Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be on full display as top climate diplomats meet this week.The world’s two most powerful countries, the United States and China, are meeting this week in Washington to talk about climate change. And also their relationship issues.In an ideal world,...
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The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.Artificial intelligence is giving machines the power to generate videos, write computer code and even carry on a conversation.It is also accelerating efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.On Wednesday, Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s...
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Fifty years since the Knicks last won a championship, a freshly promising team led by star point guard Jalen Brunson has captivated their hometown.They poured out of Madison Square Garden and the surrounding bars, draped in Jalen Brunson jerseys and other Knicks paraphernalia, chanting and yelling and exulting as they...
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Visiting friendly leaders in Eastern Europe, the Chinese president commemorated the 25th anniversary of a misdirected U.S. airstrike that destroyed China’s embassy in Belgrade.China and Serbia on Wednesday proclaimed an “ironclad friendship” during a visit to Belgrade by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, underlining the close political and economic ties...
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The decision to hear the appeal reopens the possibility that Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, could be disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump and 14 allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear an appeal of a ruling that allowed Fani T....
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The president has proposed new barriers to Chinese electric vehicles, steel and other goods that could undermine his manufacturing agenda.President Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one in official trade data, which show that...
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The hedge fund is accused of borrowing money from banks to buy stocks.Three years ago, a multibillion-dollar investment firm called Archegos Capital Management blew up with little warning, causing big losses for some Wall Street banks and leading to federal criminal charges against the firm’s founder, Bill Hwang.On Wednesday, Mr....
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Three leaders of major public school systems will appear before members of a House committee looking into claims of antisemitism in schools.Testimony from Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University, offered the latest measure of just how much universities have changed their approach toward campus protests.Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The New...
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The moment has arrived.After years underground, periodical cicadas — insects of the genus Magicicada — are emerging by the trillions across more than a dozen states to molt, sing, court and mate. A casual human listener could mistake their collective chorus for the sound of a U.F.O. landing: But to...
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The university is known for going all out on the ceremonies, but this year, after protests and arrests, the gloss is gone. Families are not happy.Few West Coast universities rival the pomp of the University of Southern California’s commencements. Flags fly. Trumpets blare. Tens of thousands of relatives from around...
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The assault, a day after Vladimir V. Putin was sworn in for a fifth term as Russian president, is part of a wider campaign to cut off power to Ukraine’s civilians.A large Russian missile and drone assault caused serious damage to several power plants across Ukraine early Wednesday, Ukrainian officials...
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Peter Baker, Susanne Craig and Jessica Metzger, Tracy Mumford and On Today’s Episode:Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack, by Peter BakerBiden Condemns a ‘Ferocious Surge’ of Antisemitism in the United States, by Erica L. Green and Michael D. ShearHouse Republicans to Examine K-12 Schools in...
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