BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest tariff hikes on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China’s technology ambitions and other trade tensions. The Trump administration raised duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. China’s Commerce Ministry said it would impose “necessary […]
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A wild bobcat perched high on a post by a busy road in the US state of Florida was encouraged down by workers in a cherry picker truck who used an extendable tool to tap it continuously on the head. The cat, which was sat atop the pole used to support power cables in Collier
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WERAPITIYA, Sri Lanka — Tucked away behind a ridge, surrounded by lush mountains where 45 bird species chirp, is a luxury resort that sells peace of mind for about $900 a night. The resort, Santani, opened in 2017 here in Sri Lanka, and quickly received a series of accolades for hotels and spas. Rooms spread
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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it’s time to break up the social media behemoth. In a New York Times opinion piece published Thursday, Hughes said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned Facebook into an innovation-suffocating monopoly. Hughes called Zuckerberg’s power “unprecedented and un-American” and said his co-founder’s focus on growth “led him to sacrifice security and
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President Donald Trump invited the Boston Red Sox to visit the White House on Thursday, but the 2018 World Series team showed up missing nearly all of its black and brown players. “Congratulations on your incredible victory,” Trump said to the group of mostly white baseball players, whose team the White House’s website misspelled as
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Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods increased after a pivotal round of trade talks on Thursday between the United States and China failed to produce an agreement. The talks are set to continue Friday. •
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It remains unclear whether the talks can get back on track. An administration official described Mr. Xi’s letter to Mr. Trump as conveying a nice, diplomatic tone, but noted that the word “equality” was included, suggesting that China believes the United States is demanding too much and that a trade agreement must be more equitable.
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The Latest on President Donald Trump‘s effort to limit “surprise medical bills” (all times local): 1 p.m. President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to lower prices and announcing a new effort to end “surprise medical bills” for patients with health insurance. At a White House event Thursday on medical billing
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Image copyright Reuters Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry scientific instruments, satellites and rovers. It will feature a new rocket engine called BE-7 that can blast 10,000
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