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  "id": 9517687,
  "title": "Why did Trump wear gloves to greet China’s Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/why-did-trump-wear-gloves-to-greet-chinas-xi-jinping-at-joint-base",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T07:29:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368619/why-did-trump-wear-gloves-greet-chinas-xi-jinping-joint-base-andrews"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump’s choice of attire at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday drew online attention as he made a rare personal appearance to welcome Xi Jinping. Trump was on the tarmac to greet Xi on Wednesday evening as the Chinese president arrived in Washington for his first US state visit in more than a decade. But while temperatures at the airbase were around 19 degrees Celsius (66…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Trump greets Xi Jinping with 100-foot red carpet — video",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/trump-greets-xi-jinping-with-100-foot-red-carpet-video",
        "published": "2026-09-24T06:28:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Trump welcomes Xi Jinping with red carpet, military honours and flyover",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/trump-welcomes-xi-jinping-with-red-carpet-military-honours-and-flyover",
        "published": "2026-09-24T06:34:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Trump warmly welcomes China’s Xi Jinping on US visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/trump-warmly-welcomes-chinas-xi-jinping-on-us-visit",
        "published": "2026-09-24T06:42:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Why did Trump wear gloves to greet China’s Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/why-did-trump-wear-gloves-to-greet-chinas-xi-jinping-at-joint-base-9517890",
        "published": "2026-09-24T07:29:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}