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President Trump is in Dublin, Ireland, speaking to Obama business leaders.
“The President reflected on his earlier controversial comm and supporting reunification of Ireland.”
"I gave a nice answer, I think. We'll read about it tomorrow, isn't it?" That's one of those questions where no matter what you say, no matter how well you say it, there's no good answer, right? "There are about four or five, I can tell you some other ones, but I'm not going to get you started."
The President's comment on reunification touched off protests in Dublin. The topic has been sensitive given historical tensions and violence. The Justice Department says an Afghan woman has been deported from the U.S. after she conceded to being "alien terrorist."
It marks the first time the government has brought a case before the "alien terrorist removal
court." NPR's Ava Burger has more. In July, U.S. authorities arrested 47-year-old Nazira Haji Zada in Texas for allegedly supporting an ISIS-inspired terrorist plot.
“Haji Zada came to the U.S. in 2018 as a legal permanent resident.”
Last year, her son and son-in-law were convicted of plotting an attack on Election Day 2024. U.S. authorities say Haji Zada worked to quote radicalize her family. And it bringing charges against her for the first time ever. The Justice Department brought her to the "alien terrorist removal court," created in 1996. Haji Zada waved her rights to challenge the tension and agreed to the deportation.
Her attorneys say they were unable to see classified evidence in the case, and they are "confident a judge will find the court unconstitutional." Ava Burger and Pianus. North Korea has launched multiple missiles into the ocean, following U.S., South Korean and Japanese joint military exercises, and Pianus Anthony Cune reports.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say the short-range ballistic missiles were launched from the east coast town of one sun, and flew eastward some 250 miles into the sea. South Korea's national security office held an emergency meeting to discuss the launch and criticized it as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. The launch comes a day after the U.S. South Korea and Japan wrapped up joint drills, which
North Korea called provocative and warned wood trigger unspecified countermeasures. Last month, President Trump ordered U.S. South Korean joint drills shortened in an apparent attempt to restart diplomacy with North Korea, but Pianyang dismissed the move as insufficient. Anthony Cune in Pianus' soul. This was the fourth such launch since early last month.
Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit another record high amid the war against Iran. AAA reports the national averages nearly $6.6 that's up from 5.85 last week. You're listening to NPR News. Manufacturers are looking for ways to operate more efficiently without sacrificing quality as NPR's Andrea Xu reports, some are turning to artificial intelligence to help them
out. The appliance is planned to northwest Georgia, Director of Manufacturing Operations, Tony Gabbard, points to an AI-powered camera system on an assembly line. It's been trained to look for errors and shut the line down if it finds one. Like the wrong part on another.
"The quicker we know what the problem is, the quicker we can fix it."
GE Appliances is also using AI to sift through millions of lines of data to detect anomalies before they become problems. If a motor is running hot, they can skit while a repair to avoid an unexpected breakdown. So far, the introduction of AI and other advanced technology has not led to job cuts. In fact, the Georgia plant added 600 jobs as part of a recent expansion, Andrea Xu and PR News.
The McLachian newspaper chain has laid off 30% of its unionized workforce. The layoffs at the Miami-Herald and other outlets include more than 90 journalists across 17 publications. The Miami-Herald lost 32 jobs, including the entire writing staff of its Spanish language publication.
Other news organizations, including USA Today and the Associated Press, also have made recent staff cuts. The cuts in print journal is a largest part of the story, reflecting overall challenges for the news industry, which includes changes in audience behaviors as well as revenue issues.
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