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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2022.David Dee Delgado | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s latest leadership appointments point to greater emphasis on relations with the U.S.Foreign Minister Wang Yi joined the new Politburo, the second-highest level of power, state media announced Sunday. That’s despite expectations he might retire.The changes showed that Yang Jiechi, a long-time diplomat closely involved with U.S.-China relations, did not stay on in the…

Disturbing new video shows a subway shover charge a 32-year-old man from across a Brooklyn platform to knock him onto the tracks in an unprovoked attack. The attack happened around 2:40 p.m. Friday on the northbound L-train tracks at the Wyckoff Avenue and Myrtle Avenue subway station, cops said. Police released footage of the assailant on Saturday, showing him standing on one side of the platform with his arms folded and back to the tracks as he spots his target on the other side of the platform near another set of tracks. The pusher looks both ways as if checking…

The Nets have five players coming off surgeries of some kind. Three have already suited up, and Seth Curry is not far behind. T.J. Warren is the last, but out to prove he’s certainly not the least. The oft-injured forward is coming back from surgery for consecutive stress fractures in his left foot, and was a low-risk high-reward flier a a Nets free-agent signing. “I’m doing everything I can. The training staff has been great and I like my progression. I’m on track so I’m excited about that,” said Warren, who has essentially missed the past two seasons. Nets coach…

CNN  —  Boris Johnson has held talks with his former finance minister Rishi Sunak as a key deadline looms in the race to replace Liz Truss as British Prime Minister, media outlets in the United Kingdom are reporting. The two men have become the early favorites to replace Truss, who announced her resignation Thursday just six weeks into a term that threw Britain into political and economic turmoil. Though neither of them has formally declared their candidacy, Sunak has reached the 100-nomination threshold to make it to the voting stage and Johnson’s allies said he had returned to the country…

A man stabbed a driver of another car after they were involved in a minor car accident in Midtown on Friday night, police said. Two vehicles collided across from 460 West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue just after 8:45 p.m., cops said. After the collision, a passenger in the first vehicle, described as a man in his mid-30s, got out and stabbed the 52-year-old driver of the second vehicle in the back three times, according to police. He then jumped back in the vehicle — a Subaru operated by a woman in her 30s — and fled the scene towards…

A 66-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn on Saturday, police said. The man was crossing Fourth Avenue midblock between 58th and 59th streets in Sunset Park around 6:45 p.m. when he was struck by an unknown gray vehicle traveling southbound on the avenue, according to police. The driver fled the scene, cops said. No arrests have been made in the hit-and-run. Paul Martinka The 66-year-old victim was crossing the street when he was hit. Paul Martinka The man was crossing 4th Avenue in Sunset Park around 6:45 PM. Paul Martinka The victim was transported by EMS…

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Three female bison were released into West Blean and Thornden Woods, Kent, in July 2022, says Kent. The charities hope that the animals will function as “ecosystem engineers,” helping to restore their own natural habitats, increase biodiversity, and combat climate change. Bison engage in certain behavior, like felling trees, for instance, that will reduce the flood risk in the forests, according to Kent.”Bison rangers” working on the project discovered the new addition to the herd in September, says the news release. But they chose not to announce the birth until October to ensure the baby was healthy and also out…

A sweet Staffordshire bull terrier is looking for a new home after she was transferred out of harm’s way amid the damage done by Hurricane Ian.The one-and-a-half-year-old pup named Snow White is currently available for adoption at Liberty Humane Society (LHS) in Jersey City, New Jersey.She’s quite distinctive looking, too: She’s all white, with faint black spots.Snow White and 89 other cats and dogs were airlifted out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Oct. 2, 2022 — all part of a mission headed up by Greater Good Charities.HURRICANE IAN DISPLACED SCORES OF PETS IN FLORIDA: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?The airlift operation…

A Washington state woman was injured after a bear knocked her to the ground outside her home Saturday morning, a wildlife official said.The adult female black bear attacked the resident, who was not identified, when she let her dog out about 7 a.m. in Leavenworth, an Alpine-style village in the Cascade Mountains, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement.The bear charged the woman and knocked her to the ground. She was hospitalized with significant injuries, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. The injuries were not thought to be life-threatening, the Fish and Wildlife department said. The…