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President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to hold their second day of talks
in Beijing. This as the world's two biggest economies try to stabilize relations.
“China says Taiwan is the most important issue warning the U.S. to exercise caution and”
saying it could jeopardize ties entirely. China hopes to control the Democratic Island one day. This year's Jennifer Pax says the meeting is being touted as a success and the both sides can claim that because the bar was very low to begin with. And all the sides spoke to say both sides really do want stability, but for very different
reasons. On China side, China just wants stability because internally there's a lot going on. So the economy is luggage, unemployment is high and then you have Trump's tariffs, add on the Iran war that's disrupting all of the supply chains, it's not helping its exporters,
that's problematic because exports are what's driving the Chinese economy at this
point. So it just wants things to calm down, if you're a Jennifer Pax reporting. Democrats continue to force votes to end the U.S. war with Iran, the latest effort in the House failed today with a narrowest of possible margins, a tie, impures Eric McDaniel has more.
“The Constitution gives Congress the power to authorize military conflicts, and the war”
powers resolution of 1973 gives the president's 60 days to obtain congressional approval for military action. The Iran war has now exceeded that thresholds, though the White House claims that given the ongoing ceasefire congressional action is moot. Increasingly, Republicans disagree, three Thomas Massey, Tom Barrett, and Brian Fitzpatrick
joined virtually all Democrats in this vote to end the conflict. In a similarly unsuccessful vote Wednesday in the Senate, three Republicans voted with most Democrats. The war remains unpopular with the American public because it continues to drive up the cost of living Eric McDaniel and pianos the capital.
Louisiana is a step closer to joining other southern states in redistricting that could help Republicans in the midterm elections. Along party lines, the state Senate passed a voting map with one less democratic leaning congressional district for Quaranton of member stations WRKF has more. The vote comes after the Supreme Court decision last month that week in the Voting Rights
Act, state Senator J. Morris backed the plan. The maps will perform well for Republicans. I admit that I can see that. Democratic State Senator Royce 2+ says the redistricting was rushed at the behest of President Trump.
We're going to run this map down just because one man said I won't this. This is what I want. This is what's best for me. Not what's best for Louisiana. This was best for me.
The bill now heads to the state house, Louisiana's holding primary elections this weekend, but votes in the effect of congressional districts won't be counted. Frame PR news. I'm Brooke Thornton and Baton Rouge. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
Researchers have discovered a new dinosaur species in Thailand. It's the largest dinosaur ever found in Southeast Asia. And here's James Rubik has more on this very big find. The dinosaur would have been about 90 feet long and weighed about 30 tons. It was a sore pod, a type of dinosaur that eats plants and has a long neck and tail.
The researchers call it Nogatite named after a mythical serpent creature that's worshiped in Southeast Asia. Nogatite lived between 100 to 120 million years ago. It gives clues about how dinosaurs got even bigger later on. Here's a researcher, Titti Woot, Saita Panic Sockel.
Nogatite essentially represents that kind of on-ramp towards that kind of supervising. It is the 14th named dinosaur discovered in Thailand and experts are excited about the expanding fossil record from the region. James Dubek and PR news.
Honda says that a mast of full-year loss for the first time ever, losing $2.7 billion in
the last fiscal year because of a costly electric vehicle strategy. The Japanese automaker abandoned many of its plans for EV models, including those in the works in a joint venture with Sony. A kind of a say, the company may have been too ambitious, acting when many markets weren't ready.
But the automaker's bottom line got a lift from its motorcycle business and it is forecasting a return to profit for the current fiscal year. I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Dr. Eric Topel says Health Influencers make big claims about longevity, but he's offering us a reality check.
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