China’s outlook now depends on whether the COVID restrictions can be relaxed this month, and if Beijing will increase monetary and fiscal stimulus to prevent a sharper slowdown.
Steve Ericson
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U.S. probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles
The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles.
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Lizzo claps back at ‘fatphobic’ and ‘racist’ comments aimed at her ‘Rumors’ video
‘I really think people are just mad to see a fat Black woman that makes pop music and is happy,’ she said Sunday in a TikTok.
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‘River Dave’ grateful for help after fire that ravaged his home
David Lidstone, 81, the Maine native whose New Hampshire cabin burned down on wooded property where he squatted for 27 years says he’s grateful and overwhelmed by offers for a place to live.
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Offers flood in after woodland hermit’s cabin burns down
David Lidstone, 81, a Wilton, Maine native, lived off the grid in the woods along the Merrimack River in Canterbury, N.H., until the cabin he’d squatted in for 27 years burned down Wednesday.
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Harvard returning tomahawk to Nebraska tribe
A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is being returned to the Ponca Tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard.
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Vatican: Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery
The Vatican says Pope Francis is in good condition, alert and breathing on his own after the pontiff underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half of his colon.
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Vaccination strategy shifts to targeting difficult-to-reach groups
With the U.S. falling short of President Biden’s goal of having 70% of American adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4th, public health officials in places like Spencer County, Kentucky, have shifted gears.
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Johnson says mask, other pandemic rules will ease, and the U.K. must live with virus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the pandemic health rules in place for more than a year will end later this month.
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Tropical Storm Elsa moving across west Cuba, then to Florida
Tropical Storm Elsa is sweeping over western Cuba with strong rain and winds, and forecasters say it will move on to the Florida Keys on Tuesday and Florida’s central Gulf coast by Wednesday.