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US scraps Biden-era rule that aimed to limit exports of AI chips
Prospect of overhaul to planned regulation offers relief to semiconductor companies such as Nvidia
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:
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Soviet-era spacecraft likely to crash back to Earth
The spacecraft was meant to go to Venus but has been stuck in orbit for more than 50 years.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Moving NHS βfrom analogue to digitalβ will cost Β£21bn
Health Foundation says government will have to go beyond existing budget to fund βbig shiftβ in care
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Iberdrola secures Β£600mn loan from UK state fund to upgrade power grid
National Wealth Fund helps finance plan to develop electricity network between Scotland and England
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:UK government on course to breach its fiscal rules, says think-tank
National Institute of Economic and Social Research says targets have become a drag on growth
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Mining town locals say politicians should 'keep talking' about nuclear
With their town earmarked for the most complex of the Coalition's proposed reactors prior to the election, some residents of Collie in Western Australia remain open-minded about nuclear.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:HKMA keeps base rate steady in lockstep with Fedβs defiance of Trumpβs push amid trade war
At a press conference after the announcement, Fed chairman Jerome Powell says there is no need to be in a hurry to change US monetary policy.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pakistan vows retaliation after India launches air strikes
Pakistan's military says at least 31 civilians killed and 46 others wounded in India's attacks.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump Refuses to Lift China Tariffs: U.S. Trade War Escalates
President Trump refuses to reduce tariffs on China, hardening the U.S. stance in the ongoing trade war. With both nations imposing steep tariffs, global markets face rising uncertainty. Related: U.S.-China Tariff Meetings To Happen at the Right Time: Trump Trump Rejects Lowering Tariffs on China, Maintains Hardline Trade War Stance U.S. President Donald Trump made [β¦]
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pharma warns tariffs mean less R&D
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story PhRMA warns against tariffs The pharmaceutical trade group PhRMA has come out strongly against tariffs, warning that every dollar collected in tariffs means one less dollar invested in U.S. biopharmaceutical research and development. AP In a comment...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:US judge blocks plan to deport migrants to Libya
The order comes after lawyers expressed alarm that the US was planning to deport migrants to the North African country "immediately".
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pakistan calls Indian strikes an ‘act of war’ and vows to respond
Pakistan is vowing to avenge Indian missile strikes that Pakistan says killed more than 30 people. India says it targeted terrorist infrastructure in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Cross-border fire between the countries continues and there are concerns of an escalation. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pakistani ambassador, Indian advisor share perspectives on recent attacks and retaliation
Tensions between Pakistan and India are soaring after Indian missile strikes that Pakistan is calling an act of war. Amna Nawaz has views on the conflict from Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Rizwan Saeed Sheikh and Indiaβs perspective from Vikram Singh, a senior advisor to the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: World watches for smoke from Sistine Chapel on Day 2 of papal conclave
With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke that signals a successful vote for a new pontiff.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Ukrainian drone attacks disrupt flights at Moscow’s main airports for 3rd day
In our news wrap Wednesday, Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted flights at Moscow's main airports for a third day, Russian strikes on Ukraine killed two people in Kyiv, hospital officials in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 92 people and for the second time in two weeks, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the U.S.S. Truman fell off the aircraft carrier and into the Red Sea.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump says US wonβt lower tariffs on China imports to kick-start trade talks
Separately, Commerce Department says it will simplify some restrictions on the export of advanced semiconductor chips.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pope Francis backed him when he took on a president. Now he's voting in the conclave
"Not even in my wildest imagination did I think this would happen," Cardinal David tells the BBC.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:As the conclave begins, a look at difficult issues the next pope will face
Black smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signifying that the cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first ballot. The cardinals are considering difficult and divisive issues as they choose the next pontiff. Geoff Bennett discussed the conclave and the controversies surrounding the Catholic Church with Philip Shenon, author of "Jesus Wept."
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:How Peter Dutton's heartland lost him Australia's election
It was the opposition leader's home state that delivered Labor its win, with the red wave taking out his own seat.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump offers to help resolve conflict between India and Pakistan
President Donald Trump called the tensions between India and Pakistan following the massacre in Kashmir "terrible."
