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Europe Expands the Reach of Its Sanctions - Foreign Policy

The United States’ history of using economic sanctions as a means of
coercion has not only outraged its adversaries but also upset its
friends. Washington’s allies have long been concerned about its
liberal use of so-called secondary sanctions, which are
extraterritorial restrictions that penalize foreign companies that do
business with U.S. adversaries, even if the companies are based in
friendly countries. In the 1980s, the West German government was
outraged when the Reagan administration sanctioned European firms
involved in constructing a pipeline to bring natural gas from the
Soviet Union to West Germany. More recently, U.S. secondary sanctions
have targeted European companies for doing business with Iran, Chinese
banks suspected of money laundering for North Korea, and the entities
involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2, another pipeline to
bring Russian gas to Germany.

Until recently, Washington was the primary user of secondary
sanctions. However, the sanctions landscape is shifting, and European
allies that previously rejected the use of extraterritorial sanctions
have suddenly discovered their merits. In response to Moscow’s
persistent evasion of sanctions imposed since Russia launched its
invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and Britain have quietly
strengthened their regulations, introducing measures with
extraterritorial effects. While these measures lack the teeth of true
secondary sanctions, a gradual European shift toward Washington’s
more expansive approach to sanctions is becoming evident. With primary
sanctions so obviously falling short, the EU and Britain are
increasingly willing to adopt measures that reach beyond their
borders.

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Her Face Was Unrecognizable After an Explosion. A Placenta Restored
It.
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And yet, of the roughly 3.5 million placentas delivered in the United
States each year, most still wind up in biohazard disposal bags or
hospital incinerators. That flummoxes Ms. Townsend, who returned to
her job as a surgical assistant with a new perspective. “I’m
constantly in these hospitals that don’t donate or utilize the
placental tissue,” she said. “I hear the obstetrician say, ‘I
don’t need to send that to pathology or anything; just trash it.’
I cringe every time.”

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Wealthy nations might be reaching a life expectancy limit, study
suggests at least for now - STAT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=75702&nl=daily]
Over the past 150 years, humanity has unleashed unimaginable energy by
splitting atoms and developed machines that allow us to soar through
the skies. But arguably, our species most profound change has been far
more basic: People generally live a lot longer than they used to.















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Harris And DeSantis Spar Over Hurricane Response After Florida Gov.
Reportedly Refused To Take VPs Call - Forbes
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Vice President Kamala Harris Monday criticized Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis for playing political games, following reports of him
refusing to take her call over hurricane relief, while DeSantis later
attacked the Democratic candidate, saying she was trying to politicize
the storm, as Florida braces for its second major hurricane in two
weeks.

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The Sue Gray saga casts doubt on Sir Keir Starmers managerial chops -
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THE CASE for Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister ran something like
this. He may not be a great orator and he might not have a grand
vision for how to remake Britain, but he does know how to run a
public-sector bureaucracy. Before the election in July he traded on
his record as a one-time director of public prosecutions who focused
on getting the boring stuff rightdigitising old documents, say, or
listening to the junior staff who knew where efficiencies could be
made. After the showboating and internal warfare of successive
Conservative governments, in a country with creaking public services,
a super-administrator in Downing Street would be worth having.














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Exploding pagers and spy chips: the rising risk of hardware tampering
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Unreliable suppliers can modify devices, yet companies devote few
resources to verifying the origin of components

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Trumps Dangerous Immigration Obsession - The New Yorker
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Donald Trumps most outrageous pronouncements on immigration are rarely
shocking for long; theyre usually eclipsed within days, if not hours,
by even more grotesque claims. Last year, in what should have been an
enduring political scandal, Trump blamed immigrants for poisoning the
blood of our country. He has repeated his solutionmass deportationso
often that its become a campaign slogan. In a national Scripps
News/Ipsos poll last month, fifty-four per cent of those asked agreed,
either strongly or somewhat, with Trumps call, including a quarter of
Democrats. Maybe people cant imagine what an action like that would
entail; or, worse, maybe they can.














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Officials Cast Doubt on a Dementia Drug, but Human Trials Continue
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Studies that once seemed to support the drug, simufilam, have been
called into question, leading to retractions from scientific journals
and resignations of top officials at Cassava Sciences, the company
sponsoring it.

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Totaling up the damage in Gaza after a year of war - WSJ
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After a year of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the enclave’s
future looks as bleak as its immediate past. Swaths of its cities and
towns are in ruins, most schools and hospitals are destroyed or badly
damaged, olive groves and farm fields are uprooted or bulldozed in
many areas, and the bulk of its people are displaced on their own
land, if they have survived at all.














