Azhar Sukri
speaker
827 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard Aug 2025
Azhar Sukri’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And that's it for What's News this Tuesday morning.
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Today's show was produced by Kate Bullivant and Daniel Bark.
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Our supervising producer is Sandra Killoff.
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I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal.
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We'll be back tonight with a new show.
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Until then, thanks for listening.
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WSJ What’s News · China Restricts Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies · 4 Aug 2025
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The Trump administration doubles down on its move to fire a top labor statistician, plus pressure mounts on Israel to end the war in Gaza after Hamas releases videos of emaciated hostages.
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And China is squeezing the supplies of key minerals for the U.S.
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defense industry.
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It's Monday, August the 4th.
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I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal.
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Here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
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The Trump administration has defended the president's controversial move to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following Friday's weaker-than-expected job number.
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Trump's chief economic advisor, Kevin Hassett, told NBC's Meet the Press that the dismissal is part of Trump's plan for further changes at the agency.
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Trump asserted without evidence that the government's job numbers have been manipulated for political purposes.
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Last week's data showed that hiring slowed dramatically in July and that job seekers are out in the cold for longer.
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The number of people unemployed for at least 27 weeks topped 1.8 million, the highest level since 2017.
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Later this week, jobless claims will provide investors with further insights into U.S.
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hiring.
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In the meantime, markets will be on tenterhooks as President Trump moves to name a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within days, as well as a replacement for Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler, who said she would resign from her post this week.
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