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US targets China over semiconductors

(Reuters) -U.S.-China tensions over semiconductors began with the Trump administration’s trade war and have ratcheted up under President Joe Biden’s leadership as Washington looks to undercut Beijing’s efforts to build its high-tech industry. The U.S. and the Netherlands are set

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Virgin Galactic completed its effort to take paying customers for the first time to the edge of space, almost two years after it was originally scheduled as a test flight.

Virgin Galactic completed its effort to take paying customers for the first time to the edge of space, almost two years after it was originally scheduled as a test flight.

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Supreme Court, President Biden Take Aim at Legacy Admissions | News – Harvard Crimson

Supreme Court, President Biden Take Aim at Legacy Admissions | News  Harvard Crimson Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in college admissions  CBS Philadelphia Opinion | This Moment Is the Culmination of a Decades-Long Backlash Against Affirmative Action  The New York Times Supreme Court

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Trump, longtime admirer of Putin, says aborted mutiny ‘somewhat weakened’ Russian leader

By Steve Holland and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday Putin has been “somewhat weakened” by an aborted mutiny and that now is the time

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Travis Scott Not Criminally Charged Over Astroworld Crowd Crush

HOUSTON — A Texas grand jury declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival, where some spectators were packed so tightly they could not move their arms

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Hong Kong pro-democracy radio closes in face of “dangerous” pressure

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s pro-democracy online Citizens’ Radio station will cease operations on Friday owing to what its founder described as a “dangerous” political situation and the freezing of its bank account. Launched in 2005

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French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting

By Layli Foroudi and Noemie Olive NANTERRE, France (Reuters) -France saw unrest spread to major cities in a third night of riots on Thursday as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis triggered by the deadly police shooting

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NYC Mayor Adams Compares Housing Activist to Plantation Owner

Mayor Eric Adams criticized the woman, whose family left Germany in the 1930s, after she questioned him about back-to-back rent increases.

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NYC Mayor Adams Compares Housing Activist to Plantation Owner

Mayor Eric Adams criticized the woman, whose family left Germany in the 1930s, after she questioned him about back-to-back rent increases.

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Paris riots: A youth told us, in the most blunt terms possible, that we weren’t welcome

There are the three things that have come to illuminate the night sky in Nanterre – blue lights, orange flames and the starburst of fireworks.

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