Trump reacts as Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi appear together at China's military paradeNew Foto - Trump reacts as Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi appear together at China's military parade

President Donald Trump took to his social media platform as Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared together in Beijing for China's largest-ever military parade on Wednesday. Trump accused Xi of "conspiring against" the United States as they attended the parade, which marked the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. "May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America," Trump wrote on social media as the parade was underway. MORE: North Korea's Kim crosses into China to meet Xi, Putin for Beijing military parade Trump referenced America's involvement in World War II in his post on, saying, "The big question to be answered is whether or not President Xi of China will mention the massive amount of support and 'blood' that The United States of America gave to China in order to help it to secure its FREEDOM from a very unfriendly foreign invader." "Many Americans died in China's quest for Victory and Glory. I hope that they are rightfully Honored and Remembered for their Bravery and Sacrifice!" the president wrote. In his remarks at the parade, held in front of the Tiananmen Gate, Xi hailed the Chinese People's Liberation Army as a "heroic force" and spoke of nations and treating each other as equals. "The Chinese nation is a great nation that does not fear violence, and that stands independent and strong," Xi said. "In the past, when confronted with a life-or-death struggle between justice and evil, light and darkness, progress and reaction, the Chinese people stood united, rose up in resistance, and fought for the survival of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation and the cause of human justice." Yuri Ushakov, a top aide to Putin, dismissed Trump's conspiracy allegations. "I want to say that no one organized any conspiracies, no one was weaving anything, no conspiracies," Ushakov told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin, who is close to the Kremlin and has previously interviewed Putin. "Moreover, no one even had that in their minds, none of these three leaders had that," Ushakov said. MORE: 'They do not surrender': Ukraine commander details fight with North Koreans in Russia "Everyone understands the role that the United States, the current administration of President Trump and President Trump personally play in the current international arrangements," Ushakov said in a video posted by Zarubin to his Telegram channel. Kim, Xi and Putin gathered for the military parade amid Ukrainian and Western concerns over the collaboration of the three nations in bolstering Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ongoing since February 2022. Putin sent an invitation to meet with Kim on the sidelines of the military parade, according to Putin's top foreign policy aide. The North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a Wednesday statement that Kim was "enveloped in an atmosphere of the warmest friendship and enthusiastic welcome" on his arrival in Beijing. Ukrainian and Western governments have accused North Korea of supplying significant amounts of ammunition and troops to support Russia's war, while Kyiv and its NATO backers have identified China as Moscow's prime source of materiel and a vital economic lifeline. ABC News' Tanya Stukalova and Somayeh Malekian contributed to this report.

Trump reacts as Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi appear together at China's military parade

Trump reacts as Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi appear together at China's military parade President Donald Trump took to his social media pla...
Serb separatist Dodik defies Bosnian state in government reshuffleNew Foto - Serb separatist Dodik defies Bosnian state in government reshuffle

SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The parliament of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic has approved a government reshuffle that the opposition says is illegal because it was initiated by the region's president who has been banned from politics. The vote late on Tuesday deepens a crisis over a Serb separatist drive that amounts to one of the biggest threats to peace in the Balkans since the wars that followed Yugoslavia's collapse. The Serb Republic makes up Bosnia and Herzegovina along with a federation shared by Bosniaks and Croats under the Dayton peace accords that ended a 1992-95 conflict that killed about 100,000 people and displaced around 2 million. The Serb Republic government reshuffle was set in motion by Milorad Dodik, who last month was stripped of his mandate as the Serb Republic's president by Bosnia's election commission. An appeals court had earlier upheld a verdict jailing Dodik for a year and banning him from politics for six years for defying the rulings of the international envoy who oversees civilian implementation of the Dayton accords. Dodik, a Russian-backed separatist who wants the Serb region to secede from Bosnia, has rejected the commission's decision and stayed on, but the election commission has called a November 23 election to elect a successor. Saying changes were needed in the Serb Republic's government to meet "challenges ahead", Dodik asked regional Prime Minister Radovan Viskovic to resign and nominated former agriculture minister Savo Minic to replace him. The reshuffled government, which includes only four new faces, was approved by 50 deputies from the governing coalition led by Dodik's SNSD party. Opposition deputies did not attend the vote. They said the government would be illegal because Dodik had lost his mandate as president. Minic said the government would work to return Bosnia to what he depicted as post-war basics, echoing Dodik's stance that only institutions that existed in the so-called "original Dayton deal" were acceptable to Bosnian Serbs. Minic announced a referendum on Dodik's status and said the Serb Republic had the right to self-determination. (Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic)

