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WorkFears Grow That Syria Strike Could Spur Retaliatory Attacks on Israel and U.S.
  Indeed, after the Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria’s capital, American troops based in southeastern Syria knocked down an attack drone, a Defense Department official said. It was unclear if the drone was aimed at the U.S. forces, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational details. If it were, it would be the first attack by Iran-backed militias against American troops in Iraq or Syria in nearly two months. No injuries or damage were reported. Work'No choice': Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack
 They have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long-range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target. In the biggest Ukrainian onslaught inside Russian territory since Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukraine has in recent weeks carried out a series of attacks on Russian oil refineries and ports. On Tuesday, it hit a refinery and drone factory in the industrial region of Tatarstan - more than 800 miles from the border. Editor's Note: If the bridge were permanently compromised, Moscow would be forced to transport military supplies by road through occupied southern Ukraine. The route would go via Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces, which Russia partly captured in spring 2022. Ukrainian officials believe this would significantly impair the Kremlin\'s ability to carry out offensives at a time when its ground forces are advancing.
WorkThe biggest AI acquisitions by Apple and other Big Tech firms
 Big Tech is swallowing up AI companies, with Apple quietly leading the pack. Meta, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, and Apple have closed acquisitions of 88 AI and machine learning companies over the past two decades, according to PitchBook data reviewed by Quartz. Work
WorkHow Taiwan earthquake puts world's most advanced chips at risk
 TAIPEI - Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years has disrupted production at the island’s semiconductor companies, raising the possibility of fallout for the technology industry and perhaps the global economy. The potential repercussions are significant because of the critical role Taiwan plays in the manufacture of advanced chips, the foundation of technologies from artificial intelligence (AI) and smartphones to electric vehicles. Editor's Note: Making chips is extremely complicated and, for decades, TSMC opted to concentrate its fabrication facilities on the island, so engineers could work together to fine-tune machines and share their expertise. WorkEditor's Note: "Yes, I voted for him in the past, but this is a business deal and this is what we do," Hankey said in an interview with Bloomberg about the 75 million bond. "I have never met Donald Trump, nor talked to him on the phone."
WorkEditor's Note: Pediatricians make approximately 25% less than doctors who treat adults; all train for the same number of years. In fact, pediatric specialties makes up 8 of 10 of the lowest paid medical specialties, filling out the bottom six. WorkBiden and Corporate America? It’s ‘Complicated.’
 There is a certain symbiosis with corporate leaders in much of Mr. Biden’s economic agenda. His industrial policy initiatives depend heavily on corporate tax incentives, which he champions at ribbon-cuttings nationwide: The climate and advanced-manufacturing laws that Mr. Biden signed in 2022 feature large tax cuts for corporations that invest in the production of semiconductors, solar panels and other strategic goods. Republicans have derisively called those incentives “corporate welfare.”
WorkOpinion | Dengue Fever Is Surging and We’re Looking the Other Way
 But neither the traveling public nor our frontline health workers are prepared. Without urgent reforms to how we educate travelers, doctors, nurses and others — as well as reforms to public health surveillance and early warning systems — we will be doomed to miss textbook cases like mine. That means those infected with dengue will miss out on timely treatment, possibly even spreading the virus to areas where it has never been found before. WorkEditor's Note: "We should focus more on why such a rather one-sided story of white men continues to attract such attention and adulation in the U.S. and what it says about the current politics and the larger politics of memory in the U.S. (and elsewhere)," Yaguchi added.
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WorkWorkAs Home Values Spike, Rocky Mountain States Face ‘Property Tax Mess’
 As home values have soared, fueled by a pandemic real estate boom that turned large swaths of the Mountain time zone into magnets for hybrid work and recreation, so, too, have property taxes. And while the rates remain low compared with places like New Jersey, Vermont and Texas, the sticker shock in Mountain States has been discombobulating, especially for low-income families or people who own second homes.
WorkWork WorkWorkWorkWorkSwitching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.
