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Welcome back: Xi is wrapping up his visit to Washington where Trump has laid out the pomp but said little about lingering US-China tensions. Also today: Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says; what to know about Telehealth companies and customers’ medical data; and interest is growing in the underwater ruins of a Lebanese city.
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China’s President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump walk in the Grand Foyer of the White House during a State Dinner on Thursday in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump lays out the pomp for Xi but says little about US-China tensions
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Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for high stakes talks on Thursday at an urgent moment for the U.S.-China relationship, with their countries in a generational contest for economic and technological dominance. Read more.
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- The two appear to be betting that a combination of personal rapport and mutual interest can prevent the competition from boiling over into open conflict. “President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship” said Trump as he welcomed Xi to the White House. Xi said Chinese and American interests are “deeply intertwined” and that the “competition should be a healthy one and should be kept within bounds.” The two sides on Wednesday agreed to extend by two months a one-year trade truce that was set to expire Nov. 10 as they work to find a more durable agreement.
The Trumps feted his guests Thursday night with a black-tie state dinner. Tech titans, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk were among the 130 guests invited, but Chinese CEOs were conspicuously absent. While Trump has offered plenty of glitz, some China analysts observed that the talks seemed light on substance.
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Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency’s ex-chief says
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Philippe Lazzarini, who led U.N. body until earlier this year, told The Associated Press that members of the Palestinian technocratic committee want to work with the agency. Another U.N. official shared with AP minutes from meetings where UNRWA and the committee discussed collaborating on plans for Gaza. Read more.
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A Board of Peace official confirmed that board members had met multiple times with UNRWA officials. And while the agency’s days are over, its programs “may persist if they are serving Gazans well,” the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Israel’s foreign ministry did not respond when asked about these remarks. Israel wants the agency known as UNRWA out of Gaza and has repeatedly accused it of being infiltrated by Hamas militants, allegations the International Court of Justice says have not been substantiated. And yet UNRWA remains the territory’s largest aid provider, playing a key role in health and education.
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Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data
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In recent years, FTC officials have filed cases against more than half-dozen telehealth companies. In some cases, regulators said the companies shared users’ health data with online platforms such as Meta and Google, without getting permission. Read more.
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Lebanon Diving Center manager Youssef Jundi films Roman-era columns at an underwater archaeological site near the coast of Tyre, Lebanon, Sept. 17. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Divers are finding their way back to Lebanon’s ‘sunken city’
In the Lebanese city of Tyre, known for its Roman ruins, purple dye and its much older Phoenician past, history is easy to spot. Some of it requires a wetsuit. Beneath the waters of the Mediterranean Sea lie stoned walls, ancient structures and a submerged road — remnants of a city that once stood above the water. The war had raised concerns over its preservation but following a June ceasefire, divers are slowly returning to explore what lies below. Watch the divers descend and browse our photos from beneath the waves.
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