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Examining Trump’s latest hardline immigration policies and legal battles around them
To increase its deportation numbers, the Trump administration is planning to send immigrants to Libya on U.S. military planes. Thatβs according to multiple reports citing unnamed officials. But when asked about it in the Oval Office, President Trump didnβt seem to know what his administration was planning. White House correspondent Laura BarrΓ³n-LΓ³pez reports on the presidentβs deportation agenda.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Navy loses another aircraft to Red Sea
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story 2nd F/A-18 falls into Red Sea as Houthis agree to ceasefire The Navy lost a second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on a mission to target Houthi rebels...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Greene bangs gavel almost 50 times to quiet Democrat in House hearing
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) banged her gavel almost 50 times in an effort to silence Ranking Democratic member Melanie Stansbury (N.M.) during a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday afternoon. The hearing, which focused on trans women in sports, devolved into heated crossfire between Democrats and Republicans on multiple occasions. However, the hearing got especially intense when Stansbury...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Rep. Chip Roy says GOP leaders need to ‘show us the math’ in tax cut, Medicaid talks
President Trumpβs agenda is facing a major test in Congress. To help fund tax cuts, some Republicans support significant cuts to Medicaid. A Congressional Budget Office analysis found the proposal would mean 5.5 million fewer people on Medicaid and about 2.5 million without insurance. The cuts would save $700 billion. Lisa Desjardins discussed the GOP plans with Texas Rep. Chip Roy.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump nominates Dr. Casey Means, wellness influencer close to RFK Jr., for surgeon general
President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services SecretaryRobert F. Kennedy, Jr., as his nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:AppLovin shares pop on earnings beat as it announces sale of mobile gaming business
AppLovin shares soared in extended trading after the company beat first-quarter expectations and announced the sale of its mobile gaming business.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times
Large social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok have billions of users across the globe. The decisions they make about privacy, content moderation and misinformation can impact peopleβs social lives and mental health. A different kind of social network, one grown locally, might hold lessons for another way forward. Judy Woodruff reports for her series, America at a Crossroads.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong: 87 Groups Condemn Arrests of Activistβs Relatives
Click to expand Image Anna Kwok, executive director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, at a rally in support of Hong Kong 47, Washington DC, November 19, 2024. 2024 May Yeung / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo May 7, 2025 Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Hong Kong Governmentβs Targeting of Exiled Activistsβ Families (New York) β Hong Kong authoritiesβ unjust arrests of the father and...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:5 things to know as India-Pakistan conflict risks erupting
Tensions are rapidly escalating between nuclear powers India and Pakistan after India on Tuesday struck what it says were terrorist targets deep inside Pakistan, which says its military shot down five Indian fighter jets. India on Tuesday launched what it said were retaliatory strikes against Pakistan, the most significant attack in decades, coming two weeks...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:British chip designer Arm latest to be hit by Trump tariff uncertainty
SoftBank-owned company reported its fourth-quarter results and issued a conservative sales outlook
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change
Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), based at the University of Colorado Boulder, announced Tuesday that NOAA was ending its support [β¦]
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Natural resources reconciliation bill advances
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story GOP approves bill to undercut reviews, drill more House Republicans early Wednesday morning advanced a portion of their budget reconciliation bill that seeks to bolster fossil fuel production and mining on public lands while undercutting environmental reviews. Greg Nash The legislation passed through...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Nvidia shares climb as Trump administration prepares to end chip export restrictions
AMD CEO Lisa Su and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have both opposed the semiconductor export controls.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump's crypto problem
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump crypto ventures loom over Senate stablecoin vote President Trumpβs recent cryptocurrency dealings are casting a shadow on the industry at a key moment, as the Senate prepares to vote on a stablecoin bill Thursday. Associated Press pool Senate leadership is preparing to hold a vote on...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Heartbreak for Arsenal as PSG claims Champions League final spot
Arsenal loses to Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in the Champions League semifinal.
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