Serb separatist Dodik defies Bosnian state in government reshuffle

Serb separatist Dodik defies Bosnian state in government reshuffle SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The parliament of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republ...
Astros pitcher Framber Valdez denies intentionally hitting his catcher after tense moment in loss to YankeesNew Foto - Astros pitcher Framber Valdez denies intentionally hitting his catcher after tense moment in loss to Yankees

Houston pitcher Framber Valdez insists he didn't intentionally cross up his catcher and hit him with a ball on purpose during the Astros' 7-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. Valdez gave up a grand slam in the fifth inning of the contest at Daikin Park. Before Valdez served up the homer, catcher Cesar Salazar tried to get his pitcher to step off the mound just before he threw the pitch. Valdez ignored that call and threw the pitch anyways, which led to Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham hitting it out of the park. The grand slam gave the Yankees a 6-0 lead at the time. During the next at-bat, Valdez drilled Salazar in the chest with a pitch that appeared to get away from both of them. Salazar looked stunned, and eventually took his helmet off and stared at Valdez hard from home plate. Valdez immediately turned his back to Salazar and carried on. There's speculation that Astros pitcher Framber Valdez purposely crossed up his catcher Cesar Salazar and hit him with this pitch after Salazar told him to step off before allowing a grand slampic.twitter.com/ds3c9MzQV6 — Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia)September 3, 2025 Valdez insisted after the game that it was accidental. Both he and Salazar were called into the manager's office after the contest, and Valdez said he apologized to Salazar. "It was a pitch I wanted to throw. I called for that pitch. I wasn't able to locate it," Valdez said through an interpreter, viaAstros reporter Will Kunkel. "Then afterwards, we just got crossed up. Afterwards, I told him I was sorry." Salazar backed that up,saying he and Valdez"have a really good relationship." Cesar Salazar blamed Yankees fans taking over their home park for him and Framber Valdez getting "crossed up."😂pic.twitter.com/GEeaNeORrK — Joe Randazzo (@YankeeLibrarian)September 3, 2025 "There was a good amount of Yankees fans, so it was pretty loud after the grand slam," Salazar said. "Maybe my pitch count wasn't in the right spot, so I pressed the wrong button, you know." Even though it didn't look great in the moment, both players insist that it was simply a misunderstanding in a tense situation. The Yankees rolled to the six-run win, thanks both to Grisham's grand slam and a pair of home runs from Jazz Chisholm Jr. That pushed them to 77-61 on the season, and has them 2.5 games back from the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East race. Valdez, in his eighth year with the Astros, holds a 3.40 ERA and a 12-8 record in 27 games this season. The Astros, who have lost three of their last four, still hold a three-game lead in the AL West race despite the latest loss.

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez denies intentionally hitting his catcher after tense moment in loss to Yankees

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez denies intentionally hitting his catcher after tense moment in loss to Yankees Houston pitcher Framber Valdez ...
Defending US Open champ Sabalenka returns to semifinals with walkover win against VondroušováNew Foto - Defending US Open champ Sabalenka returns to semifinals with walkover win against Vondroušová

