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After being beaten three times by Barcelona last season, including a humiliating 4-0 defeat in front of their own fans and a cup final, Real Madrid needed a statement win in El Clasico. Jude Bellingham, once again, was the man to provide it.His reputation as a clutch player for Madrid was forged with two winners against Barcelona in his debut season. This time, there was a spectacular assist to precede his winning goal, the youngest Madrid player to do both in this famous fixture this century. Those two moments alone highlight much of what makes Bellingham such a special player.…

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to people waving Malaysian national flags before he departs on Air Force One from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Oct. 27, 2025.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington and Beijing were poised to “come away with” a trade deal ahead of his expected meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Japan from Malaysia, Trump added that he could sign a final deal on TikTok as early as Thursday.”I have a lot of respect for President Xi, and we…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he discussed Australia’s critical-minerals deal with the United States and the hostile maneuvers of a Chinese warplane during a “positive” meeting on Monday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.Albanese and China’s second-most senior leader held a bilateral meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ summit.“Once again, it was a positive meeting,” Albanese told reporters of his seventh meeting with Li.“This is a relationship that has improved; that is stabilising,” Albanese added.China has removed a series of official and unofficial trade barriers since Albanese’s…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Worshippers sat shoeless on the red-carpeted floor of a mosque in Morocco’s capital in silence, listening to a preacher in a raised pulpit reading a government-written sermon urging parents to involve their children in public affairs.The sermon, heard in mosques across the kingdom Friday, came after Morocco was shaken by an unprecedented and deadly youth uprising in recent weeks that demanded better social and economic conditions. The sermon didn’t directly address the protests, but was seen by some as an effort by the government to send a message to demonstrators in the movement, known as Gen…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Brazil’s leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed confidence on Monday that his country and the United States will reach a trade deal. U.S. President Donald Trump also signaled that a deal is likely. The statements came a day after the two presidents held talks on the sidelines of a regional summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, which Lula described as a “very good meeting.” Trump, who headed to Japan from Malaysia, also said he and Lula “had a great meeting” on Sunday.“We’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.Melissa was centered about 130 miles (205 kilometers) south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 315 miles (505 kilometers) south-southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph) and was moving west at 3 mph (6 kph), the center said.Category 5…

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of revelers wearing colorful costumes and skeletal face paint filled the streets of Mexico City for the annual Catrina parade, held in the lead-up to the Day of the Dead festivities.Among the participants was the LGBTQ+ collective Exoticas, made up of nearly 200 LGBTQ+ artists, stylists and designers.Exoticas joined more than 40 other groups marching in this year’s event.The Catrina, a skeletal figure traditionally dressed in elegant attire, has become an enduring emblem of Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations. Drag artist Angel Arum fits his wig for the Day of the Dead Catrina…

Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor on April 1, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China.Shi Kuanbing | VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina’s industrial profits soared 21.6% in September from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, as Beijing’s campaign to curb price wars helped ease pressure on manufacturers despite persistent trade tensions with the U.S.That sharp jump, extending a strong rebound that began in August when the industrial profits jumped 20.4% year-on-year, marked the biggest gain since November 2023.For the first…

People shop for food at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on September 9, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images A tamer-than-expected U.S. inflation report for September injected optimism into markets. Traders are now betting that the Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut rates at its October meeting — scheduled for later this week — as well as at its December gathering.Major U.S. indexes climbed Friday and had their second consecutive week in the green, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all up about 2% for the week.The inflation report offers…

SAN DIEGO — Mexico international Hirving “Chucky” Lozano has been left out of the gameday roster for San Diego FC ‘s first-ever MLS playoff match following a report of a locker room altercation.The home playoff game against the Portland Timbers on Sunday marks the second match in a row in which Lozano has been left out by head coach Mikey Varas.Following last week’s 4-0 away win against the Timbers on the final day of the regular season, Varas told media that the expansion club “had a situation we’re dealing with internally” regarding Lozano’s absence.- Chucky Lozano apologizes after San Diego…