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File photo of a U.S. LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile inside a silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.Universal History Archive | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis,” citing testing programs by other countries.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump said the decision “had to do with others,” without naming specific countries.”They seem to all be nuclear testing. We have more nuclear weapons than anybody. We don’t…

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that Beijing and Washington should be “partners and friends,” at his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on addressing trade and tariff concerns.The meeting concluded in about one hour and 40 minutes, according to Chinese state media, with the two leaders shaking hands before leaving the venue without making public comments. This is the first time the two leaders met…

PARIS (AP) — Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris this week for alleged involvement in spray-painting blood-red hands on the city’s Holocaust Memorial, an act of vandalism that French intelligence services link to a campaign by Russia to destabilize France and other Western societies.Some 500 red hands were painted last year on a wall honoring those who helped rescue Jews during World War II and around nearby Paris neighborhoods. The graffiti was initially viewed in the context of the war in Gaza, which has led to a rise in antisemitic incidents and tensions around Europe.But French intelligence services…

A woman poses for a selfie next to signage for e-commerce giant Alibaba in the Xuhui district in Shanghai on Feb. 22, 2025. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty ImagesAlibaba and ByteDance’s TikTok Shop are just some of the Chinese e-commerce players that have quickly come to dominate around half of the online shopping market in several Southeast Asian countries, consulting firm Bain and Company said in a report Thursday.In Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, Chinese online shopping players — such as Shein and PDD’s Temu — account for roughly 50% of the local e-commerce market, data for 2024 showed,…

South Korean auto and shipbuilding stocks rallied Thursday after Seoul and Washington finalized a trade deal announced back in July.Hanwha Ocean spiked as much as 14.9% before paring gains to close 6.9% higher at the end of the session, while Samsung Heavy Industries — which climbed 8.33% at its peak — finished the day 1% higher. Defense product maker Firstec rose as much as 9.7% and ended the trading day 1.7% higher.Automakers Hyundai and Kia saw gains of around 12% and 9% respectively, before paring gains. Both automakers ended up 2.71% and 0.35%, respectively.The agreement, detailed following a meeting between…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares initially retreated Thursday after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.While Trump said the meeting was “amazing” and had resolved many issues, investors appeared skeptical. U.S. futures were flat.Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index bounced lower and then inched up less than 0.1% to 51,333.51 after the Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Chinese markets gave up early gains, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shedding 0.2% to 26,298.64. The Shanghai Composite index lost 0.3% to 4,006.60. South Korea’s Kospi index broke through the 4,000 mark for the first time, edging up…

Signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The news is coming in fast and thick. Strap in.First, interest rates.The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered rates by 25 basis points, as expected by traders. But Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that another cut in December, which the market had been pricing in with more than 90% certainty, “is not a foregone conclusion.”His statement threw cold water on the markets, sending most stocks lower and Treasury yields higher.Next, Big Tech earnings.Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft reported earnings that beat analyst expectations…

Lyon are leading the chase for a January loan for Real Madrid striker Endrick, sources told ESPN, although the Ligue 1 side are not the only ones pursuing the Brazil international.Endrick, 19, has not played a single minute in LaLiga this season, despite recovering from an injury which kept him out of action since May.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedESPN reported a week ago that Endrick was open to a loan move and was in search of playing in the Champions League, but sources said he would be okay to land with a team, like Lyon, competing in the Europa League.Teams in Spain,…

CAIRO (AP) — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal.The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country.Located just outside Cairo next to the famed Giza Pyramids, the $1 billion mammoth facility is poised to become the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization with over 50,000 artifacts detailing the life in ancient Egypt. By comparison, the Louvre Museum in Paris…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lucia Ortíz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico.Here, in the winding canals and farms on the fringes of Mexico City, the flower also known as the Mexican marigold has been farmed for generations, and takes the spotlight every year in the country’s Day of the Dead celebrations.But as 50-year-old Ortíz and other farmers busily bundle clusters of the plant to sell in markets around the capital, they quietly wonder what will be left of their livelihood down the…