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A three-way summit between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin is set to take place in China on the sidelines of APEC next week. The White House says the agenda will include the ongoing Iran conflict and nuclear arms discussions — a meeting with few modern precedents and enormous geopolitical weight.
Shifting to Europe, Germany's parliament has passed sweeping new legislation expanding the powers of its intelligence services. The move comes months after a thwarted attack at Leipzig-Halle airport that Berlin has publicly attributed to Russia, reflecting a broader hardening of European security posture in the current climate.
And on a lighter but genuinely fascinating note, Chinese motorcycle maker Benelli has unveiled a nine-hundred cc naked bike equipped with active winglets — aerodynamic surfaces that adjust dynamically while riding. It's technology borrowed from MotoGP and Formula One racing, applied to a street-legal machine from a brand better known for budget-friendly twins. Whether it works as advertised or becomes an expensive novelty remains to be seen, but it signals that Chinese manufacturers are pushing further into premium engineering territory than many expected.
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