President Xi Jinping gave Newsom an audience in Beijing last October, in his first meeting with a U.S. state governor in six years.
Erica Nitschke
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U.S. labor market shows signs of losing steam, putting Fed on alert
Economists and some Federal Reserve officials are increasingly on alert that pain could be on the horizon for American workers amid signs the labor market is losing steam.
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Beryl heads toward Jamaica as major hurricane after ripping through southeast Caribbean
The storm has broken several records, including marking the farthest east that a hurricane has formed in the tropical Atlantic in June.
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For many voters, Biden-Trump debate means tough choice just got tougher
Trump told a stream of falsehoods with sharpness, vigor and conviction, while Biden struggled mightily to land debating points and even to get through many sentences.
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A harmless asteroid will whiz past Earth Saturday. Here’s how to spot it.
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth Saturday morning, passing by at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon. It was first spotted two weeks ago by […]
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Supreme Court says prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters
The justices ruled that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding – which Trump has also been charged with – must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents.
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Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him – for now
Biden ‘just didn’t have the spark that we needed tonight,’ Rosemarie DeAngelus, a Democrat from South Portland, said from her watch party at Broadway Bowl.
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Supreme Court strips SEC of critical enforcement tool in fraud cases
The justices ruled in a 6-3 vote that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court.
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Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in limited ruling
The ruling came a day after an opinion was briefly posted on the court’s website accidentally and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg.
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In Gaza’s summer heat, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage
Israel’s war in Gaza has decimated the strip’s sanitation system while simultaneously displacing the vast majority of the population, leaving many Palestinians living in tent camps nearby water contaminated with sewage and growing piles of garbage.