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Markets jump after Trump softens rhetoric on China and Fed chair

April 23, 2025

Thailand, Singapore and China mask up as COVID-19 reemerges
BANGKOK/SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE — Parts of Asia are on alert as hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases have been reported in countries including China and Singapore, killing at least 46 people in Thailand alone. Thailand reported 187,031 COVID-19 cases from Janu through mid-May and 46 COVID deaths. From May 18 through Saturday, 53,597 people were reported to…
US wins if DeepSeek runs on American AI chips, Nvidia CEO says
LAS VEGAS — Washington was “clearly wrong” to assume China cannot make AI chips, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday, adding it is critical for U.S. chips to be exported to the Chinese market and have Nvidia chips used to run open-source models like DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen. “The U.S. has based its policy on the assumption that China cannot…
Smokey Robinson sues accusers and their lawyers, claiming defamation
LOS ANGELES — Motown legend Smokey Robinson on Wednesday filed a lawsuit alleging defamation by four former housekeepers who earlier this month in a lawsuit accused him of sexual assault and abuse. Lawyers for Robinson also filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to have the complaint against him dismissed, arguing that it…
Ex-rgia officer who fatally shot naked man pleads guilty to aggravated assault
ATLANTA — A former rgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of aggravated assault and won’t serve any additional time behind bars. After Robert “Chip” Olsen, 63, entered his plea, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson sentenced him to 15 years with 12…
Head of human smuggling plot gets 10 years after family of 4 froze to death on U.S.-Canada border
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the convicted ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced in Minnesota on Wednesday to 10 years in prison.…
Trump administration plunges into German politics in defense of AfD
President Donald Trump’s administration has emerged as a staunch defender of Alternative for Germany, a political party with Nazi echoes that has risen in popularity — and that German intelligence officials recently classified as a “proven right-wing extremist organization.” The party is known by its German initialism, AfD, and it has included leaders who have…
In his war on Harvard, Trump pits the Ivy League against the working class
As President Donald Trump’s war on Harvard University intensifies, he is shifting his message in a seeming bid for new allies — apart from punishing the institution, he’s also promising to elevate the working class. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump proposed sending $3 billion in research funding cut from Harvard to…
Diddy trial judge denies defense team’s mistrial motion
This is a free article for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. U.S. government prosecutors spent much of today attempting to back up testimony from key witnesses like Kid Cudi, the hip-hop artist who dated Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and accused the defendant…
Elon Musk emboldens GOP critics of Trump’s big bill: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we explore how Elon Musk is adding fuel to the fire for Republican skeptics of President Donald…