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1. Ukraine's winter warning to Canada: Help us keep the lights on

   

   With Russia intensifying attacks on Ukraine's power, water and sewage systems, Ukrainian lawmakers are asking Canada to help fund desperately needed electrical transformers before winter. Their warning is stark: Moscow is trying to make cities unlivable — while exhaustion and fading Western attention threaten to become weapons of war.

2. Trump greets Xi on tarmac as Chinese leader arrives for state visit

   

   Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from U.S. President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January.

3. Southwestern Mexico braces for arrival of 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Polo

   

   Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rains and mudslides Wednesday after Polo, a powerful Pacific cyclone, became a major hurricane. Forecasters also warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week.

4. FBI employee data allegedly hacked by ShinyHunters contains sensitive info about intelligence roles

   

   FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about ‌scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels and more, Reuters has found.

5. El Niño-driven heat could cause half a million extra deaths, report says. Here's where

   

   This year's powerful El Niño and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, according to a research report released Wednesday.