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TIANJIN, CHINA >> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said New Delhi was committed to improving ties with China in a key meeting with President Xi Jinping on Sunday, as both leaders discussed the need to expand trade and investment ties against the backdrop of U.S. tariffs.
Russian drone attack disrupts Odesa power
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KYIV >> Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia.
Pritzker warns Trump against intervention
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WASHINGTON >> A political standoff over President Donald Trump’s plan to crack down on crime and illegal immigration in Chicago intensified on Sunday as a top administration official promised to deploy more federal officers and the Democratic governor of Illinois portrayed Trump as a threat to democracy.
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WASHINGTON >> A federal judge on Sunday issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deporting unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody to Guatemala after lawyers said it would violate U.S. laws and deportations appeared imminent.
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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized late Saturday evening after a car crash near Manchester, New Hampshire, a spokesman said.
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The Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance is expected this week to open the Kaelepulu Stream mouth within Kailua Bay starting Tuesday, city officials announced.
Yesterday
Hawaii volleyball swept by Utah State
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From the brink of sweeping Marquette on Friday night, the Hawaii women’s volleyball team has now lost six consecutive sets after Utah State swept the Rainbow Wahine 25-19, 25-19, 25-23 tonight in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
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TUCSON, ARIZ. >> The Hawaii football team lost a nonconference road game and possibly its starting quarterback.
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A 24-year-old man hiking the Pali Notches trail suffered multiple injuries after he reportedly fell 150 feet on Saturday.
Arizona favored to beat Hawaii
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US naval buildup in Caribbean
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WASHINGTON >> A large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern Caribbean has officials in Caracas and experts in the United States asking: Is the move aimed at combating drug cartels, as the Trump administration has suggested, or is it for something else entirely?
China hosts SCO summit against West
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TIANJIN, China >> Xi Jinping could hardly have scripted a more favorable moment. This weekend, the leaders of India and Russia will join him at a security summit in China — one leader pushed away by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the other brought out of isolation by his embrace.
Andriy Parubiy killed in Lviv
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KYIV, Ukraine >> Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in the western city of Lviv today and a search was under way for the killer.
New visa fee threatens US tourism
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NEW YORK >> A new $250 “visa integrity fee” imposed on travelers to the United States risks piling more pressure on the struggling travel industry, as overseas arrivals continue to fall due to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and hostility to many foreign countries.
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A 21-year-old woman was critically injured after being hit by a vehicle just after midnight on Farrington Highway in Maili, police said today.
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A 49-year-old man died early this morning after he crashed his speeding motorcycle on Nimitz Highway in Kalihi, police said.
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Babies and children in the United States are nearly twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared with their peers in other wealthy countries, according to a new study.
Houthi Prime Minister killed in Sanaa
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The prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government and several other ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on the capital Sanaa, the news agency run by the group said today, citing a statement by the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat.
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Spirit Airlines explores restructuring options
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No-frills pioneer Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection today for the second time in a year after a previous reorganization failed to put it on firmer financial footing.
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A 51-year-old man wanted for stabbing a man in the chest was arrested and charged with assault in the first degree, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
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Two civilian U.S. Navy executives were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to the Hawaii Department of Health about the size of the May 6, 2021 Red Hill fuel spill .
Meta faces scrutiny over AI chatbots
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Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
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An unresponsive woman pulled from the waters at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve this afternoon was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to first responders.
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NEW YORK >> A divided U.S. appeals court ruled today that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.
Dow and S&P 500 reach records
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The S&P 500 ended down from record highs today, with losses in Dell, Nvidia and other AI-related stocks, while investors parsed inflation data showing tariffs have started feeding into prices.
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HOUSTON >> Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law today a newly gerrymandered map for Texas’ U.S. House districts, openly declaring that the state’s congressional delegation would soon be more Republican.
Golf cart fires reported in Hawaii
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Honolulu firefighters on Thursday night responded to a fire involving golf carts in Kailua.
US ends low-value import exemption
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WASHINGTON >> The U.S. tariff exemption for package shipments valued under $800 ended today, raising costs and disrupting supply chain models for e-commerce companies, small businesses using online marketplaces and consumers alike.
Jim O’Neill named CDC acting director
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WASHINGTON >> U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named his deputy, Jim O’Neill, as acting director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after ousting the former director less than a month into her tenure.
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NEW YORK >> Patients are inundating some New York City medical practices with messages that they are experiencing COVID symptoms amid a late-summer surge of coronavirus infections and the appearance of a new variant.
India Japan enhance energy cooperation
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TOKYO >> Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi agreed today to deepen economic and security ties as New Delhi confronts new U.S. tariffs and Tokyo looks to counter China’s growing influence.
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WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump has canceled Secret Service protection for former vice president and 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris, a senior White House official said today.
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A salmonella outbreak linked to eggs has sickened 95 people across 14 states, including Hawaii, federal health officials said Thursday. Eighteen people have been hospitalized.
Trump cancels 5 billion funding
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WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump has moved to unilaterally cancel $4.9 billion in federal funding authorized by Congress, escalating the fight over who controls the nation’s spending.
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