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26 heads of state joined Xi Jinping to watch a military parade in Beijing.

They included many autocrats, including from Russia and North Korea, but no leaders of big

Western democracies.

Beforehand, Mr. Xi said mankind faced a choice between peace and war and called China

unstoppable.

Donald Trump told China's leader to, quote, give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un as you conspire against the United States.

Bond markets began recovering from a global sell-off following a weak jobs opening report in America.

Investors are betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

America's 30-year Treasury yield fell after briefly rising above 5% earlier on Wednesday,

and the yield on Britain's 30-year guilt fell back to 5.6% after hitting its highest level in nearly three decades.

At least 15 people were killed and 18 injured after a finicular derailed in Lisbon.

The streetcar, the Ascensor de Gloria, opened in 1885 and is popular with tourists in the Portuguese capital.

Portugal's government, calling the incident a tragic accident, said it would conduct a full investigation after the rescue operation concludes.

Donald Trump once again called for Hamas to release all the Israeli

hostages held in Gaza. If they do, things will change rapidly, he wrote on his social media

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