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China economic growth accelerates to 5% in first quarter β€” but Iran war clouds outlook

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The U.S. president said he was "trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon."
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NPR World
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Bloomberg Business
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The reforms signed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele would apply to people convicted of committing or being an accomplice to crimes including homicide, femicide, rape and gang membership.
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Bloomberg Business
Pakistan’s army chief landed in Tehran to help revive US-Iran talks after failed negotiations in Islamabad. Field Marshal Asim Munir was welcomed by top Iranian officials amid ongoing mediation efforts. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Pacific Investment Management Co. is snapping up European government bonds after a sharp selloff sparked by the Middle East war.
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Without qualified interpreters at doctors' offices, non-English speakers can face bad β€” even fatal β€” health outcomes. A hospital in rural Colorado is training its existing bilingual staff to address the service gap.
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The circular geologic feature in northwestern Africa can be hard to recognize from the ground, but it is obvious when viewed from space.
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Daniel Duggan was arrested in 2022 over claims he illegally trained the Chinese military in South Africa.
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Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering.
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Doug Field had stints at Apple and Tesla before joining Ford in 2021.
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A federal jury found that Live Nation has acted illegally as a monopoly -- but the company just came to a tentative settlement with the DOJ last month.
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The BBC's chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.
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Some U.S. water systems are cutting back on fluoride because of a key chemical is in short supply. Israel is one of its main producers.
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Listen to this audio excerpt from Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanical technician lead supporting the Orion spacecraft’s main contractor Lockheed Martin: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, there is a fleet of Orion spacecraft in work, and Reb...
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"The vault is solid. The delivery truck is not."
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NASA and Voyager Technologies have signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 from Florida. This is the company’s first selection for a private astronaut...
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Experiments and supplies bound for the International Space Station launched on April 11 as part of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission. As part of the approximately 11,000 pounds cargo that lifted off inside th...
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The writer and internet critic discusses books that reflect different facets of living in a society run by billionaires.
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How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning.
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Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.
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I don't use it personally, and neither does anyone in my circle...even though I feel like I'm super plugged into the ai world Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783940 Points: 251 # Comments: 301 ...
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The information sought includes so-called Tag 50 identifiers, which can be used to determine who was behind the trades.
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BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the world's second-largest economy fits into the Gulf conflict.
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Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Benjamin Netanyahu has not gone far enough.
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