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Global Turmoil: Starmer Courts China as Klobuchar Eyes Minnesota

Klobuchar Enters Minnesota Gubernatorial Race Amidst National and International Developments

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced her candidacy for governor on Thursday, following Gov. Tim Walz's decision not to seek a third term, according to NPR News. The announcement comes at a time of significant national and international developments, including calls for deeper UK-China ties and ongoing debates over political rhetoric in the United States.

Klobuchar, a Democrat, released a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, where she addressed Minnesotans, acknowledging recent tragedies in the state, including the separate shootings of two American citizens by ICE agents, NPR News reported. "Minnesotans, we've been through a lot," Klobuchar stated in the video.

Meanwhile, in international affairs, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Thursday to advocate for a "comprehensive strategic partnership" between the UK and China, according to the Associated Press, as reported by NPR Politics. The leaders' discussion took place amidst what they described as growing global turbulence and uncertainty, with the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump's policies looming large. While neither leader explicitly mentioned Trump, the AP noted that his challenge to the post-Cold War order was clearly a factor in their discussions.

Domestically, the debate over political rhetoric continued, with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota criticizing President Trump for using "hateful rhetoric" against her, Time reported. Omar suggested that Trump's words have made her a target for attacks. "Every time the President of the United States has chosen to use hateful rhetoric to talk about me and the community that I represent, my death threats skyrocket," Omar said on Wednesday, according to Time. She added that she wouldn't need to pay for security if "Donald Trump wasn't in office and if he wasn't so obsessed with me." Omar also accused the right wing of using rhetoric as a tactic to stop her from being in public service.

In other news, TIME Studios announced a partnership with Primordial Soup, an AI studio founded by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, to distribute "On This Day... 1776," Time reported. The animated series, which brings pivotal moments from America's founding year to life, will be released on TIME's YouTube platform throughout 2026. The short-form series uses a combination of traditional filmmaking tools and emerging AI capabilities to tell short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War.

In the scientific community, Nature News published research on developmental convergence and divergence in human stem cell models of autism. The study, which analyzed a large patient collection of human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells, aimed to identify shared and distinct mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-linked mutations.

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