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Trump Urges Ukraine to Replace Zelenskyy — 1dTrump said Ukraine should get a new leader who can make a deal after Zelensky condemned a U.S. pact suspending Russian diesel sanctions until 7 April.

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Nuclear Stocks Slide Despite AI Power DemandBusiness — 14hNuScale lost about 82% over the past year as nuclear developers slid despite AI power demand, NRC SMR approval, and an Oklo-Meta Ohio campus pact.

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Eswatini King Reaffirms Taiwan Ties, Backs UN Participation — 2dOn his 20th Taiwan visit, King Mswati III said the UN should facilitate Taiwan's substantive participation; Taipei and Eswatini signed a criminal mutual-assistance pact.

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey Activate Defense PactWorld — Oct 3, 2026Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to activate collective-defense measures under the Mecca alliance and swiftly deploy previously agreed forces and military capabilities to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks. The move puts Pakistan’s defense commitments to Riyadh to the test after Islamabad had earlier said a military response was not under discussion.

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Greece and Bulgaria sign pact to exchange Tsar Samuel remains and historic relics — Sep 29, 2026Remains identified as medieval Tsar Samuel head to Bulgaria as 48 WWI-era relics return to Greece under a Sept. 29 bilateral memorandum.

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Maya Lindstrom It's about time these historical remains and relics were returned to their home countries under this agreement.

AP Top 25 College Football TeamsRankingCollege football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.

Documents Show LVMH Signed 2002 Pact for Hermès Heir Shares — Sep 17, 2026LVMH signed a Nov. 12, 2002 pact with Eric Freymond to buy Hermès heir Nicolas Puech's shares, documents show, after telling a court it never contemplated acquiring his stake.

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Nicole Hardy If these documents hold up, LVMH could face real trouble for misleading everyone about their Hermès plans.

InnoCare and Lilly Sign Drug Discovery Deal With Up to $3.25 Billion in Milestones — Sep 24, 2026InnoCare shares fell after announcing a pact with Eli Lilly worth up to $3.25 billion in milestones covering as many as five drug targets.

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Tom Gallagher Lilly is betting big on InnoCare's platform with those billions in milestones, but execution will decide if it pays off.

France, UK negotiate end to migrant dealWorld — Sep 27, 2026France and the United Kingdom are preparing to end their “one in, one out” migration deal, which exchanged migrants arriving in Britain by small boat for asylum seekers with UK family ties. France wants a broader European arrangement to share responsibility, while Britain sought to extend the pact, which officials say remained limited in scale.

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Australia, New Zealand Sign Plan Tasman Naval Pact — Sep 21, 2026Australia and New Zealand signed Plan Tasman on Sept. 21, 2026, moving their navies from tradition-based cooperation to integration by design.

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Tom Gallagher This pact should help both navies operate more smoothly in the Indo-Pacific without relying only on old habits.

U.S. Expected to Add Two Military Sites in Greenland Under New Pact — Sep 21, 2026Sept. 22 signing expected to reopen Cold War-era Bluie West One at Narsarsuaq and add a U.S. site at Mestersvig in Greenland.

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Chris Dalton It's smart for the US to reopen those old bases in Greenland to keep an eye on Arctic security with NATO involved.

Nth Cycle Signs $1 Billion Glencore Battery Recycling Deal — Sep 22, 2026Nth Cycle sealed a 10-year Glencore offtake worth over $1 billion—its second billion-dollar battery deal in 2026 after Trafigura's $1.1 billion pact.

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

Walgreens signs pact for first India global capability centre in Chennai — Sep 18, 2026Walgreens signs for its first India GCC in Chennai, creating 250 high-value jobs in year one; Tamil Nadu already hosts 350 GCCs, 10% of India's total.

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AI Companies Face Class-Action Suit Over Alleged Development Pace Pact — Sep 18, 2026A federal lawsuit in California accuses Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google of illegal collusion to slow frontier AI development after public calls to pace AI progress, violating antitrust law. Plaintiffs argue such private coordination among rivals threatens public safety and seeks class-action relief against the four companies.