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A Nobel Prize for terror? - WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=75702&nl=daily]
The Nobel Peace Prize has gone to some undeserving recipients over the
years, but this year’s list of nominees is beyond the pale. Among
those nominated for the prize by Norwegian politicians are the United
Nations Palestinian refugee agency, the International Court of Justice
and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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South Sudans economic crisis is so bad its taxing its only lifeline -
WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=75702&nl=daily]
The East African country, which broke off from Sudan in 2011 after
decades of civil war, is battling severe floods, a collapsing currency
and a catastrophic falloff in revenue from oil, its main export.














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Why Pfizer will find it hard to appease its activist investor - WSJ
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It will be hard for the company to increase sales of new products,
such as a vaccine for RSV, fast enough to lift shares. A closely
watched weight-loss drug won’t finish testing until next year at the
earliest. And Pfizer’s debt load is too high for the company to make
a game-changing acquisition.

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A weakened Iran still has a major deterrent: the nuclear option - WSJ
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Israel has shown Iran’s two most important deterrents against an
attack—its ballistic missiles and allied militia Hezbollah—are
less powerful than previously thought. Now attention is turning to
whether Iran will accelerate its nuclear program to deter its biggest
regional foe.














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The physicist who argues that there are no objective laws of physics -
New Scientist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=75702&nl=daily]
Daniele Oritis pursuit of a theory of quantum gravity has led him to
the startling conclusion that the laws of nature dont exist
independently of us a perspective shift that could yield fresh
breakthroughs

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Supreme Court Will Tackle Workplace Discrimination Case This Term -
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Cases concerning guns, transgender rights, online pornography,
workplace discrimination and more are set to be heard during the U.S.
Supreme Courts new nine-month term that begins on Monday.














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Former Humane execs secure $25 million valuation after departing AI
hardware startup
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Many leading chatbots have come under fire for making up inaccurate
answers in response to user queries. Almost immediately after Google
debuted "AI Overview" in Google Search, for example, public criticism
mounted after queries returned nonsensical or inaccurate results
within the AI feature, without any way to opt out.

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Human Longevity May Have Reached its Upper Limit - Scientific American
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For most of the 20th century, each successive decade added about three
extra years to peoples average lifespan in developed countries. For a
person born at the turn of the 21st century, these incremental gains
meant that they could, on average, live 30 years longer than someone
born in 1900, allowing them to make it to their 80th birthday.













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What It Takes to Form a Union and Where to Begin - Harvard Business
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If youre interested in forming a union, but unsure of what to expect,
youre not alone. Under the current American system for union
recognition, unionizing is an arduous process and comes with some real
challenges. It takes extensive organization among coworkers and
differs for those in the private vs. the public sector. For those who
work in the private sector, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
oversees the process of certification. It often but not always
involves an NLRB-supervised election, where workers vote over whether
they want to be represented by a particular union. Having some
foundational knowledge around why unions form, what they do, and how
theyre structured can help inform how you navigate this process.

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Wait, why is Dr Pepper so popular now?
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The US presidential campaign is in its final weeks and were dedicated
to helping you understand the stakes. In this election cycle, its more
important than ever to provide context beyond the headlines. But
in-depth reporting is costly, so to continue this vital work, we have
an ambitious goal to add 5,000 new members.

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What Lies Ahead for the Middle East
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It was one year ago that Hamas militants breached the security barrier
separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, initiating a rampage killing
1,200 people and kidnapping 250 in the bloodiest day in the history of
the Jewish people since the Holocaust. More dark milestones followed.
More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its
bombardment of the Strip, the most devastating urban warfare in the
modern record. More women and children were killed in Gaza over the
past year than any other conflict over the last two decades, according
to a new analysis by Oxfam. Famine, of which there have only been two
in the 21st century, is a persistent risk. In its first months, the
conflict restored to the worlds consciousness the Palestinians
aspiration to a nation of their own, the nub of their conflict with
Israel. In the U.S., public sympathy toward Palestinians already was
growing with revulsion over Israels 57-year military occupation of
Palestinian territories. Now it climbed with the Gaza death toll,
particularly among young Americans; global support for Israel soured.

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Haiti condemns Dominican Republic's plan to deport 10,000 migrants
weekly
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Haitian minister calls deportations an 'affront to human dignity'

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Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs - The
Economist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=75702&nl=daily]
John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group and pioneer of index funds,
may have saved investors more money than anyone else in history. By
some estimates, his crusade to drive down fees has, over the past five
decades, left them with more than $1trn that would otherwise have gone
to fund managers. Index funds, through which speculators can invest in
the stockmarket as a whole, cut out the middlemen. In doing so, they
have transformed the world of investing.

