Xi, Putin and Modi meet at BRICS summit amid Trump pressure

TIANJIN, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 01: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin(L) and Chinese President Xi jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Suo Takekuma – Pool/Getty Images) Pool | Getty Images…

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Iran and Russia condemn sanctions, urge more BRICS trade

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R front row) India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a photo with the leaders of the BRICS Business Council and the BRICS Women’s Business…

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The U.S. commemorates the 25th anniversary of 9/11

A visitor pauses at the reflecting pools to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum. Jeenah Moon | Getty Images On September 11, 2001, members of Al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners. They flew two planes into the twin skyscrapers of…

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China-Philippines tensions simmer after Beijing rebukes Manila over Seoul clash

08 September 2026, South Korea, Seul: Gilberto Teodoro (right), the Philippine Secretary of Defense, is participating in the Seoul Defense Dialogue. Thomas Maresca | Picture Alliance | Getty Images China-Philippines relations took a fresh hit after Beijing warned Manila to stop “theatrics,” following a top government official’s sharp rebuke to China at a recent defense…

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Kevin Hassett held up to $5 million in Coinbase amid Trump crypto push

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett held between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares in crypto giant Coinbase at the end of 2025, as President Donald Trump’s administration rapidly rewrote federal cryptocurrency policy. Hassett’s previously unreported 2025 annual financial disclosure lists the investment as vested Coinbase shares. He formerly worked as…

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