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Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit meant to counterbalance Western clout

Associated Press
Oct 22, 2024 11:11 am - China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders arrived Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying Western influence in global affairs.
Yellen says isolationism ‘made America and the world worse off’ in speech to global finance leaders

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Oct 22, 2024 8:44 am - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election.
Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity, and not just for cash-poor buyers

By TOM KRISHER
Oct 22, 2024 7:41 am - Across the industry, auto analysts say, an “affordability shift” is taking root. The trend is being led by people who feel they can no longer afford a new vehicle that would cost them roughly today’s average selling price of more than $47,000 — a jump of more than 20% from the pre-pandemic average.
How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election

By LISA MASCARO
Oct 22, 2024 7:38 am - For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House.
Israeli strike destroys building near Beirut as Blinken presses for Gaza cease-fire

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, TIA GOLDENBERG and SARAH EL DEEB
Oct 22, 2024 7:33 am - The Israeli military leveled a building in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday that it said housed Hezbollah “facilities,” sending smoke and debris into the air a few hundred yards from where a spokesperson for the militant group had just briefed journalists about a weekend drone attack that damaged the Israeli prime minister's house.
Biden is 'deeply concerned' about the release of secret documents on Israel's possible attack plans

By AAMER MADHANI and DAVID KLEPPER
Oct 21, 2024 5:44 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” about the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel's preparation for a potential retaliatory attack o...
Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for presidential debate comments

By TERRY TANG
Oct 21, 2024 4:44 pm - The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Wi...
Harris and Trump locked in dead heat in seven-state poll, with some voters still weighing their options

Scott Clement, Emily Guskin, Dan Keating, Dan Balz
Oct 21, 2024 4:32 pm - With two weeks of campaigning left before the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are running nearly evenly across the seven bat...
McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn't endorsing a presidential candidate

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Oct 21, 2024 4:26 pm - McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race.
Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Oct 21, 2024 2:52 pm - Kamala Harris teamed up with Liz Cheney on Monday to make a bipartisan appeal to Republican voters uneasy about Donald Trump, describing the former president as a malignant force that needs to be removed from American politics.

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