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The Trump administration on Friday outlined a considerable carve-out for cellphones, computer systems and different electronics from the sweeping world tariffs. The updated guidance for President Trump’s tariffs will apply throughout dozens of nations, together with China, which at the moment has 145% levies.
A person chats on his telephone on the sales space for Huawei on the twenty first China Worldwide Semiconductor Expo in Beijing, in November 2024.
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- 🎧 Electronics account for roughly 1 / 4 of Chinese language exports to the U.S., NPR’s John Ruwitch tells Up First. China’s commerce ministry stated the choice to take away tariffs on these merchandise was a small step towards correcting the error of imposing “reciprocal tariffs.” Nevertheless, Trump plans to lump electronics in with semiconductors in a separate tariff he says he’ll announce within the subsequent month or two. The concept is to pressure provide chains to return to the U.S. Trump appears to be ready for Chinese language chief Xi Jinping to select up the telephone and name, however that is not how China operates, Ruwitch says.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is anticipated to satisfy with Trump on the White Home immediately. Bukele has referred to as himself the “world’s coolest dictator” and dismissed criticisms from human rights teams for placing 1000’s of individuals in jail with out due course of. Bukele acquired about $6 million in a take care of the Trump administration to imprison a whole lot of people that had been accused of being gang members and deported from the U.S. The deportations are going through authorized challenges.
- 🎧 Through the go to, each side would possibly talk about find out how to broaden their partnership, together with the opportunity of incarcerating some U.S. prisoners in El Salvador, freelance reporter Manuel Rueda says. El Salvador was one probably the most violent international locations on the earth. In 2022, Bukele declared a state of emergency that is nonetheless ongoing, which gave police the ability to arrest anybody suspected of being a gang member and lock them up with out due course of. Now, the priority is that people who find themselves despatched from the U.S. to El Salvador will get the same treatment as local prisoners and disappear into the system.
The Federal Commerce Fee’s antitrust case towards Meta begins immediately. It is thought of probably the most vital authorized problem that the social media large faces. The case, which is anticipated to final two months, facilities round whether Meta broke competition laws when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. Executives, together with CEO Mark Zuckerburg, are set to take the witness stand.
- 🎧 The FTC says when Meta acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, it was a part of a technique to eradicate competitors and preserve monopoly over the social media market, NPR’s Joel Rose explains. The FTC is pushing for Instagram and WhatsApp to be broken up into separate companies, permitting smaller social media corporations to compete for shoppers and advert {dollars}. Meta says it’s being punished for being an progressive and aggressive tech firm and that it competed pretty. Attorneys for Meta stated in a courtroom submitting that regulators authorized the Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions on the time, and it is unreasonable to attempt to unwind the offers years later.
Dwelling higher
Dwelling Higher is a special series about what it takes to remain wholesome in America.
It may be straightforward to get misplaced in your telephone, particularly if you find yourself drained and careworn and want an escape. However scanning by means of information headlines or arguments on social media might stress you out. Utilizing social media can really feel good within the quick time period as a result of it prompts the mind’s reward pathways and releases dopamine. Nevertheless, as soon as that spike subsides, you possibly can be left feeling unhealthy once more, prompting you to return for extra. As a substitute of utilizing cellphones as a temper booster, there are methods to retrain your brain to crave physical activity.
- 🏃♀️Take a pause once you discover the urge to seize your telephone to scroll. Observe what occurs to that sensation for those who do not act on it.
- 🏃♀️ Attempt including in some motion once you need to use your telephone. You can decide a music and have a dance session or do some squats and really feel your muscle mass activate.
- 🏃♀️ Observe savoring the belongings you love about motion. This could possibly be the peaceable feeling a stretch gives you or how relaxed your respiration is.
- 🏃♀️ Get versatile along with your conduct and alter up your routine. In the event you take the identical stroll each day, construct in a shock, like a brand new espresso store or a sundown.
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U.S. Naval Academy croquet workforce Imperial Wicket Liam Wert holds the trophy above his head as he celebrates his workforce’s win over St. John’s School within the 2025 Annapolis Cup. At left is Annapolis mayor, Gavin Buckley, and Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Vice Adm. Yvette M. Davids.
The forty first annual Annapolis Cup croquet match was held on April 5, 2025 at St. John’s School between the Johnnies and the neighboring U.S. Naval Academy workforce. 1000’s of individuals donned fancy gown to attend the long-lasting occasion, which included not solely croquet, however swing dancing, a New Orleans- fashion brass band, and choral singing. The Naval Academy midshipmen gained the match 3 video games to 2.
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Croquet groups from St. John’s School and the neighboring U.S. Naval Academy went face to face of their annual Annapolis Cup on April 5. The midshipmen wearing pristine white uniforms. The Johnnies, who’re notoriously secretive about their uniforms, arrived costumed because the match’s grass croquet courts, full with mini wickets, mallets, balls and clips. The yearly competitors started within the early Nineteen Eighties. Legend says {that a} dialogue between a St. John’s School scholar and the commandant of the Naval Academy led to the latter’s problem that his midshipmen might beat Johnnies at any sport. Thousands attended the occasion, many in fancy gown and bowler hats.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
Rory McIlroy of Northern Eire (R) celebrates profitable with caddie Harry Diamond (L) after the playoff gap through the remaining spherical of the 2025 Masters Event at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership on April 13 in Augusta, Ga.
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- Rory McIlroy of Northern Eire gained the 2025 Masters match yesterday. He is the sixth golfer in historical past to realize a career Grand Slam.
- An artwork set up in Australia is utilizing organic matter to rebuild a number of the late composer Alvin Lucier’s mind, along with his permission, to create and release new music.
- Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa died yesterday on the age of 89. His profession spanned many years. He printed his first guide, The Time of the Hero, in 1962.
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
