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Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk: New Samsung plant will make Tesla AI chips Tesla CEO Elon Musk said a new Samsung plant in Texas will be devoted to making the next generation of semiconductors for the electric vehicle (EV) company as it pushes the needle on artificial intelligence (AI). AP In...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Trading partners from the European Union to Japan to Vietnam appear to be acceding to the president’s demands to accept higher costs — in the form of high tariffs — for the privilege of selling their wares to the United States.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:For months, President Donald Trump threatened to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arguing that it is “extremely expensive” and that emergency management should be left to the states. “When you have a tornado or a hurricane or you have a problem of any kind, in a state, that’s what you have governors for,” he […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:India's largest IT services company has announced it will reduce its workforce by 2% as it gets future ready for AI.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly intends to remove all 16 members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The highly influential panel plays a key role in determining what treatments insurers must cover and makes recommendations about care that are followed by doctors across the country. Stephanie Sy discussed more with Dr. Bobby Mukkamala.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:NPR’s Tamara Keith and Jasmine Wright of NOTUS join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump's trade deals, the debate over the Jeffrey Epstein files and Vice President Vance hits the road to sell the administration’s signature legislative achievement.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Farmers in Western Australia's south-east are racing to fertilise their inundated fields, hoping the last week's heavy rain could set them up for harvest.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration has launched investigations into colleges and universities. The White House accuses the schools of not doing enough to combat antisemitism on campus. Last week, Columbia University settled with the administration in a major deal that could be a blueprint for battles with other schools. Ali Rogin looked into one of the key players behind the administration's approach.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Some 100 years after prohibition, a distillery in Providence is serving up local liquor. But it's not your run-of-the-mill alcohol, it’s both organic and oceanic. Pamela Watts of Rhode Island PBS Weekly reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Nearly half of 92 people killed in the Gaza Strip on Monday were aid seekers At least 92 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn by Israeli despite a so-called pause in fighting to deliver humanitarian aid, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. At least 41 of those who were killed were seeking aid at the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Fund's armed distribution sites.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Two tropical cyclones were swirling across the ocean southeast of Hawaii after developing on Monday but were not expected to cause any issues for the islands.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Three nations have now brokered similar trade agreements with the mercurial U.S. president, although little is set in stone.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Move comes as US and China hold trade talks and seek to stabilise relations
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Lorena Wiebes prevails in a chaotic sprint to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes, with fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos taking the overall lead.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy condemned a Cincinnati street brawl that garnered attention on social media over the weekend and used the altercation to bash public safety policies on the left in a Monday post on social platform X. In his post, Ramaswamy said he had spoken to one of the women assaulted in the...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Revenue from sales of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses more than tripled during the first half of the year, EssilorLuxottica said in its latest earnings report.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Also in today’s newsletter, Cambodia and Thailand agree ceasefire, and Germany and France hit out at EU-US deal
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:A UN mission says 43 worshippers were killed in the attack at a night mass in a church.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trade tensions rise against Trump's Friday deadline White House trade talks are intensifying ahead of Aug. 1 deadline for “reciprocal” tariffs and as President Trump stares down a big week on the economy. The Associated...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu to propose plan to annex land in Gaza Strip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to propose a plan to annex land in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to keep right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in his government, Haaretz reported on Monday. The plan proposes giving Hamas a few days to agree to a ceasefire, and if Hamas does not comply with conditions, Israel will begin annexing land in...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Experts say supplement companies have tried to capitalize on the GLP-1 craze, putting the phrase in their product names, which can be deceptive.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Right-wing firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) condemned the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as “horrific” on Sunday, as concern over widespread hunger in the territory has mounted after nearly two years of Israel’s war. “I can unequivocally say that what happened to innocent people in Israel on Oct 7th was horrific,” Greene wrote on social...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Palestinian activist who worked on Oscar-winning film 'No Other Land' killed in occupied West Bank Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/28/2025 - 20:59 Awdah Hathleen, a Palestinian activist who helped film 'No Other Land', was allegedly shot in the chest by an Israeli settler Academy award winner Basel Adra (left), co-director of the film 'No Other Land', poses for an undated photograph in Rome, Italy, with fellow...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Australia will not change its position on US trade barriers despite US President Donald Trump threatening to double the baseline tariff. Follow live.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:In a landmark ruling, Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia of Bogotá’s 44th Criminal Court found former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez guilty of procedural fraud and witness tampering. RELATED: Colombian Judge Heredia To Issue Sentence Against Ex-President Alvaro Uribe Uribe, who served as president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was accused of orchestrating a scheme through […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a New York county clerk for refusing to file a judgment and court summons against a doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion medication to a woman in Texas. Paxton’s office has submitted a petition seeking a writ of mandamus to force Ulster County...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:European stocks have ended lower and the ASX is set to follow as investors evaluate the tentative trade deal struck between the US and European Union. Follow the events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:US president says he is working on ‘various plans’ for the war-torn territory after holding talks with Sir Keir Starmer
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Traditional owners in Victoria's north-west are the first in the state to be granted exclusive native title rights. But what does that mean and how will it work?
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:As heat grips Illinois this summer, one group is more vulnerable to extreme heat than any other: Those incarcerated inside the state’s decaying prisons and jails. People incarcerated in facilities the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) operates have been exposed to dangerous environmental conditions for years, according to environmental and social justice advocates. Just last […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Five-time Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown sets up a showdown with rival Regan Smith, while Australian teammate Alex Perkins climbs the podium in Singapore.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Here’s what we know as the World Health Organization says 63 of the 74 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza this year have occurred this month. Those included 24 children under the age of 5.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. The education minister, Jason Clare, has told Guardian Australia exclusively how he plans to use new powers as soon as possible to shake up the childcare sector after the shocking reports of abuse in Victoria and New South Wales.In other news, pro-Palestine...
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