Top news of the day: Trump says likely to meet Putin, Xi in China; post-Deepavali air quality plunges across major Indian cities; and more

U.S., China, Russia leaders to meet next week, says Trump; Beijing says ‘in communication with parties’ United States President Donald Trump has said he will likely meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a rare trilateral leaders’ meeting on the sidelines of the APEC gathering in Shenzhen next week. Beijing said on Monday (November 9, 2026) it was “in communication with relevant parties” over the meeting, not ruling out the possibility as leaders gather for the APEC summit in southern China on November 18 and 19.

U.S., China, Russia leaders to meet next week, says Trump; Beijing says ‘in communication with parties’ storyline 1 AQI slips to ‘severe’ in Delhi; Mumbai, Chennai wake up to smog morning after Deepavali Delhi Air Quality Index slips near “severe” mark as a thick layer of toxic haze engulfed India’s National capital on Monday (November 9, 2026). Despite stringent restrictions on fireworks imposed by the Supreme Court, people defied the deadline way past 10 p.m.

on Deepavali night.