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Taking aim at ghost guns

Can American politicians hit a spectral target?

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U.S. Offers Hong Kong Residents Temporary Safe Haven

The White House said that it will defer the removal of certain Hong Kong residents citing Beijing’s crackdown on political freedom there.

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Iran swears in new hard-line president amid regional tension

Iran has sworn in Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of the country’s supreme leader, as its new president.

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Iranian hardliner Raisi sworn in as president, vows to resist pressure

Ultra-conservative cleric says Tehran will back diplomatic moves to end sanctions as he takes office with terror group leaders, senior EU official in attendance

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Automakers urge greater government investment to meet Biden’s EV sales target

President Joe Biden is expected to set an ambitious new target for half of all new auto sales in the U.S. to be low- or zero-emission by 2030, a plan that has received tentative support from the Big Three automakers

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Anti-China rhetoric can spur violence toward Asian Americans

Protesters against anti-Asian violence participate in a May Day march for workers’ and human rights in Los Angeles on May 1. | David McNew/AFP via Getty Images “We become collateral damage every time there’s US-Asia conflict.” Congress is currently weighing

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Warehouse drones take flight

Drones are neat and fun and all that good stuff (I should probably add the caveat here that I’m obviously not referring to the big, terrible military variety), but when it comes to quadcopters, there’s always been the looming question

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Tomorrow’s the final day for early bird passes to TC Disrupt 2021

Great news for budget-conscious startuppers of every stripe. The early-bird price extension on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 remains in play for just about two more days. Buy an early-bird pass — Innovator, Founder or Investor — and you’ll revel

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Avoid these common financial mistakes so your startup doesn’t die on the vine

Swapnil Shinde Contributor Share on Twitter Swapnil Shinde is the co-founder and CEO of Zeni, the first AI-powered finance concierge for startups. The startup world can be a rollercoaster. While investment continues to pour in — with both founders and

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