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Support for NPR, and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day and also those who listen. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiyavone. Canada may be headed for a 10% U.S. tariff increase after the province of Ontario ran a television advertisement criticizing tariffs. The advertisement using the words of former President Ronald Reagan ran during the first game of the World Series. series. President Trump angrily declared on his social media side, truth social, that the ad should never have run, and now he's ending trade talks with Canada. President Trump is on the way to Malaysia to begin a three-nation visit to Asia. He will meet individually with Asian leaders at a couple of venues, and PR's Anthony Kuhn has more.

President Trump told reporters on route to his first stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that he expects a good meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but that both sides may need to make concessions. U.S. and Chinese trade officials held talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday seeking to de-escalate the trade spat. China has not yet confirmed that Xi Jinping will meet Trump on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation in South Korea next week. President Trump also said he's open to meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while he's in South Korea. Kim has made similar remarks in the two met three times in 2018 and 2019, but there are currently no plans for the two to meet on this trip. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul. As the government shutdown continues, communities across the nation are bracing for food stamps to run out.

Families are turning to food banks for help, but those food banks are also running low on supplies with demand doubling in many places. Carl Esquivel is executive director at the Salvation Army in Aurora, Colorado. We are already deplaning resources all the way to December. This is our attempt of getting the story out there that food pantries, not just our, but many even smaller food pantries, right, are struggling to be able to meet the needs of our community. This is day 25 of the government shutdown. The White House's historic movie theater has been demolished as part of the Trump administration's plans to make way for a new $300 million ballroom. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports the venue was loved by many presidents.

Bill Clinton once described the White House family theater as, quote, the best perk of the White House. The snug 40-ish seat venue provided a retreat for presidents and their guests for more than 80 years after its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942. Jimmy Carter was a fan. He watched hundreds of films there starting with all the president's men. Richard Nixon saw Patton about the controversial World War II General George S. Patton multiple times during the Vietnam War.

Matt Lambrose is a theatre historian. There's small moments that human life. each president that occurred in this space. Lambrose says he hopes the Trump administration will build a new theater. The White House did not respond to NPR's request for comment. Chloe Valtman, NPR News. This is NPR. Collagen supplements have become popular in wellness circles as a way to boost skin,

hair, and nail health. NPR's Maria Godoy looks at the evidence behind the hype. Collagen is a structural protein that helps keep skin firm and elastic. Starting in our 20s, our body's production of collagen starts to decline, which is why people turn to collagen supplements. When it comes to skin, randomized controlled trials have found that taking it for 8 to 12 weeks can indeed improve things like depth of wrinkles, skin elasticity, and dermal thickness. But a recent meta-analysis of such studies came with a big caveat, says dermatologist Marianne McCreta Sena of Harvard. High-quality studies and studies not funded by industry did not show. a significant association.

Sena says if you want to boost your skin, focus on things that are backed by strong science, like using sunscreen during the day and retinol at night. Maria Godoy and PR News. Torrential rain is in the forecast for Jamaica as tropical storm Melissa is now a hurricane. In Kingston, Jamaica, preparations for days of heavy rain and flooding are underway. Vendors at Coronation Market were hurrying to sell

and stock goods before the storm, Diane Thompson sells herbs. My God, now, no problem. I may ask him this morning to keep me can turn by the storm. Because no matter what, we cannot manage it. All you can do is survive, says fisherman Clive Davis. After the storm, there must be a calm, so we'll come together and do a clean up. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are also in the path of the storm.

I'm Louise Skivoni and PR News. Support for NPR and the following message come from the Kauffman Foundation. Providing access to opportunities that help people achieve financial stability, upward mobility, and economic prosperity, regardless of race, gender, or geography.comfman.org