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taz says the SPD wants China tariffs and Merz's bloc is sceptical; Frankfurter Allgemeine says Merz himself demands the weapon
Two German papers, published 15 minutes apart, name opposite sides of Berlin's coalition as the force behind a tougher EU line on Chinese trade. Neither names the EU …
The Washington Post names Anna Yagi and the Marine accused; the AP wire says only 'a 39-year-old local woman'
Japanese police arrested a 20-year-old US Marine over the killing of a woman in a Naha hotel. Tokyo protested to Washington. One report of four names her, names …
Japan's new Russia sanctions: The Insider counts 33 Russian companies, Ekonomichna Pravda counts 37
Three reports carry Japan's 2 October sanctions package. They agree on 9 people and 35 ships, but they give two different company counts. Each leads on something different: …
UN News says China and Russia vetoed a US-backed Iran sanctions panel; IRNA names only China, defending Iran's 'legitimate right'
A Security Council draft to set up a panel of experts on Iran's nuclear sanctions was vetoed. The UN's own news service names two vetoing states and the …
Libération reports an AI channel from Xi's Washington visit; The Independent writes of "everything MAGA didn't need"
Xi Jinping is on a three-day state visit to the White House. We hold four reports on it, and each tells a different story. One says what the …
Trump says US and China 'made great strides'; the Washington Post sees 'few apparent breakthroughs'
Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington ended on 25 September with both leaders praising it. We hold nine reports on it, and one names a trade result: France …
Trump calls Xi talks 'very productive'; a Guardian source says he warned on Iran; Ukrainska Pravda sees 'two pandas instead of a result'
We hold six reports from the last day of Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington. They tell three different stories about what the visit produced, and none of …
Trump hails a 'truly great friendship', Warren says he 'loves dictators' — and one outlet reports a trade truce to January
Xi Jinping reached the White House on Thursday for his first US state visit since 2015. Of 11 reports we hold, most cover the welcome. One carries a …
Mediapart puts AI at the top of Xi's Washington visit, Libération lists tariffs first, NPR names no issue
China's leader Xi Jinping arrived in the United States on Wednesday 23 September for a state visit. The three reports we hold give three different agendas. None gives …
An-Nahar calls the aviation halt "effective and very fast"; Asharq Al-Awsat says routes "including China" stayed open
US sanctions on Iran's airlines took effect on Wednesday. Two reports agree that flights to Baghdad and Muscat stopped, and disagree on how much else did. The one …
An-Nahar says Bessent 'affirmed' Iran's airlines stop on 23 September; Tehran's Shargh says he 'claimed' it
The US Treasury secretary says every Iranian airline will stop flying worldwide on Wednesday because no one will dare refuel or ticket their planes. Two Lebanese outlets carry …
taz calls it “a mistake by an AI”; the Washington Examiner says it was the Pentagon’s “blind faith” in one
American planes were airborne and armed personnel were preparing to board a Chinese ship over intelligence that said it carried nuclear weapons. Both reports we hold say the …
F-35 canopy 'diverted to China', says Der Standard's headline; 'diverted to Hong Kong' and missing, says its own text
Two reports agree that a classified F-35 part left Australia for the US and ended up in Hong Kong. They disagree on whether that means China. Neither says …
An AI error 'almost started a war' with China, says The Independent; Frankfurter Allgemeine says it nearly led to action against one ship
Three European outlets pass on one CNN report that an error by a US military AI system nearly led to force against China. They disagree on how close …
Jerusalem Post says Beijing was asked to rein in the Houthis; Shargh says Riyadh asked Oman for a two-week truce
Three reports, two different brokers, and not one named source. Two say Saudi Arabia went to China to lean on Iran; a third says it went to Muscat …
Life.ru says Trump "intends to sign"; Kyiv Post says "sign, veto, or potentially pocket-veto"
The US House passed the Russia sanctions bill on 16 September. Six of the ten reports we hold call it the «адские санкции» — hell sanctions — bill, …
Reuters says Beijing carried Riyadh's message to Tehran; Shargh says Islamabad did
Four reports say China privately asked Iran to rein in Yemen's Houthis, all resting on the same three unnamed Iranian sources. Two reports in Tehran name Pakistan instead, …
Trump says "very negative forces" exaggerate AI risk; Anthropic's chief says the industry was not open enough
Four reports carry one afternoon's remarks. Two pass on the president's phrase, one turns it into a rates story, one gives the warning side its own sentence. None …
AP calls 49.8 a contraction. Reuters calls it an easing slump. The Independent runs both.
China's official manufacturing index read 49.8 in August, up from 49.2 in July and still under the 50 line that separates growth from contraction. Three reports carry the …
The Guardian dates the gilt record to 1998. The Irish Times dates it to 2008. Both carry both bonds.
UK borrowing costs hit their highest in decades on Tuesday 1 September, in a global bond sell-off that also took Japan's 10-year yield to 3%. Two reports on …
Axios says China derailed the G20 statement. France 24 says the G20 backed it. Same document.
Nineteen G20 members backed a text the United States wrote as chair. China did not. Ten reports call that outcome an agreement, a failure, or nothing at all …
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