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statements about President Trump and President Xi's meeting today. The U.S. readout says
“they discussed economic cooperation. China's readout says it warned the U.S. that”
"miss-handling the issue of Taiwan could lead to conflict between the U.S. and China." Susan Thornton is a former U.S. Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The Chinese statement is quite similar to previous statements, maybe a little bit more strident, but it's very similar to sort of warnings they've made in the past. In the U.S. statement, of course, doesn't mention Taiwan at all. There was some speculation
before this meeting that perhaps President Trump would say something new about Taiwan. From these readouts, it doesn't appear that much new has happened on Taiwan here, which will bring great relief to those in Taiwan watching this. She spoke to NPR's morning edition. Ship traffic through the straight of Hormuz remains mostly closed. Today, India's government
“says one of its ships off the coast of Oman was attacked, but says the Indian crew has”
been rescued. As the straight remains mostly closed, more commercial ships are travelling through the Panama Canal in Central America, and Pierre's Jackie Northam reports.
The Panama Canal Authority says daily transits have increased more than 10 percent over
the past two months, but the biggest change has been the types of vessels using the canal. The number of containerships has dipped slightly while the number of tankers carrying oil and liquefied natural gas has jumped 29 percent as they search for other options beyond the straight of Hormuz. They are last-minute reservations and have to use an auction system. In April, fees averaged $380,000, nearly six times higher than before the start of the
Iran War. The Panama Canal Authority says some vessels are paying more than a million dollars to cross. Jackie Northam, NPR News. The parent company of classroom management platform Canvas has struck a deal with hackers.
The saboteurs took the software offline and threatened to leak student data without a ransom,
NPR Sequoia Corrillo reports that terms of their arrangement were not disclosed. When students and teachers logged on to Canvas last week in the middle of final season, many were met with a black screen with a note from a ransomware group demanding money and exchange for control back of the platform. The platform came back online a short while later, but the state of the stolen data remained a question for a few days.
Now, in structure of the parent company of the software, has released a statement saying an agreement was met with the bad actors in exchange for return of the data, destruction of data, and promises for no extortion of any structure customers. The statement did not say whether payment was involved in the deal. Sequoia Corrillo and Pianus. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
The Senate has confirmed Kevin Worsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, mostly on a party-lined vote. Worsh had already won confirmation this week to be a Fed Governor with a 14-year term. Worsh will succeed Jerome Powell, whose term is Fed chair ends tomorrow. Senate Democrats have expressed concern over whether Worsh will serve independently from President Trump. The U.S. Army says the remains of an American soldier have been recovered and identified
in Morocco. Specialist Mariah Collington of Florida went missing May 2nd as she was on a recreational hike. Officials believe she and U.S. Army Lieutenant Kendrick Key Jr. fell from a cliff in Morocco. Key's body has also been recovered. Songs by Beyonce, Vince Gill and Paul Anca are being added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. NPR is Elizabeth Blair reports. This year's editions span generations and genres. There's music by Spike Jones and his
city-slickers Jose Feliciano and the 1975 original cast album of Chicago and all that jazz. Stop! There's music from Shaka Khan, Taylor Swift, the video game doom and research. The Library of Congress says the Registry preserves the defining sounds of American history and culture. A spokesperson says even digitized music needs preserving to make sure it's compatible with digital formats a hundred years from now. Elizabeth Blair and PR news.
And I'm Core of a Coleman NPR News from Washington.
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