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Proof: ‘No retreat’: key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths

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0819a3fa824ae3efd3a8b9ae7ea8b0f823e19133077e8bda93282398886149fd

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969655, mined 2026-10-03 02:11 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 00:27 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 22:13 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-0819a3fa824a.json prints 0819a3fa824ae3efd3a8b9ae7ea8b0f823e19133077e8bda93282398886149fd. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-0819a3fa824a.json and headline-0819a3fa824a.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-0819a3fa824a.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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