Maduro accuses America of “fabricating” a war; Trump heads to Asia, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 26 October 2025
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| 0:56.2 | Chinese and American economic officials met in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, ahead of Donald |
| 1:01.1 | Trump's nearly week-long tour of Asia. They hope to diffuse mounting trade war tensions. |
| 1:06.6 | America's president will visit Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea, where he is expected to meet China's leader Xi Jinping on Thursday. |
| 1:14.1 | Mr. Trump said he was also open to meeting Kim Jong-un, North Korea's dictator. |
| 1:20.7 | Venezuela's despot, Nicholas Maduro, said America was fabricating a war |
| 1:24.9 | after the Trump administration deployed the USS General R. Ford, |
| 1:28.8 | the world's largest aircraft carrier to Latin America. Pentecon officials said the latest |
| 1:33.5 | escalation of America's military presence aimed to counter-narco-terrorism. American forces have |
| 1:39.4 | struck 10 boats in the region since the start of September on similar grounds, killing at least 40 people. |
| 1:47.8 | Madagascar's new government stripped Andri Ruzalina, the former president of citizenship. |
| 1:52.7 | Mr. Ruzalina fled the country on October 13th after weeks of youth had protests triggered by shortages |
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