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Dassault Signs Rafale Cooperation Pact in Portugal — Sep 23, 2026Dassault Aviation and its RAFALE partners Thales and Safran signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AED Cluster Portugal to explore industrial cooperation tied to renewing Portugal's F-16 fleet, aiming to deepen ties with Portuguese industry, bolster the local aerospace supply chain, and support economic growth and defense sovereignty. The initiative builds on the partners’ existing presence in Portugal and seeks to strengthen Portugal’s participation in global value chains while positioning the Rafale bid within Europe’s fighter-jet market.

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Jared Kim Renewing the F-16 fleet through local partnerships could keep more money and expertise inside the country long term.

Sanders Urges Trump, Xi to Negotiate AI Treaty — Sep 13, 2026Bernie Sanders urged Trump and Xi to negotiate a binding treaty to pause advanced AI development and ban superintelligent AI, following unprecedented alignment among tech leaders to slow the pace of progress. He framed diplomacy as the only viable path to prevent humanity from being at risk, calling for an upcoming AI summit to finalize the pact.

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Derek Foss A pause sounds fine but I doubt Trump or Xi will actually slow their own countries tech race.

Soccer vs American FootballYourlist — VS BattleThe world's game versus America's obsession — simplicity against spectacle.

Vietnam Health Ministry, Hospital Sign Elder-Care PactHealth — Sep 13, 2026Across articles, experts emphasize expanding and safeguarding elder care—from Vietnam’s collaboration to establish osteoporosis centers and broaden professional training, to U.S. discussions on med spa treatments for older adults, and to the critical need for regular medication reviews and vigilant monitoring of OTC use and potential side effects in seniors.

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Trump Rejects Calls for Tighter AI Regulation — Sep 12, 2026OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests a simple, one-page US-China AI safety pact with mutual testing standards, arguing it could be a landmark move for global safety and even win a Nobel Peace Prize. The idea comes amid renewed talks between Trump and Xi on AI governance, with recent discussions and summits highlighting that any agreement remains elusive but highly consequential for the AI arms race and risk mitigation.

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Pakistan Pledges to Honor Security Pact If Saudi Arabia Attacked — Sep 9, 2026

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Biden Butchers Name of Law He Signed, and It Made It Into the WH Transcript: ‘Pact-A-Lac Act’Reporting — May 22, 2024President Joe Biden is facing mockery after badly butchering the name of a law he signed. During an event on Tuesday, the president was trying to speak about the Pact Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at…

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Canada Back in Court Defending Pact With US To Turn Back Asylum-SeekersReporting — Feb 23, 2021The Canadian government will be back in court on Tuesday defending its agreement with the United States to turn back asylum-seekers in an effort to overturn a federal court decision that found the pact violated Canada’s…

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‘No Deal Is Better Than A Bad Deal’: Experts Urge Caution As Trump Pursues Major China Pact — Oct 28, 2025President Donald Trump is gunning for a “comprehensive” trade pact with Beijing ahead of his Oct. 30 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but top China watchers are asking: At what cost? Trump has touted a major…

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CANAL+, LaLiga Sign Anti-Piracy Pact Across 50 Countries — Sep 11, 2026CANAL+ and LaLiga announced a groundbreaking anti-piracy pact spanning nearly 50 countries across Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti, uniting their intelligence, technology and enforcement efforts to disrupt illegal sports streams. Executives say piracy undercuts sport funding and the ecosystem, and the alliance aims to strengthen protections, accelerate actions, and involve broader industry participation to safeguard football’s value and future.

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Cops Find 12-Year-Old Girl in Street with Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound and Unravel Secretive PactOpinion — Sep 26, 2022A small town just west of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is devastated after a 12-year-old girl allegedly shot her father and herself as part of a murder-suicide pact she made with a friend. In a news release shared…

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ByteDance, MPA sign safeguards pact for Seedance, Seedream — Aug 17, 2026ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association have signed an agreement to strengthen copyright safeguards for ByteDance’s Seedance video and Seedream image models, with both parties pledging ongoing collaboration as AI technology evolves. The pact follows Hollywood studios’ IP concerns and will extend guardrails across ByteDance platforms like TikTok, CapCut, and Dreamina to prevent unauthorized use of copyrighted material and likenesses.

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