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The southern Chinese province of Guangdong reported thousands of new cases of chikungunya fever last week as the local authorities promised “decisive and forceful measures” to stop the spread of the disease. According to state broadcaster CCTV, Guangdong reported 2,892 new cases in the week leading up to Saturday, with no severe or fatal infections. Most of those – 2,770 …

Bloomberg/Getty Tesla has said it will build cheaper cars and win approval for its self-driving software in Europe this year after seeing sales fall at the sharpest rate for a decade. Elon Musk’s electric car firm told investors it had started “first builds of a more affordable model in June” while posting a slump in car deliveries and shrinking profits. …

Skydance Media has made additional commitments to the FCC in an effort to get approval for its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global. In letters addressed to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Skydance’s top lawyer said Skydance will install an ombudsman to review “complaints of bias or other concerns” involving CBS as part of ensuring “viewpoint diversity” and that Skydance has …

New labor-backed PAC pledges $50M in battleground House races  Politico Source link

The Race Is On to Build U.S. Copper Mines After Trump Pledges Higher Tariffs – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Why Markets Went Crazy Over 50% Copper Tariffs  Bloomberg.com Looming Copper Tariffs Leave Companies Scrambling: ‘Prices Will Go Up’  The New York Times Trump says 50% tariff on copper imports will begin Aug. 1  CNBC Who pays for tariffs?  marketplace.org Source link

Meta’s Zuckerberg pledges hundreds of billions for AI data centers in superintelligence push  Reuters Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg touts AI build-out, says company will spend hundreds of billions on data centers  Yahoo Finance Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta to Build Several Gigawatt-Size Data Centers  Bloomberg Meta keeps AI spending spree going — plus Amazon shuts down Prime Day critics  CNBC Eighty years after bomb, is …

State lays off more than 1,300 people as Rubio pledges more efficiency  Politico Veteran U.S. diplomats baffled after mass layoffs at State Department  NBC News State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump’s shake-up of diplomatic corps  Reuters Hundreds laid off in State Department overhaul  NPR State Dept lays off 1,350 employees as reorganization nears final phase  Federal News Network Source link