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Monday, September 28, 2026
SinoDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)

Trump offered to sell arms to Xi: US ambassador to Fox News

US President Donald Trump offered to sell arms to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in response to concern over weapons sales to Taiwan, the US ambassador to China said in a Fox News interview that aired Sunday.

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SinoDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
US says no China arms sale plans after envoy cites Trump offer

The United States said Monday that it has no plans to sell arms to China, after a US envoy said President Donald Trump asked Xi Ji...

SinoDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

Two giant pandas sent by China arrived in the United States on Sunday, Beijing and the Atlanta zoo said, after a leaders' summit t...

SinoDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check

Nepal's hydropower boom has long been touted as a cornerstone of economic growth and renewable energy, but the devastating flood i...

SkyNightly Sep 28, 2026 (SPX)
HF radar proposed as a wide area sensor for US Navy operations in a changing Arctic

Rising temperatures and shrinking sea ice are opening Arctic waters to more shipping, and an Australian physicist argues that high...

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SinoDaily CHINA Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
US, China buy time with trade truce as pressure builds

Washington and Beijing may have bought themselves breathing space with an extended trade truce, but analysts warn that time is running out for the world's two biggest economies to ...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
China says it 'respects' Trump's 'super intelligence' switch from AI

China "respects" Washington's switch in phrasing from artificial intelligence to "super intelligence", the foreign ministry said on Saturday, after Donald Trump said Xi Jinping app...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
China, US to open AI 'communication channel' after summit

China and the United States agreed to set up a "communication channel" for artificial intelligence incidents, the White House said Friday, after a Washington summit short on breakt...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal tunnel survivor wants to help post-flood rebuild

Pulled alive 10 days after catastrophic floods trapped him in a tunnel, Nepali hydropower worker Kabir Maharjan is determined to help rebuild his country despite his own harrowing ...

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Radio frequencies vital to Earth observation must be protected: UN

Radio frequencies needed for weather forecasts, early warning systems, climate monitoring and water management must be safeguarded against the growing threat of interference from e...

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Trump admin finalizes reversal of US fuel economy standards

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday finalized its rollback of US fuel economy standards that were meant to spur the transition towards electric vehicles and reduce pl...

DarwinDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Hurricane Polo approaches Mexico, threatens 'severe' damage

Strong winds battered Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Monday ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Polo, a m...

DisasterDay Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
France puts out largest wildfire since 1949

A wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares in southwest France has finally been declared extinguished, two month...

DisasterDay Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Myanmar military airstrike kills 33 in market area

A military airstrike on a market in western Myanmar killed 33 people on Monday and wounded 36 more, a rebel fa...

PolicyDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
'Trying to live normally': residents urge calm at strategic NATO chokepoint

Goats and cows graze among the lakes and woods that adorn a stretch of borderland in northeastern Poland, unaw...