Bloomberg
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Eric Roston
– Oct 22, 2019, 1:00 AM
After years of decline, a spike in air pollution may have taken the lives of almost 10,000 additional Americans over two years. Following a 24% drop between 2009 and 2016, particulate matter air pollution in the U.S. increased 5.5% in 2017 and…
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Wall Street Journal
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Rebecca Ballhaus
– Oct 22, 2019, 6:21 AM
WASHINGTON—A top U.S. diplomat in Kyiv is set to face questions from lawmakers Tuesday on why he believed nearly $400 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine was contingent on Kyiv undertaking certain investigations seen as potentially benefiting…
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The Financial Times
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Tom Mitchell in Beijing and Alice Woodhouse in Hong Kong
– Oct 22, 2019, 1:12 PM
The Chinese government is drawing up a plan to replace Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's leader, with an “interim” chief executive following violent protests against her administration, according to people briefed on the deliberations. The…
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Bloomberg
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Lydia Mulvany
– Oct 22, 2019, 3:03 PM
America is sitting on a mountain of uneaten bacon. More than 40 million pounds (18,000 metric tons) of pork bellies, the cut used for bacon making, were sitting in refrigerated warehouses as of Sept. 30, according to U.S. government data released…
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The Verge
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Jon Porter
– Oct 23, 2019, 3:31 AM
Google has officially announced that it's achieved quantum supremacy in a new article published in the scientific journal Nature. The announcement comes exactly one month after it initially leaked, when Google's paper was accidentally published…
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