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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
President Trump wrote on his Truth Social channel that he and First Lady Melania Trump are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis. He wished Biden a fast and successful recovery. President Trump is hoping to secure a Ukraine peace deal in calls today with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO leaders.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
It comes as Moscow yesterday launched one of the largest aerial barrages of the war, killing at least one person and injuring three in the capital Kiev. Journal foreign correspondent Georgi Kanchev joins me now. Georgi, this is the third call between Trump and Putin this year so far. What are we expecting?
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Indeed, Georgi. And in fact, Russia has continued to keep up the pressure on Ukraine, hasn't it?
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
And after Trump speaks to Putin, he is due also to speak to Zelensky and NATO leaders. What do we know about those calls?
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Former President Joe Biden is diagnosed with prostate cancer just months after leaving office. Plus, President Trump is set to speak with Vladimir Putin today as the Russian president slow walks Ukraine peace talks. And American assets sell off again as Moody's cuts the US's credit rating.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Georgi Kanchev, thank you so much for joining us today.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Israel's military is continuing extensive ground operations in Gaza that began on Sunday. They're trying to bisect the strip, demilitarize Hamas and release the remaining hostages. It follows a wave of airstrikes targeting Hamas infrastructure, such as weapons storage facilities and underground sites.
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
A senior Israeli official said a strike last week targeting Hamas leader Mohamed Sinwa likely killed him. Journal reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn has the latest from Tel Aviv.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
While part of the offensive includes bisecting the Gaza Strip, which aid groups have warned would be very disruptive to Palestinian civilians, Kari says some aid relief is planned.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Coming up, markets sell off as Moody's cuts its US credit rating and NJ Transit reaches a deal with engineers to end a rail strike that has impacted hundreds of thousands of commuters. Those stories and more after the break.
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Markets are under pressure this morning after Moody's became the last of the big three rating agencies to knock the US off its AAA perch. Stock markets around the world have slipped, with US futures also pointing to a down day and treasuries similarly taking a knock. Finance editor Alex Frangos says that while the move wasn't unexpected, it does speak to the current economic picture.
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
And we'll get some clues on what the Fed makes of Moody's ratings cut and the sell-off in US assets. A slew of Federal Reserve officials are speaking this week, with Vice Chair Philip Jefferson kicking things off with a speech this morning at 8.45am Eastern. NVIDIA is working with Foxconn to build an AI supercomputer in Taiwan.
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
NVIDIA said researchers from Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC also plan to use the system to advance its research and development. The news comes as NVIDIA looks to ramp up revenues and get ahead of competitors rushing to build crucial applications. and lucrative AI infrastructure.
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Just last week, the company announced it's partnering with state-backed Humane to build a massive AI data centre in Saudi Arabia. And we are exclusively reporting that GM is racing to reverse California's EV mandate, which would restrict the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Becky Peterson co-wrote the story and says the automaker is backing a bipartisan Senate bill that could prevent states from setting their own tailpipe emissions targets as soon as this week.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
It's Monday, May the 19th. I'm Azhar Sukhri for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas. Here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer just months after he left office.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
And it's not just GM, an alliance of US automakers including Stellantis, Ford and Toyota, and even some states say they aren't ready for the full transition to electric vehicles.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
A spokeswoman for the California regulator that sets the auto mandates said the rules provide ample flexibility to enable car companies to meet them. And that's it for What's News for this Monday morning. Today's show was produced by Kate Bullivant and Daniel Bark. Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff. And I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
We'll be back tonight with a new show. Until then, thanks for listening.
WSJ What’s News
Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
His representatives said Sunday that the cancer has spread to his bones, but that the disease appears to be hormone sensitive, which allows for effective management. Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options with his doctors. Biden, who was 82 when he left office in January, has come under scrutiny for age-related mental and physical declines he suffered while he was president.