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Trump and Xi to set up AI safety channel as military, trade talks continue

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China and the United States agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications following a three-day summit between President Xi Jinping and President Trump in Washington, the two governments said Saturday.

They also agreed to continue cooperating through a Board of Trade focused on selected bilateral issues. The White House said the board began operating this week.

The summit produced no major breakthroughs, but analysts said the steps toward greater cooperation were important because they established working groups that could help prevent disputes from escalating.

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Massive crowd of worshippers in France attend Mass during Pope Leo visit

Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées Avenue for Pope Leo XIV' s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country. The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered in advance. The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe.

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Hurricane Nolo could cause "catastrophic" flooding in Hawaii, forecasters warn

Hurricane Nolo weakened slightly to a Category 1 storm Saturday as it began to move away from Hawaii, the National Hurricane Center said , but it was still expected to lash Hawaii's Big Island and Maui with heavy rains through the weekend. The storm was inching west late Saturday morning local time at just 5 mph, the NHC said. It was forecast to remain well south of Hawaii's two big islands, although it was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane on Sunday and Monday before weakening next week.

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4 American tourists dead after building explosion in Greece

Four Americans were among the six people who died after an explosion and building collapse in Athens' tourist district of Plaka near the Acropolis on Friday, officials said. A U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Saturday that their deaths were a result of a gas explosion. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of four American citizens in yesterday's explosion in central Athens," Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, said on X.