 A bunch of annoyances added up. Even though I could still use most of my Apple products, I started missing my Apple Watch, which requires an iPhone to fully work. For software, I was able to find Android alternatives for all my favorite apps — except for Notes. While switching phones wasn’t technically hard, Apple’s hooks were still in me. WorkWork‘Carefluencers’ Are Helping Older Loved Ones, and Posting About It
 Mr. Reyes has been chronicling moments in his grandmother’s life on a private Instagram account followed by more than 21,000 people. His posts have shown a trip they took to New Orleans, their strolls with his dog, Chulito, around the San Jose Flea Market, and occasional doctor visits. Work‘A Chance to Live’: How 2 Families Faced a Catastrophic Birth Defect
 The consequences of trisomy 18 are dire. The babies have three copies of chromosome 18 instead of two and, as a result, have serious medical and developmental problems. Nearly all are unable to eat, walk or talk, and all have severe cognitive disabilities. They often need open-heart surgery and feeding and breathing tubes. Many women, after hearing what is in store, choose abortion. WorkA Fiery Finale for a Rocket That Brings the Heat
 An earlier version of this article misquoted Tory Bruno, the chief executive of United Launch Alliance. He said in a news conference that Delta IV Heavy produces two and a quarter million pounds of thrust, not a quarter million pounds. WorkWhat We Know About the Iranian Commanders Killed by Israel in Syria
 Among the officers killed on Monday was Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and its external branch the Quds Forces. General Zahedi, three Iranian officials and a Guard member said, was the corps’ top commander in the region, in charge of Iran’s network of proxy militias, particularly those in Lebanon and Syria. WorkHualien County Is a Quiet, Scenic Tourist Destination
 Many of the victims in that quake were in a 12-story building that was severely tilted, the first four floors of which were largely crushed, according to news reports from the time. The next year, the area was shaken by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that injured 17 people. WorkJohn Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93
 As his foremost inspiration, Mr. Barth cited Scheherazade, the tale-spinning enchantress who nightly wove stories to keep her master from executing her at dawn. He said it was she who first bewitched him when he worked as a page in the stacks of the Johns Hopkins University library in Baltimore as an undergraduate. WorkJohn Barth, a Novelist Who Found Possibility in a ‘Used-Up’ Form
 Throughout, a comically pedantic narrator critiques the very tale he’s telling by identifying the flashy tricks of the “funhouse” that is fiction: symbolism, theme, sensory detail, resolution. The story is simultaneously a rigorous analysis, vivid example and ruthless dismantling of how literature operates. WorkOpinion | José Andrés: Let People Eat
 From Day 1, we have fed Israelis as well as Palestinians. Across Israel, we have served more than 1.75 million hot meals. We have fed families displaced by Hezbollah rockets in the north. We have fed grieving families from the south. We delivered meals to the hospitals where hostages were reunited with their families. We have called consistently, repeatedly and passionately for the release of all the hostages. WorkOpinion | Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends
 As is fairly well known, Justice Ginsburg and Justice Scalia loved opera and became great friends. They even convinced Justice Kennedy and me to take part in a Washington Opera performance of “Die Fledermaus,” provided, of course, that we simply sat onstage on a sofa and never opened our mouths. Justice Scalia had a good musical voice, however; he, law clerks and other justices would sometimes sing at the court, joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist, as well as by a friend of Justice Scalia who was a fine pianist and loved Cole Porter. WorkOpinion | The Appalling Tactics of the ‘Free Palestine’ Movement
 Nor is it a matter of seeking a Palestinian state — another fact the demonstrators openly avow. Among the popular chants at many protests is “We don’t want no two states! We want all of ’48!” — all of what had been Mandatory Palestine before the creation of Israel. Israeli soldiers and settlers vacated Gaza almost 20 years ago. The towns and kibbutzim that Hamas invaded on Oct. 7 are only “occupied” if one believes that all of Israel, in any kind of border, is a form of occupation. WorkUgandan Court Upholds Draconian Anti-Gay Law
 The law in Uganda decrees the death penalty for anyone convicted of “aggravated homosexuality,” a sweeping term defined as acts of same-sex relations with minors or disabled people, those carried out under threat or while someone is unconscious. Even being accused of what the law refers to as “attempted aggravated homosexuality” carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years. WorkAn English Village Hollowed Out for a Train That May Never Come
 Whitmore was in the path of High Speed 2, a new train line that promised to connect London, Birmingham and two of the biggest cities in northern England at speeds of up to 225 miles an hour, spurring economic development and liberating space for more local services on an overburdened mainline rail network. WorkEuro zone inflation unexpectedly slows to 2.4% in March, with core print also below forecast
 \"The current narrative is clearly pointing to a first rate cut in June as this will be the meeting with a full batch of important data available: a fresh round of ECB staff forecasts, GDP growth and wage growth data for the first quarter of 2024 and results of the Bank Lending Survey, just to mention the most relevant ones,\" Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING, said in a note on Wednesday. WorkTurkey's inflation climbs to 68.5% despite continued rate hikes
 \"The outcome of the vote fuels political uncertainty and raises doubts about whether President Recep Erdogan will stick to unpopular orthodox policies,\" Bartosz Sawicki, a market analyst at fintech firm Conotoxia fintech, wrote in a note. But, he added: \"With no elections until 2028, another overhaul leading to the return of extra-loose monetary policy seems unlikely.\" WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkCharges laid after presumed Queensland car-crash victim found to have been shot
 A man’s death on a Queensland property was initially treated as a car crash fatality by police – who have now charged another man with manslaughter after the discovery of a gunshot wound during the postmortem process.Investigators initially believed a 21-year-old Nanango man died in the 21 March crash after hitting a fence pole on a private property on Kingaroy Barkers Creek Road at Booie, near Kingaroy. WorkWorkWorkWorkMiddle East crisis live: Gaza conflict 'worst in recent memory' for aid worker deaths, says Biden
 Israel's defense minister, Yoav Gallant said Israel would "act everywhere, every day to prevent the force buildup of our enemies. We are in a multi-front war, in the offence and defence. We see evidence of this every day, including in recent days". He said Israel was acting "to make it clear to everyone who acts against us, all over the Middle East, that the price for acting against Israel will be a heavy price." WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkMorning Bid: Markets brace for supply chain aftershock
 Ten-year yields steadied at 4.35% in Asia trade on Wednesday. An uneasy calm has settled on foreign exchange markets, with traders leery of testing the mettle of Japanese authorities who have ramped up warnings of possible intervention. WorkWorkIs Micron Technology a Buy?
 Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. WorkWorkWorkTesla Stock Has 87% Downside, According to 1 Wall Street Analyst
 The company will need to deliver on big promises like its next-generation vehicle platform to win back investor confidence. But even if Tesla faces new delays and challenges, Johnson\'s price target remains an extreme outlier. And shorting a stock comes with significant risks, meaning the strategy isn\'t appropriate for many investors. |
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