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Iran has told the US via intermediaries that if it strikes Iranian soil directly, Tehran will itself hit back at American assets in the Middle East, drawing the two sides into a direct conflict. The warning comes as Iran waits on high alert to see how the Joe Biden responds to the killing of three […]

November 6, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EST Martha Lopez, a farm worker, poses for a photo at a farm on November 2, 2023 in Homestead, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/For The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave As climate change ratchets up global temperatures, most of the roughly 32 million people who work […]

BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) – China will control exports of some metals widely used in the semiconductor industry, its commerce ministry announced on Monday, the latest salvo in an escalating war over access to high-tech microchips between Beijing and the United States. The controls, which China said were aimed at protecting national security and interests, […]

June 28 (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. chipmakers fell in premarket trading on Wednesday following a report that the Biden administration is planning new curbs on export of computing chips for artificial intelligence to China as early as July.

The United States is considering asking Black respondents the census if they are descendants of enslaved Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.  The Journal reported that the Biden administration is looking into how to differentiate Black descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. from those who families immigrated to the country more recently from […]

When Susan Davis, the founder and board president of Desert X first envisioned the project nearly ten years ago, she wanted it “to bring contemporary artists to this valley, have them create works so that people could see the valley through a different lens, a contemporary art lens”. Desert X, the exhibition of outdoor installation and […]

San Francisco lawmakers will consider a range of options on Tuesday to provide reparations to Black people for decades of racist treatment by the city government, from providing reparation tax credits to helping finance debt forgiveness for Black families. The proposals will be presented at a city meeting today, though there is no immediate timeline […]

NEW DELHI — India’s Adani Group launched a share offering for retail investors Friday as it mulled taking legal action against U.S.-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research for allegations of stock market manipulation and accounting fraud that caused heavy selling of its stocks this week. Jatin Jalundhwala, head of the Adani group’s legal department . . […]

BRASILIA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday he is considering traveling to the United States to meet President Joe Biden after his election victory is certified this month. Lula told reporters in Brasilia that he wanted to discuss a series of issues with Biden, including the Ukraine […]

TOKYO, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering a plan to jointly produce weapons with Taiwan, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday, citing three sources. Washington wants to step up production capacity for U.S.-designed arms and speed up their transfer as part of a move to bolster deterrence against China, Nikkei reported.


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