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Today — 28 October 2025The Independent

From rare earths to Russian oil, here’s what Trump hopes to get out of meeting Xi Jinping

28 October 2025 at 15:19

Experts do not expect US and China to resolve all their issues before the two presidents meet, but they are hoping for enough progress to stop the rivalry from doing more global economic damage. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

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South Korea's president faces high-stakes diplomacy at APEC summit

South Korea’s new president is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, bringing together leaders from 20 countries, including the United States and China, whose leaders are set to hold a high-stakes meeting on the sidelines

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More than 100 former Justice Department officials call for ‘vindictive’ case against former FBI Director James Comey to be dismissed

28 October 2025 at 07:43

Scholars of authoritarianism including Francis Fukuyama also asked the judge to throw out the charges, saying they were a clear example of an autocratic leader abusing the justice system to consolidate power

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Federal food benefits and preschool aid to run dry starting Saturday if shutdown continues

28 October 2025 at 01:43
Federal funds could begin running dry on Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if the government shutdown persists

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Yesterday — 27 October 2025The Independent

British political commentator Sami Hamdi detained by federal authorities at California airport

Officials say British political commentator Sami Hamdi has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at San Francisco International Airport

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How Lily Allen broke the last break-up taboo for women – we don’t always have to play nice

27 October 2025 at 20:52

We’ve been implicitly instructed for a lifetime that the only way to ‘win’ when grieving a broken heart is to handle it gracefully. But ‘West End Girl’ is showing women everywhere that unleashing our anger can actually be a superpower, writes Helen Coffey

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The government shutdown staring contest will finally get real this week: Who blinks first?

27 October 2025 at 20:34

Up until now, most of the American public has been insulated from the shutdown’s effects, Eric Garcia writes. But with SNAP recipients going hungry, labor groups demanding the government reopen and ongoing health insurance enrollment, Trump and Democrats might be forced to find a solution.

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Awaab’s law seeks to change the rules around renters, landlords and mould

Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old child, died in 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould in his social housing association home. The inquest into his death found that, despite repeated reports by his parents about the property’s uninhabitable conditions, their concerns were dismissed and the housing association failed to take sufficient action.

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