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Editor’s Note: Sign up for ’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Hong Kong    A “life and death race” has begun to unfold in the world’s largest market for electric vehicles (EV). Chinese EV makers showing off their newest models at Auto China, which kicks off in Beijing on Thursday, have enjoyed generous support from the government for years, with some…

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Emerson students warned Boston Police may intervene in pro-Palestinian protests Emerson students warned Boston Police may intervene in pro-Palestinian protests 02:25 BOSTON – On Wednesday, Emerson College notified pro-Palestinian protesters in Downtown Boston they were violating city law by occupying Boylston Place and turning it into a tent city. The…

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case. The high court agreed it would review whether Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has immunity from prosecution.Arguments at the Supreme Court are expected to…

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British army veteran Bill Gladden desired to return to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day to honor fallen comrades.Gladden, part of the diminishing group of WWII veterans, has died at the age of 100.Despite battling cancer, Gladden remained determined to attend this year’s D-Day commemorations in Normandy.British army veteran…

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The new Broadway musical The Great Gatsby will release its Original Broadway Cast Recording this summer!The new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, presented by award-winning Korean Producer Chunsoo Shin and starring Jeremy Jordan  and Eva Noblezada, features music and lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen.The digital album is set for release on June 21, 2024 with the physical CD arriving August 2, and available now for preorder.The Broadway…

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Rome Odunze will likely be one of the first wide receivers taken off the board in the NFL Draft Thursday night after putting together a stellar collegiate career with the Washington Huskies.Odunze came on strong for Washington in his last two seasons. He caught 75 passes for 1,145 yards and seven touchdowns in 2022. He had 92 catches for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns as the Huskies advanced to the national championship game last season.…

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Tesla and CEO Elon Musk this week shared slightly more of their vision for the autonomous ride-hailing service that the electric vehicle (EV) maker seeks to build. That additional information came Tuesday as the company published its first-quarter earnings that included updates on its future models, robotaxi, artificial intelligence efforts and more.Tesla said it plans to “seamlessly layer ride-hailing into the Tesla App.”  The “preview” images that the company released Tuesday suggested the ride-hailing service’s app will resemble those of existing ride-share companies. It could potentially have a “summon” button, too. MUSK SAYS TESLA’S AFFORDABLE EVS COMING NEXT YEARThe “ride-hailing…

Last updated: April 25, 2024 02:45 EDT | 1 min read Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved three spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will start trading on April 30.According to a recent social media post by Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart, the issuers of the ETFs have revealed their fees, including one as low as 0.3% after a six-month waiver. A potential fee war could break out in Hong Kong over these #Bitcoin & #Ethereum ETFs. Harvest coming in hot with a full fee waiver and the lowest fee at 0.3% after waiver.…

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is warning that some ground beef products may be tainted with E. coli.  The more than a dozen potentially contaminated products were produced by the Greater Omaha Packing Co., and include both patties and tubes of raw ground beef, according to the FSIS public health alert issued on Saturday.The agency said it was “concerned that some products may be in consumers’ and food service institutions’ freezers” and urged the public not to consume them due to possible E. coli contamination. Packaging of the products, which were made on March 28, should show an…

Last updated: April 25, 2024 03:09 EDT | 2 min read Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project is reportedly running low on orbs, the devices used for iris scans in return for tokens.These orbs are biometric imaging devices that securely verify a person’s identity using iris scans. They are intended to prevent multiple accounts or identities within the Worldcoin system.Alex Blania, CEO of Tools for Humanity, the developer behind Worldcoin, told Semafor that the startup is expanding silver orb production to meet soaring demand. Currently, between 300 and 500 orbs are available, according to the report published Wednesday.The issue highlights Worldcoin’s swift…

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020, including the former state party chair, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state lawmakers. They’re charged with nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery. The identities of seven other defendants,…

Cold, boiled potatoes may not be on the menu at the Ritz Carlton, but certain experts would have it that the dish is among the best foods you could eat–at least where your gut health is concerned.The reason cold potatoes are so beneficial to maintaining a healthy gut environment boils down to the type of starch they contain. Uncooked, white potatoes contain resistant starch, so called because it’s resistant to digestion. “Resistant starch is important to support many aspects of our health and wellness, from gut function, digestion and absorption of nutrients, to effective immune function,” says Maz Packham, nutritionist…

