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interest to help reopen the straight of her moves.
“There are economies fueled not by what they consume domestically, but by what they”
make in sell to other countries. Well, of all the countries of the world economies are melting down because of this crisis in the States, they're going to be buying less Chinese product and the Chinese exports are going to drop precipitously. So it's in their interest to resolve this.
We hope to convince them to play a more active role in getting Iran to walk away from what they're doing now and trying to do now in the Persian Gulf. Secretary Rubio's, speaking to Fox News, Wednesday night, Rubio was in China as part of the U.S. delegation accompanying President Trump on his state visit. The ongoing Iran war at looms over the visit, but Trump and Chinese leaders, Xi Jinping,
also focusing on trade. The official Xinjiang News Agency is reporting that Xi told President Trump that trade talks are making progress, but also said Xi warned that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down to dangerous path.
“A U.S. citizen was convicted Wednesday, abacting as an unregistered Chinese agent.”
Bruce Conviser reports that the verdict was handed down in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn. After a weeklong trial, Luzhin Wang was found guilty on two of three federal charges related to being a Chinese agent. The leader say Luz said up a so-called police station in the section of Manhattan's Chinatown. Luz claims he was merely helping Chinese residents navigate bureaucratic paperwork, such
as renewing Chinese driver's licenses. But prosecutors successfully argued that that was mere window dressing for what Luz was really doing, targeting Chinese dissidents on behalf of the Communist government in Beijing. The 64-year-old Luz came to the U.S. from China more than 45 years ago. He now faces up to 30 years in prison, friend PR News, I'm Bruce Conviser in New York.
As an Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve as an ex-chair, Clinton and approval Wednesday, the 54-to-45 vote by the full Senate on Kevin Worsh's nomination was along party lines. But the narrow lead Democratic activist and pack founder Denise Powell won the Democratic
nomination for Nebraska's second congressional district, that's according to a race call
by the Associated Press to Brasca Public Media's Molly Ashford has more. Powell beat out a crowded field of Democrats, including her closest competitor, state-centered John Cavadon, and an often-contentious race that saw an influx of outside spending. Though the race was still too close to call on Tuesday night, Powell left her watch party in the lead and looking towards November.
"It is time now to really build the biggest protest coalition that we can, with voters of all stars and stripes all across the district." Powell will face off with Republican-brinker-harding in the general election.
“Democrats see the district as a key pickup opportunity to help them regain control of”
the House. For NPR News, I'm Molly Ashford in Omaha, Nebraska. "And you're listening to NPR News." The country's largest civil rights group, the NAACP, has filed a federal lawsuit, challenging Tennessee's new congressional map.
The group says Tennessee republicans intentionally discriminated on the basis of race against black voters. Lawmakers approved the new map last week following the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling that weekend, the landmark voting rights act. Louisiana State officials have agreed to a settlement with the family of a black motorist who
died during a violent roadside arrest in 2019. Mel Bridges, with member stationed W.W.W.U.N.O. has more.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Morrell confirmed the $4.8 million settlement, saying the
state wanted to "put this matter behind us." It ends a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ronald Green. State police told Green's family he died in a car crash, but body camera footage later revealed police beat stunned and dragged Green, who was black after a traffic stop. The federal government declined to prosecute any of the five state troopers involved.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans. "This is really prime minister of Benjamin Netanyahu's office as Netanyahu secretly traveled to the United Arab Emirates in March for talks with the UAE's president." Israel says the talks resulted in a historic breakthrough. The announcement came a day after U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
Mike Huckabee revealed that Israel had sent iron-dome air defense weapons to the UAE along with personnel to operate. The UAE is not commented, not commented on the visit. With President Trump in Beijing, meeting with Chinese leaders, Xi Jinping, the major financial markets and Asia mixed in their state trading.
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