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka returned to theUS Opensemifinals without hitting a ball on Tuesday night because the woman she was supposed to face in the quarterfinals, 2023 Wimbledon champion Markéta Vondroušová, pulled out of their match with an injured knee. According to the US Tennis Association, Vondroušová is the first woman to give her opponent a walkover – the term for when a tennis player withdraws from a match before it begins – at the US Open in the quarterfinals or later since 1988, when Steffi Graf advanced to the final when Chris Evert did not play their semifinal. "I tried my best to take the court today, but during the warm-up, I felt again my knee, and after consultation with the tournament doctor decided not to risk aggravating the injury," Vondroušová, a 26-year-old left-hander from the Czech Republic, said in a statement released by the USTA. "I appreciate all the support this tournament and apologize to the fans who were looking forward to the match." She had advanced to the quarterfinals with a three-set victory over 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina on Sunday night. With one of the two nighttime matches in Ashe scrapped Tuesday, the USTA didn't replace Sabalenka vs. Vondroušová on the program with another contest, but set up the men's quarterfinal between 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic and 2024 runner-up Taylor Fritz to begin at 8 p.m. That was originally supposed to start whenever Sabalenka-Vondroušová ended. Sabalenka now will meet No. 4 Jessica Pegula in the semifinals on Thursday. That is a rematch of last year's championship match at Flushing Meadows, which Sabalenka won in straight sets. Vondroušová has been as high as No. 6 in the WTA rankings but a series of injuries over the years kept off the tour for stretches at a time. That included operations on her wrist in 2022 and on her shoulder last year. She entered the US Open ranked 60th and unseeded. "So sorry for Markéta after all she's been through," Sabalenka wrote on social media. "She has been playing amazing tennis and I know how badly this must hurt for her." Pegula moved into her second grand slam semifinal by eliminating two-time major champion Barbora Krejčíková 6-3, 6-3 earlier Tuesday. Pegula had been 0-6 in major quarterfinals until upsetting Iga Świątek in that round at Flushing Meadows a year ago. Now the 31-year-old American is the first woman to make the final four at the US Open in consecutive years without losing a set since 23-time major champion Serena Williams did it every year from 2011 to 2014. "I've been able to kind of go into those matches and really take care of business," Pegula said. The last two women's quarterfinals are scheduled for Wednesday: No. 2 Świątek vs. No. 8 Amanda Anisimova – that's a rematch of last month's Wimbledon final, which Swiatek won 6-0, 6-0 – and No. 11 Karolína Muchová vs. No. 23 Naomi Osaka. That will be Osaka's first grand slam quarterfinal since the 2021 Australian Open, where she wound up claiming her fourth major trophy. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

Defending US Open champ Sabalenka returns to semifinals with walkover win against Vondroušová

Defending US Open champ Sabalenka returns to semifinals with walkover win against Vondroušová Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka returned to...
Analysis-China's new weaponry sends message of deterrence to broad audienceNew Foto - Analysis-China's new weaponry sends message of deterrence to broad audience

By Greg Torode SINGAPORE (Reuters) -From an upgraded, nuclear-armed missile with near-global reach, to air defence lasers, hypersonic weapons, and sea drones that could crowd its near seas, China sent a broad message of deterrence with its largest ever military parade on Wednesday. Military analysts and diplomats say China's leader Xi Jinping was serving multiple constituencies as he oversaw the parade - the U.S. and its allies, China's neighbours, plus regional powers India and Russia, and countries potentially eyeing purchases of Chinese technology. "For all the operational questions that surround some of these new elements, China was sending a message of technological advance and military strength on all fronts - there is a indeed a lot for rival defence planners to get their heads around," said Singapore-based security analyst Alexander Neill. James Char, a China defence scholar at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said the comprehensive range of new weapons on show highlighted how the Chinese military was determined to be able to control its near seas in any potential conflict with U.S. "The combination of the (sea) ... drones that they have and also the missiles, it will create an area with that external navies couldn't even enter to intervene in the event of a contingency," Char said. Specifically, the new torpedo-shaped drones and array of hypersonic weapons that can be fired from land, sea and air would be a serious threat for the U.S. and its partners - particularly when combined with its growing number of DF-26 medium-range ballistic missiles that could target ships and bases such as Guam. Beyond the neat demonstration of precision and discipline on display at the parade, question marks remained about the full capabilities of the new weapons, Char said. Analysts have long noted that China would have to effectively secure control of the South and East China seas in any conflict over Taiwan to ensure success - no easy task given the traditional naval dominance of the U.S. across East Asia. (Reporting by Greg Torode in Singapore and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

Analysis-China's new weaponry sends message of deterrence to broad audience

Analysis-China's new weaponry sends message of deterrence to broad audience By Greg Torode SINGAPORE (Reuters) -From an upgraded, nucle...

 

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