Michael Becker/FOX The Masked Singer often feels like a hallucination, but for Miss Cleocatra, it almost was one. “I was still on a little morphine,” Jenifer Lewis quipped to Us Weekly ahead of her unmasking on the Wednesday, April 24, episode. “And if you look closely, you’ll see the cat head goes, like, ‘What? What happened?’ I was stoned under the hat.” Lewis, 67, says all of this with plenty of laughs, but she was recovering from a major health scare when she filmed her appearance on season 11 of the Fox competition series, having fallen from a 10-foot hotel…

A Florida man arrested in February during an investigation into the disappearance and death of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter has officially been charged with murder.Osceola County Jail records show Stephan Sterns, 38, who was arrested on Feb. 28 on unrelated charges, was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday in connection with the death of 13-year-old Madeline Soto.Soto, who was found dead on March 1, was allegedly killed by Sterns sometime between Feb. 25 and Feb. 27, according to the indictment obtained by FOX 13 Tampa Bay.”The evidence shows an individual that was entrusted to keep Madeline safe made calculated moves…

Google has completed a second round of terminations linked to the anti-Israel demonstrations held at the tech giant’s offices last week. After protesters took over Google’s corporate offices in New York, Seattle and Sunnyvale, California, on April 16 in 10-hour sit-ins, the company fired 28 workers the next day. This week, they fired more following an investigation into the incidents. According to “No Tech for Apartheid,” the activist campaign led by tech workers behind the protests, a total of 50 Google employees have now been let go by the company over the sit-ins.No Tech for Apartheid claimed in a blog…

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Today’s April 24th matinee performance of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club has been cancelled due to cast illness. The production’s official Instagram shared the announcement to their story. Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, directed by Rebecca Frecknall, opened this past weekend at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. Cabaret features classic music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.See photos from the opening celebrations HERE! The production stars Eddie Redmayne as the ‘Emcee’, Gayle Rankin as ‘Sally Bowles’, Bebe Neuwirth as ‘Fraulein Schneider, Ato Blankson-Wood as ‘Clifford Bradshaw,’ Steven Skybell as ‘Herr Schultz,’ Henry Gottfried as ‘Ernst Ludwig,’…

EL PASO, Texas — A Texas grand jury indicted more than 140 migrants on misdemeanor rioting charges Tuesday over an alleged mass attempt to breach the U.S.-Mexico border, a day after a judge threw out the cases.No injuries were reported during the alleged breach on April 12 in El Paso, which authorities say began when someone in the group cut through a razor wire barrier. Mass arrests also followed a separate episode in the Texas border city in March.On Monday, a county judge had thrown out the charges against those who were arrested this month, ruling there was insufficient probable…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. While New York’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump with regard to the 2016 election is progressing, the federal case against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election remains in limbo. The reason for the stalled trial is that Trump claims he should enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his presidency. The US Supreme Court, after refusing to hear the claim on an expedited basis, took up the case after a lower court…

SINGAPORE: All 21 children of the 10 naval personnel killed in Malaysia’s twin helicopter crash on Tuesday (Apr 23) will receive RM 1,000 (US$210) each, on top of other education support, said Minister of Higher Education Zambry Abdul Kadir. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening after visiting one victim’s family, Dr Zambry also said any of the children studying at a university will be exempted from paying fees until the completion of their studies. Dr Zambry noted that only one of the victims’ children, Ms Nurul Shahfiqah, the 21-year-old daughter of Warrant Officer Mohd Shahrizan Mohd Termizi, who is a student…

Last updated: April 24, 2024 23:00 EDT | 2 min read The Brazilian megabank Nubank is launching withdrawal services for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), in the latest bullish move from the neobank.In an official notice on the Nubank community page, the bank said that it would allow customers to “send and receive [cryptoassets]” from their app-based wallets.The bank first announced its plans to enable withdrawals in December last year, but says the service is now live.Brazilian Megabank Bullish on BTC, CryptoNubank wrote:“For now, it will be possible to send and receive Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. However, we…

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