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Vietnam’s Coffee Exports Drop 14.3% in 2024, but Revenue Soars by 35.4%

Vietnam’s coffee exports for the January-November period of 2024 reached 1.2 million metric tons, marking a 14.3% decrease compared to the same period in 2023, according to data released by the General Statistics Office on December 6, 2024. While the volume of coffee exports has dropped, the country’s coffee export revenue has surged by 35.4%, […]

Trump denies reports he offered Iran sanctions relief to end the war September 29, 2026
Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he has offered Iran nothing to end the war, rejecting media reports that cited US officials saying he was willing to ease sanctions and release frozen funds for "concrete" steps regarding Iran's nuclear ‌programme. "This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING," Trump wrote on Truth Social […]
Reuters
From motorcycles to booze, U.S. ban on $1 billion in Canadian imports goes into effect September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of a two-way annual trade […]
PAUL WISEMAN
Senate passes historic bill to regulate college sports. Its toughest test comes next. September 29, 2026
The Protect College Sports Act is halfway home.U.S. senators on Monday overwhelmingly voted to pass legislation intended to bring regulation to an unruly industry — a historic moment in NCAA history but one expected after lawmakers advanced the bill through multiple procedural steps over the last week.The bill, mainly authored by Republican Sens. Ted Cruz […]
Ross Dellenger
OpenAI scraps release of its latest AI model over safety concerns September 29, 2026
OpenAI is scrapping the planned release of its next-generation AI model after researchers raised safety concerns during internal testing, Newsweek has confirmed.An OpenAI spokesperson told Newsweek Monday evening that safety leaders made the decision not to ship GPT-6.1 Astra, which was set for an October debut. The decision was first reported by The Wall Street […]
Alex Backus
Major Pentagon breach exposes sensitive data on nearly 3 million people September 29, 2026
A breach of the Pentagon’s sprawling personnel database exposed sensitive information belonging to a massive swath of military personnel, including Social Security numbers and details about the jobs they held, according to a U.S. defense official.The breach affected 2.76 million living people and another 294,000 who are deceased, the official said. The scope and sensitivity […]
LUIS MARTINEZ and LUKE BARR
DA defends decision not to prosecute alleged Cornell gang rape case in 2024 September 29, 2026
Prosecutors in upstate New York are defending their decision not to bring charges in 2024 after an alleged "gang rape" at a Cornell University fraternity. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten described the allegations as “morally disturbing” but argued that the facts he knew at the time did not support a prosecution. “If what was said […]
AARON KATERSKY, ELIZABETH THOMAS and PETER CHARALAMBOUS
Chuck Grassley, oldest sitting senator, laments dying in office under a Democratic governor September 28, 2026
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, lamented the possibility that a Democratic governor could appoint his successor if he were to die in office, according to video of remarks he delivered late last week."At 93 years of age, I don't know how many more groups of Republicans like this I’m going […]
JOHN PARKINSON and GABY VINICK
Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend midterms from 'foreign actors' September 28, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the Pentagon last week to prioritize and deploy “advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to track down, disrupt and neutralize “foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections" while “maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize our country.” “Commander U.S. Cyber Command and the Directors of the Combat Support Agencies will prioritize […]
Filip Timotija
40 people rescued and several missing after boat capsizes west of Puerto Rico September 28, 2026
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it rescued at least 40 people in open waters after their boat capsized several miles from a tiny, uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.Two people were found dead, with survivors reporting an estimated 60 people aboard, the agency said.Rescue efforts were ongoing […]
DÁNICA COTO
Man who spent decades on Utah death row gets bail after DNA doesn't match him September 28, 2026
A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief's aunt and spent decades on death row was released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to the crime. A Utah judge ordered Douglas Stewart Carter let out on bail late Monday over objections from the victim's family. Carter is […]
MATTHEW BROWN
'A visit to another planet': How an article about a niche bar set the internet on fire September 28, 2026
Mask policies at a lesbian bar in a small western Massachusetts town don't sound like the kind of topic that would become a viral sensation. But that's exactly what happened when the Boston Globe published a look last week into the uproar that ensued when Last Ditch, a bar in the small LGBTQ-friendly town of […]
Mike Bebernes
CNN, MS Now and Politico ask court to extend block of White House access ban September 28, 2026
Three news outlets that President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved, saying the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order — including selectively barring CNN from White House pool duties. […]
JOCELYN NOVECK
President Trump announces new $15 billion steel plant to be built in Iowa September 28, 2026
Washington — President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years, in what would be the largest of its kind in U.S. history. "There's a company known as Mesabi," the president said in the Oval Office. "And they're going to make a […]
Kathryn Watson
FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey resigns in latest shake-up at bureau September 28, 2026
The conservative firebrand whom the Trump administration installed as a No. 2 at the FBI announced Monday that he is resigning from the bureau. Andrew Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who has supported debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen, told bureau employees in an email that he was leaving to spend more […]
Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck, (c) 2026 , The Washington Post