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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he asked Donald Trump for more Patriot interceptors and floated a reciprocal halt to energy-sector strikes after a 40-minute UNGA meeting, hours before he is due to address the General Assembly and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets Sergey Lavrov.
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PoliticsElection Commissioners Log 14 Objections to Form 6 Roll Changes as Opposition Urges CEC Removal
PoliticsTaiwan Tracks Nine PLA Jets Across Median Line as MND Debuts 105mm Armored Gun Live Fire
TechnologyASUS ProArt Monitors Ship Taiwan Bundles With Creator Cloud Credits for Design Schools
AIFSC Adds Model-Trust Registry Entries for Three Bank Chatbots After Pilot Review
StocksTAIEX Opens Higher as Foreign Investors Net-Buy TSMC and MediaTek Before Trump–Xi Readout
OpinionSubmarine Budget Hearings Should Not Pause for Trump–Xi Headline Theater
ScienceNARLabs Opens Hsinchu Particle-Accelerator Visitor Slots After Beam Stability Upgrade
EntertainmentGolden Horse Nominees Add CatchPlay Day-and-Date Titles Ahead of November Ceremony
HealthCDC Reports Post-Holiday Enterovirus Ward Occupancy Rise in Northern Pediatric Units
PoliticsMainland Affairs Council Schedules Briefing After Trump–Xi Summit First Session
SecurityCriminal Investigation Bureau Warns Mid-Autumn Gift-Card Phishing Mimicking Convenience Chains
Credit CardsCTBC Mid-Autumn Travel Card Extends Zero-Fee Installments Through October Statement
BusinessHon Hai Raises Q4 AI Rack Guidance After Taoyuan Customs Clears September Server Lots
BusinessNAB Restores Most Digital Channels After Afternoon Outage Hits Pay Apps Nationwide
AISanders and Casar Unveil Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act With 20-Year Penalties
HealthVance Task Force Cancels ACA Enrollments Covering 760,000 People Over Fraud Claims
SecurityAFP Charges Melbourne Man as Principal ISIS Propagandist After Border Force Tip
SecurityRAF Hawk Training Jet Crashes at Anglesey Base as Both Pilots Eject Alive
OpinionKremlin Says Zelenskyy Would Have to Travel to Moscow for Any Putin Summit
SecurityTPLF Declares Defensive War After Clashes Shatter Four-Year Ethiopia Peace Deal
PoliticsTwo Workers Die After Crane Platform Dislodges Into Sea at Tuas Port
PoliticsTrump to Greet Xi on Andrews Tarmac in First U.S. Visit Since 2015
SecurityKyiv Petrol Stations and Rail Links Hit in Russian Jet-Drone Barrage Wednesday
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Russian jet-powered drones struck petrol stations, warehouses and Ukrainian Railways infrastructure across Kyiv on Wednesday morning, killing at least two people and injuring 22 as Moscow pressed its summer campaign against the capital’s fuel and logistics nodes.
Trump to Greet Xi on Andrews Tarmac in First U.S. Visit Since 2015
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Leaders in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said Wednesday that Tigray forces had entered a defensive war against Abiy Ahmed’s federal government after fighting erupted in Tigray and neighboring areas, breaking a peace accord that had held since late 2022.
Kremlin Says Zelenskyy Would Have to Travel to Moscow for Any Putin Summit
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Vladimir Putin remained open to meeting Donald Trump in New York but reiterated that Volodymyr Zelenskyy would have to come to Moscow for any bilateral summit, a condition Kyiv has repeatedly rejected.
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NAB Restores Most Digital Channels After Afternoon Outage Hits Pay Apps Nationwide
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