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President Trump is presently on a visit to Asia, the place he’s anticipated to satisfy with Chinese language President Xi Jinping at a summit of Asian leaders in South Korea. China and the U.S. are working to keep away from a commerce battle. Trump attended a gathering yesterday celebrating a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand. He’s presently in Tokyo.
President Trump waves to Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (not pictured) from his presidential automobile as he departs after their assembly on the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 27. Donald Trump arrived in Japan on October 27, the following leg of an Asia tour that would see the US president and China’s Xi Jinping finish the bruising commerce battle between the world’s largest economies.
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- 🎧 This summit is totally different from different ones as a result of China is in some ways equally as robust because the U.S., NPR’s Mara Liasson tells Up First. China’s financial system and navy are rising, and the nation has issues the U.S. desires, like uncommon earth minerals. The U.S. and China have reached a framework for a commerce deal, however it isn’t remaining till the 2 presidents meet to debate it. A framework is an agenda, and Trump has stated there will probably be concessions on either side. There have been indicators that Trump is likely to be willing to ease up support for Taiwan, reminiscent of his selection to not renew support to the nation, in favor of a splashy commerce take care of China.
Democratic lawmakers and a few Republicans are questioning the Trump administration’s navy marketing campaign within the Caribbean waters off Venezuela. Up to now month, navy strikes on suspected drug boats have killed a minimum of 43 individuals. Venezuela’s navy spent the weekend making ready for potential land strikes.
- 🎧 The U.S. Coast Guard has been concerned in drug interdiction within the Caribbean for a few years. In response to NPR’s Carrie Kahn, some members of Congress imagine that utilizing missiles and destroyers to destroy speedboats is extreme and dear. Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham backed the administration on CBS yesterday, saying that the president has the facility to make these strikes. Graham additionally acknowledged that the navy marketing campaign could expand to land strikes and that the U.S. intention is to oust Venezuela’s authoritarian chief, Nicolas Maduro, from energy.
Republican speaking factors blaming Democrats for the shutdown and saying meals stamp advantages would run out on Nov. 1 confirmed up on the US Division of Agriculture’s web site over the weekend. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have made no progress in the direction of ending the federal government shutdown. The standoff continues even after a whole lot of 1000’s of federal staff went with out a paycheck on Friday.
- 🎧 Democrats imagine that the expiration date of the medical insurance subsidies will probably be tougher to brush apart after this week, when open enrollment begins for plans by way of the Reasonably priced Care Act market, NPR’s Sam Gringlas says. Through the open enrollment interval, hundreds of thousands of People could see their premiums soar in price. Some Republicans predict that Thanksgiving will probably be a turning level. One purpose for the GOP’s ideas on that timing is that air site visitors controllers are working with out pay, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy stated final week to Home Republicans.
Value of residing
Sports activities ticket costs within the U.S. have greater than doubled up to now 25 years. Bob Hinz (proper) has been a Baltimore Orioles season ticket holder for twenty years however the value will increase have brought on him to rethink subsequent season.
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NPR’s sequence Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is analyzing what’s driving value will increase and the way individuals are coping after years of cussed inflation.
Sporting occasions have gotten a luxurious attributable to growing bills. Many loyal followers have been priced out of attending these occasions, and the fee has greater than doubled for the reason that Labor Division began monitoring sports activities ticket prices in 1999. Here is why tickets cost so much now:
- 🎟️ Groups are mountain climbing the costs as a result of they like to promote fewer seats at the next value level than extra seats at a cheaper price.
- 🎟️ Dynamic pricing, which permits distributors to regulate ticket costs primarily based on demand, has allowed groups to get more cash per ticket.
- 🎟️ Groups are focusing extra on promoting premium seats and experiences, which embrace particular membership areas and the chance to face on the sidelines.
Take heed to be taught extra concerning the rising value of sports tickets. This week, the sequence will cowl transportation, from shopping for a brand new automobile to the worth of automobile insurance coverage. Keep up-to-date on the most recent tales here.
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Image present
Through the magic of blue hour, a lone rider stands atop a rocky outcropping within the coronary heart of Cappadocia. Taken on the very first night throughout Dennis’ winter journey, this picture showcases the sweetness and thriller of Cappadocia in all its glory. Utilizing his drone, Dennis managed to discover a distinctive and breathtaking perspective that had by no means been captured earlier than on this often-photographed panorama.
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Dennis Schmelz
The 2025 Siena Awards is a worldwide competitors that celebrates the artwork of aerial images captured by drones. The entries this 12 months vary from {a photograph} of a horseman at sundown in Turkey, noticed between giant rocks that appeared to type a pure stage, to a chicken’s-eye view of 1000’s gathering on the Ganges River in India to rejoice the physique of water as a supply of life. Drone images has allowed many individuals to see a brand new perspective and reveal patterns that aren’t seen from the bottom, says Dennis Schmelz, a filmmaker primarily based in Germany who took prime honors on this 12 months’s awards. Here is a take a look at a selection of award-winning and highly commended drone photographs from the International South nations that Goats & Soda covers, plus an irresistible picture from Italy.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
(From left to proper) Eric Schwartz, Kurt Schwartz, Jean Schwartz and Invoice Schwartz.
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- Eric Schwartz’s mom died when he was 15. On his first day again in school, he did not need to talk about the loss. Nonetheless, as Schwartz was leaving his final class of the day, his choir trainer, Renato Vellutino, stood up from behind the piano and pulled him right into a bear hug. Neither of them stated something, however the hug from his unsung hero modified his life, and Schwartz has since tried to pass along that kind gesture to others who could also be in ache.
- Authorities have arrested several suspects in the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris. In response to the Paris prosecutor, authorities apprehended one suspect at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Saturday night time.
- Officers euthanized 4 grey wolves in Northern California after they stated there have been unprecedented levels of attacks on livestock. The state has been working to mitigate the impression the wolf inhabitants’s comeback has had on ranchers.
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen
