.Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty landscape. Homes are mostly built of mud and have no indoor plumbing. Maize plants wither in the heat.“These communities are struggling to grow their crops and have to spend money on food,” said Zul Merali from The Aga Khan University, who has…

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — Two Chinese warships arrived Friday on what China called a friendship and training visit to Cambodia, Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia, at a time of some diplomatic disquiet.The visit comes as China is trying to maintain a delicate balance in its relations with Cambodia and neighboring Thailand, with which it is also friendly. The two Southeast Asian nations in late July were in armed conflict for five days over competing claims to border territory, and Beijing’s supplying weaponry to Cambodia has caused irritation in Thailand. The border dispute has not been resolved and tensions remain…

TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns over corruption, in a major setback for the woman who hopes to become the country’s next prime minister.The decision announced Friday by Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito deals a serious blow to the Liberal Democrats, who last weekend chose Sanae Takaichi, an ultra-conservative lawmaker, as its leader.Takaichi could still become Japan’s first female prime minister, but the departure of the Buddhist-backed Komeito will compel the Liberal Democrats to find at least one other coalition partner in order…

LONDON — Thomas Tuchel justified Jude Bellingham’s omission from this England squad in part by claiming a need to identify an alternative should injury strike the Real Madrid star in the future.Thursday’s authoritative 3-0 victory over Wales at Wembley was further evidence that he might have found not just another option but a genuine competitor for Bellingham’s No. 10 spot.Morgan Rogers impressed in last month’s 5-0 win over Serbia to the extent that he was entrusted to continue the job. It took him, and England, just three minutes to pick up where they left off in Belgrade, smartly converting Marc…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers…DAILY EXPRESS Liverpool are eager to offer Arne Slot a new contract, with his agent reportedly already working on the deal. Image: Liverpool are eager to offer Arne Slot a new contract Bruno Fernandes has no intention of leaving Manchester United to play in Saudi Arabia.DAILY MAIL Sporting Lisbon agreed a deal to sell Viktor Gyokeres to Manchester United worth more than the fee Arsenal eventually paid to secure his services, an assistant to the Swede’s agent has claimed in a bombshell interview. A former Norwegian national team doctor has revealed that…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A shooting at a concert in Peru’s capital may prove to be the undoing of Dina Boluarte’s presidency as it laid bare the steep rise in crime that her country has experienced in recent years.Lawmakers on Thursday, just hours after the shooting, submitted to Parliament five requests for a vote to remove Boluarte from office over what they argued is her government’s inability to stem crime across the South American country. Unlike eight previous attempts to remove her, almost all legislative factions expressed support for the requests.Each petition now requires 56 votes from the 130-member unicameral…

NEW YORK (AP) — The day she was elected New York’s attorney general, Letitia James blasted President Donald Trump as a “con man” and “carnival barker” and pledged to scrutinize his public policies and personal business dealings. As James mounted a lawsuit claiming that Trump’s business persona was built partly on lies, he returned fire, calling her “grossly incompetent” and “an evil person.”James, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, have long been legal and political foes, tangling in dozens of lawsuits over the years. On Thursday, Trump’s Justice Department indicted James on mortgage fraud charges after he vowed revenge on…

China has announced new measures restricting the export of its rare-earth extraction technologies after learning that Pakistan uses Chinese equipment to produce niche metals for the United States. The new rules, issued by the Chinese Commerce Ministry, cover rare‑earth production, processing and separation equipment, as well as related raw and auxiliary materials. Overseas rare earths producers need to apply for export licenses from the Chinese government to obtain China’s extraction technologies and separation equipment. The Commerce Ministry and China Customs also released four related documents extending export controls across strategic materials on the same day. The documents said China will: …