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How Jack Smith Outsmarted the Supreme Court
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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s recent filing to the D.C. District
Court in the Trump v. United States presidential-immunity case both
fleshes out and sharpens the evidence of Donald Trump’s sprawling
criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. To understand the
filing’s larger significance as well as its limitations, we must
first review a bit of recent history.

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The Media Is Finally Waking Up to the Story of Trumps Mental Fitness
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If things go the way I hope they go in November, it may well turn out
that Sunday’s terrific New York Times piece by Peter Baker and Dylan
Freedman on Donald Trump’s age and fitness for office could stand as
the single most important piece of journalism in this election. If
you’ve been reading me and Greg Sargent and Parker Molloy and our
Breaking News desk, then you know that The New Republic has been
pretty obsessive about the topic of Trump’s mental fitness—and
more importantly about the media’s general refusal to discuss it.

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Protest That the University of Maryland Sought to Prevent Goes On
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Students for Justice in Palestine, aided by two other organizations,
Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, sued
the university, arguing that it had violated the student group’s
First Amendment rights. They portrayed the school as having censored
the event after pro-Israel individuals and groups complained and
having justified the decision by citing vague safety concerns.

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For Gen Z, US election is all about the economy
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North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher makes sense of the race
for the White House in his twice weekly US Election Unspun newsletter.
Readers in the UK can sign up here. Those outside the UK can sign up
here.

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PepsiCo trims revenue outlook as North American snacking, key
international markets lag
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PepsiCo lowered its full-year outlook for organic revenue but
reiterated its forecast for its earnings growth.

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A Florida Poll That Should Change the Way You Look at the Election
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As a result, this poll is not the usual outlier. It’s certainly an
outlier compared with other polls, but it probably isn’t a fluke
simply attributable to random chance. If we polled Florida again
tomorrow, it’s certainly possible that Mr. Trump wouldn’t lead by
13 points (the accumulated national poll subsamples, for instance,
have a larger sample and show him up by nine). But it’s hard to
imagine his lead would finish at a mere four points, like
yesterday’s polling average.

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After a Betrayal, a Fractured Cartel Turns Its Hometown Into a War
Zone
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Mr. Zambada described the treachery in a letter released by his
lawyer, in which the drug lord said that on the day he was arrested,
he’d been lured to a supposedly friendly meeting and then
“ambushed” and “kidnapped” by one of the sons of his fellow
cartel co-founder, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo.

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Opinion | Biden's Moral Failure in Israel
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The American president promised equality. He didnt deliver.

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Opinion | This Year's October Surprise May Be That There Isn't One
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“The election outcome will not be known until more than a month
afterward because of the difficulty of administering an election with
millions of Americans dislocated from their homes and home states due
to the storm.”

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Q3 revenue impacted by North American slowdown, Quaker recalls, and
geopolitical tensions
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Analysis of PepsiCo's financial performance and stock outlook.

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Uber is adding an EV-only option in many cities
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Uber claims that EV adoption among its drivers is at least five times
higher than typical motorists in the US, Canada and Europe. The
monthly average number of Uber drivers in North America and Europe who
use EVs now sits at more than 180,000.

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Water companies in England and Wales told to pay 158m penalty to
customers
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Mike Keil, the chief executive of the Consumer Council for Water,
said: "Poor performance on pollution incidents and a failure to
protect thousands of households from the misery of sewer flooding will
do little to reverse the unprecedented decline in people's
satisfaction and trust in water companies, which is reflected in our
research."

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Open source BI platform Lightdash gets Accel's backing to bring AI to
business intelligence | TechCrunch
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Today, Lightdash claims a global spread of 13 employees split between
Europe and the U.S., and with its fresh cash injection, the company
said that it’s looking to expand its team and product, including new
features along the lines of what it’s introducing now with its AI
analysts.

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Revyze, a 'TikTok for education' startup, draws on Duolingo to add
bite-sized learning too | TechCrunch
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It’s particularly visible when the startup invites its creator
community to Station F. “You’ve got the tenth-grader rubbing
shoulders with the 45-year-old history teacher from Agen,” Sciberras
said. “And they’re all here together with one goal in mind:
helping students learn differently.”

