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'How's Brexit going?' British politics mocked at home and abroad

Britain's political and economic turmoil has been greeted with thinly veiled satisfaction among pro-European and leftist politicians abroad, with some commentators drawing parallels to chaotic Italy.

Reuters

Washington ‘Deeply Disappointed’ by Palestinian President’s Meeting with Putin

The US administration issued a rare public stinging rebuke of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, days after he lauded Russian President Vladimir Putin while slamming the United States. “We were deeply disappointed to hear President Abbas’s remarks to President Putin. Russia does not stand for justice and international law, as evidenced…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Doyle McManus: National Democrats are ignoring Ohio’s Senate race. Are they blowing an opportunity?

WASHINGTON — Three weeks before election day, the race for control of the U.S. Senate sits on a razor’s edge.

Los Angeles Times

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If you’re worried about the environment, consider being composted when you die

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Apple Freezes Plans to Use China’s YMTC Chips

US tech giant Apple Inc has put on hold plans to use memory chips from China's Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) in its products, after Washington imposed tighter export controls against Chinese technology companies, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Apple had originally planned to start using state-funded YMTC's NAND flash…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands evacuated in Washington state as 66 large fires burn in U.S.

There's an unusually high number of wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West and Canada.

Axios

Taiwan: World's other nuclear crisis

Taiwan isn't making headlines, but the U.S. and China keep ratcheting up the tension — and the grave danger

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Seahawks: Updated 53-man roster by jersey number going into Week 6

Here is the team's 53-man roster by jersey number going into their Week 6 matchup with the Cardinals.

USA Today Sports Media Group

If Carson Wentz misses time, Taylor Heinicke should start at QB — for now

If Carson Wentz is out for multiple weeks, Taylor Heinicke should start at quarterback — for now.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Washington woman caught dealing cannabis three times after using it for pain relief jailed

Debra Phillipson, of Washington, was caught with cannabis and thousands of pounds of dirty cash at her home in 2019, 2020 and 2022

Chronicle Live

China enhancing submarine capabilities

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The Chinese military is steadily improving the capabilities of its fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, which are capable of carrying strategic missiles. With its eye on China's medium- to long-term rivalry with the United States, Beijing is hurrying to develop a new type of submarine, efforts that…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Biden hailed a prisoner swap with Maduro — but Americans remain in Venezuela’s notorious jail

WASHINGTON — Eyvin Hernandez had been detained for six months at a notorious jail in Venezuela when seven other Americans were released earlier this month in a prisoner swap with the United States. The 44-year-old public defender from Los Angeles saw one of his best friends in prison let go…

Miami Herald

Obama jumps in to campaign for Democrats in battleground states

Former President Barack Obama will travel to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin at the end of October to rally voters in key battleground states to support Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections that will decide the balance of power in Washington for the next two years.

Tribune News Service

Will Trump comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoena? What's next after Thursday's hearing

WASHINGTON — After closing out what could be the final installment in a series of high-profile hearings, the House's Jan. 6 select committee is left with decisions to make in its remaining weeks that could have profound effects for years to come.

Los Angeles Times

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Humiliated Kwasi Kwarteng was flying 36,000ft over Atlantic when Liz Truss sacked him

The humiliated former Chancellor had been in Washington DC when he was ordered back to the UK, but he'd already been given the boot before his plane landed - not that he knew that

Radio France Internationale

Saudi Arabia to give Ukraine over €400million in humanitarian aid

Saudi Arabia has announced it will give over €400million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly held a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Calls for Limiting Global Supply Chain Disruptions to Protect Energy, Food Security

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammad Al-Jadaan said that he had emphasized the need to protect supply chains from any future disruptions during his participation in the recent meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington. Concerns pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic and its variants, in addition to geopolitical tensions, have increased supply…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Naval Forces Lay Main Keel of ‘His Majesty King Fahd's Ship’ in US

Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) celebrated the laying ceremony of the main keel of the second ship of the Tuwaiq Project at Marinette, Wisconsin in the United States, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Friday. The vessel was officially named "His Majesty King Fahd's Ship. The ceremony was attended by…

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Giuliani mounts defense in ethics case with election denier list

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani intends to defend himself against a legal ethics prosecution in Washington by calling a string of witnesses who promoted baseless claims that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud.

Bangkok Post

Trade with China actually boosts US employment

American trade with China has not proved pivotal to the loss of US jobs and in fact such engagement boosts employment overall, according to new studies highlighted by an influential Washington-based think tank and top American university on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy discharged from hospital

WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the Senate’s president pro tempore and Appropriations Committee chairman, was discharged from a Washington-area hospital Friday after spending a night for “tests and observation,” his office said in a statement.

Los Angeles Times

Justice Department appeal contends special master review of Mar-a-Lago search records is unnecessary

WASHINGTON — A special master review of documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate should not have been approved, the Department of Justice argued in its first filing in the appeal to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.

Los Angeles Times

Justice Department appeal contends special master review of Mar-a-Lago search records is unnecessary

Tribune News Service

Youth mental health advocates renew calls for action

WASHINGTON — More than 130 national and state children’s groups are asking the Biden administration to do more to address youth mental health, including by issuing an emergency declaration on the issue — the latest amplification of the seriousness of the youth mental health crisis.

Tribune News Service

Homeland chief shrugs off Ted Cruz's impeachment threat, decries ‘open border’ rhetoric

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shrugged off calls Friday for his impeachment by Sen. Ted Cruz and others, accusing critics of encouraging the illegal migration they say they condemn every time they say the border is open.

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