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Trump To Attend APEC Summit In South Korea, Eyes Xi Jinping Meeting Amid Trade Tensions: Report

President Donald Trump is preparing to travel to South Korea in late October for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, a trip that could set the stage for crucial meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and possibly North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Benzinga

‘There is only one player’: why China is becoming a world leader in green energy

As US reneges on climate breakdown pledges, China’s response to crisis will shape geopolitics and our future

The Guardian - UK

Brainless bodies and pig organs: does science back up Putin and Xi’s longevity claims?

Russian leader’s claim that people can ‘get younger’ through repeated organ transplants has raised eyebrows

The Guardian - UK

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One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster. When will it dawn on Starmer?

As the US president’s state visit looms, he’s leaving a trail of broken promises across the globe. Britain can’t afford to look like a lackey state, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says nearly 60% of weapons are domestically made as role of drones increases

President says production of arms has already exceeded target set in July; three people killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv. What we know on day 1,292

The Guardian - AU

Trump says he and Modi will ‘always be friends’ despite escalating trade war

India’s Modi responds saying says he reciprocates President Trump's ‘sentiments and positive assessment of our ties’ – but will it change anything about their trade impasse?

The Independent UK

After Trump jab, India’s Modi says ties with US still ‘very positive’

Modi’s remarks follow Trump reaffirming personal friendship, downplaying earlier remarks about ‘losing India’ to China.

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Xi, Putin, Kim and the optics of a new world order

Alliance of global autocrats has been accelerated by Donald Trump’s use of political and economic pressure against friends and foes alike

The Guardian - UK

Xi, Putin video on ‘living to 150’ dropped as Chinese TV pulls permission

The unusually candid exchange between the world leaders was widely shared by broadcasters and on social media globally.

Al Jazeera

Never mind Xi, Kim or Putin, this outcast leader was the real winner on China’s grandest stage

Myanmar’s general Min Aung Hlaing, once a global pariah, is clawing his way back onto the world stage as powerful leaders engage with an accused war criminal. Is Asia’s embrace giving legitimacy to a regime built on torture, massacres and fear? Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,290

Here are the key events on day 1,290 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin’s ambitious plans of attaining ‘immortality’ get a reality check from U.S.

Two dictators casually chat about living forever - totally normal stuff.

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Expert fact checks Putin and Xi’s hot mic discussion on organ transplants

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, were caught discussing the possibility of immortality

The Independent UK

‘People can get younger, perhaps even immortal’: Putin’s pursuit of longevity

Russian leader was caught musing about immortality with Xi Jinping but his fascination with long life is nothing new

The Guardian - UK

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Newslaundry

No surprises in Tianjin show: Xi’s power trip, with Modi and Putin as props

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s China visit to attend the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit at Tianjin held no surprises. Everything about it, including the separate and different statements from India and China after Modi’s talks with Xi Jinping, was predictable.

Benzinga

Larry Summers Blasts Trump Foreign Policy, Says President Has Made World 'Dangerous' For All: He's United Our Adversaries

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers said a week of high-profile pageantry in China with Xi Jinping hosting Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, senior Iranian officials and India's prime minister Narendra Modi, shows U.S. strategy has "united our adversaries and divide[d] our friends," calling it a "spectacular" failure of American…

The Conversation

No, organ transplants won’t make you live forever, whatever Putin says

What do world leaders talk about when they think we’re not listening? This week it was the idea of living forever.

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Dan Andrews Addresses Backlash After Posing For Photos With Vladimir Putin & Kim Jong-un

“You would hope that you use your position as a former leader ... to push the world closer to peace, not join a military parade with a bunch of dictators,” David Shoebridge said of the pics.

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International Business Times

North Korea's Kim Tells Xi Hopes To 'Steadily Develop' Ties: KCNA

North Korea's Kim Jong Un told China's President Xi Jinping that it was his "steadfast will" to "steadily develop" bilateral relations, state media said Friday, after the two leaders met in Beijing.

Al Jazeera

Kim, Xi hail bond as North Korea says it will protect China’s interests

Goodwill messages continued this week’s public display of diplomatic unity between Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Xi, Putin and Kim: heed China’s statement of intent, but don’t take it as fact

Editorial: Images of the autocrats at Wednesday’s military parade reflected the shifting global order. But Donald Trump is hastening Beijing’s rise

The Conversation

Xi Jinping showcases his dream of a China-led ‘new world order’

This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.

The Conversation

Why Trump’s fight with India could have global repercussions

Donald Trump’s tariff policy seems to have morphed into as much of a tool of foreign policy as an economic strategy. But the administration’s decision to impose a 50% tariff on India, a key US ally as part of the Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) along with the US, Australia and…

International Business Times

Could Humans Become Immortal, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.

The Conversation

How China uses second world war history in its bid to reshape the global order – podcast

With Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un among 26 world leaders watching, China’s president Xi Jinping made a muscular address to 50,000 people in Tiananmen Square marking 80 years since the end of the second world war. China is “never intimidated by bullies” and would “stand by the…

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