Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, President Trump has wrapped up his state...
leaving Beijing a short time ago aboard Air Force One for the trip back to Washington,
“D.C., Trump says his visit was incredible, and in Paris, Tamara Keith reports he is”
hailing business deals for American companies and farmers, though there are not a lot of details. As Trump's trip to China was winding down, he again offered praise for Chinese President Xi Jinping. In an earlier interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Trump said China has agreed to
order 200 Boeing airplanes, and will be buying a lot of soybeans from American farmers. Though similar previous commitments have failed to materialize, Trump also said he and Xi discussed the war with Iran, and agreed that the Strait of Hormuz needs to be reopened.
Tamara Keith and Pierre News Beijing.
President Trump left Beijing as tensions rise near the Strait of Hormuz, a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized Thursday and taken toward Iran, another was attacked in sank near the coast of Oman.
“The Supreme Court has kept the status quo when it comes to the abortion medication”
from the Priston in Paris, Lena Simmons, Duffin. The Supreme Court granted an emergency request from two drug makers to put a hold on an appeals court order that would have put new restrictions on access to Miffin Priston. Specifically, it would have required patients to go in-person to a clinic or doctor's office to receive the medication.
The justice is issued a stay pending appeal, so telemedicine access can continue as it has been while the case plays out in the lower courts. There are Selena Simmons Duffin for now the Supreme Court's order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining Miffin Priston at pharmacies or through the mail without an in-person visit to a doctor.
Iraq's Parliament has approved a new government six months after elections, Parliament on Thursday confirmed almost half the nominees in a proposed cabinet, and Pierre Sainer Raph has details.
“Rex, new prime minister, Ali Elzadi, told Parliament his government program would improve”
public services, boost the economy, and fight corruption. There are the same pledges made by previous prime ministers, Zady also faces the central issue of reigning in Iran-backed militias, which are part of government security forces. He was chosen as a compromised candidate after months of deadlock after President Trump, essentially vetoed the leading Iran-backed candidate, former prime minister, Nurelle Malaki.
Parliament proved 14 of the 23 member cabinet picks, but has not agreed on the rest. Jainer Raph and Pierre News, they wrote, "This is NPR News." Sales of nicotine pouch products have exploded in recent years with a global market now
worth nearly $7 billion, a new report from the World Health Organization concludes that
rapid growth is being driven by a aggressive marketing that targets young people impures me a good boy has more. The WHO says the tactics being used to market nicotine pouches include flavors such as bubblegum and gummy bears, and packaging that mimics the look of candy. Dr. Ramti Fayugon of the WHO says flavored products are a known way to hook young users.
She says some products are even marketed for use in schools, and they can contain alarming levels of the highly addictive nicotine. The high nicotine concentrations for children and young people whose brains are still developing is damaging to the developing brain. The WHO report urges countries to adopt a range of regulations, including marketing restrictions
and bands on flavored nicotine pouch products. Maria Gadoi and P.R. News. The nicotine pouches have some high profile boosters within the Mahab movement outing them as natural cognitive enhancers. The latest in the race to an Agnew Congressional Maps comes out of Louisiana State Senators
a past-to-new map that would eliminate a majority black district, giving Republicans a chance to win an additional seat in the November mid-term elections, a plan now goes to the Louisiana House for consideration. In South Carolina, a special legislative session on redistricting starts today, the Supreme Court's decision, weakening the landmark Boding Rights Act has led to a wave of redistricting
efforts in the South. What happens if we refund tariffs? Why are grocery so expensive? An NPR we stand for your right to be curious, because the forces shaping our world can be hard to see.
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