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Frenchbiotech Generare speeds up hunt for new drugs by cloning natural
molecules | TechCrunch
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Natasha is a senior reporter for TechCrunch, joining September 2012,
based in Europe. She joined TC after a stint reviewing smartphones for
CNET UK and, prior to that, more than five years covering business
technology for silicon.com (now folded into TechRepublic), where she
focused on mobile and wireless, telecoms & networking, and IT skills
issues. She has also freelanced for organisations including The
Guardian and the BBC. Natasha holds a First Class degree in English
from Cambridge University, and an MA in journalism from Goldsmiths
College, University of London.

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Warren Buffett Is Selling Bank of America Stock and Buying This
High-Yield Investment Instead
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Bank of America is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool
company. Adam Levy has positions in Apple. The Motley Fool has
positions in and recommends Apple, Bank of America, and Berkshire
Hathaway. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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PepsiCo lowers revenue forecast on weakening demand in the US
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PepsiCo said its performance in North America was “subdued,” hurt
by a big recall of its Quaker Oats granola bars and cereals as well as
weak demand for its Frito-Lay snacks and drinks. Frito-Lay North
America's sales volumes slipped 1.5%, while North American beverage
volumes fell 3%.

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Why Ladybugs Symbolize Good Luck and Other Facts - Discover Magazine
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Of the thousands of insect species crawling and flying around the
world, ladybugs probably rank among some of the cutest. These tiny,
rotund creatures scuttle about on plant leaves, easily distinguishable
thanks to their sports car red and small black spots. Sometimes, they
might even land on you if youre lucky.

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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Biden Administration's Limits on
'Ghost Guns'
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In the previous term, a majority of the justices struck down a federal
ban on bump stocks, devices that attach to firearms to enable
semiautomatic rifles to fire at speeds rivaling those of machine guns.
The Trump administration had banned the devices after a massacre at a
country music festival in Las Vegas in 2017.

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Poll Finds Harris Rising as She Challenges Trump on Change
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The poll, conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 6 among 3,385 likely voters,
found that Ms. Harris led Mr. Trump, the Republican, by 49 percent to
46 percent, a slight lead that is within the poll’s margin of error.

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Opinion | Is New York Ready to Forgive Andrew Cuomo?
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I’m not a partisan of Mr. Cuomo’s, but I believe there’s a
compelling reason he should run. Whether he deserves to win is another
question altogether. (Full disclosure: I declined an offer by Mr.
Cuomo to join his administration about a decade ago.)

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Trump Sees Antisemitism in Only One Direction: On the Left
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Mr. Trump did not blame the Biden administration for the Mideast
conflict. But as he blamed “the leadership of this country” for a
rise in antisemitism — ignoring the rise in reported antisemitic
acts during his presidency — someone in the crowd called out “what
leadership?”

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7 Takeaways From Harris's Interview on '60 Minutes'
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When Mr. Whitaker asked her if the administration had lost all sway
over Mr. Netanyahu, Ms. Harris said, “The work that we do
diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit
around making clear our principles.”

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That Gun Harris Told Oprah Winfrey About? It's a Glock.
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Simon J. Levien is a Times political reporter covering the 2024
elections and a member of the 2024-25 Times Fellowship class, a
program for journalists early in their careers. More about Simon J.
Levien

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Trump Says He's Visited Gaza, but No Record of Such a Trip Exists
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In the interview, Mr. Hewitt asked Mr. Trump, a real-estate developer,
if Gaza, wide swaths of which have been destroyed over the last year
as part of air and ground strikes in retaliation for the Oct. 7
attack, could “be Monaco if it was rebuilt the right way? Could
someone make Gaza into something that all the Palestinian people would
be proud of, would want to live in, would benefit them?”

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Russia, China and Iran Intend to Stoke False Election Claims,
Officials Warn
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The officials said that a wider variety of countries were also trying
to sway congressional races, including Russia, Cuba and China. The
officials said China had already interfered in “tens” of races but
did not favor either party. Instead, China’s efforts focused on
undermining candidates who have been particularly vocal in their
support of Taiwan.

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Nobel Prize goes to scientists' work on machine learning
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But he said he also had concerns about the future. He said he would do
the same work again, "but I worry that the overall consequences of
this might be systems that are more intelligent than us that might
eventually take control".

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US judge orders Google to open app store to competitors
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"That isn't something antitrust law would normally require," said Mark
Lemley, professor at Stanford Law School. "But the judge correctly
noted that once you have violated the antitrust laws, courts can order
you to do affirmative things to undo the harm you caused, even though
you didn't have the obligation to do those things in the first place."

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HS2 will likely reach Euston, says Transport Secretary
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However, in February, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee released
a report stating it was "highly sceptical" that the government would
be able to attract private investment on "the scale and speed
required" to make the extension to Euston as success.

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