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The Justice Department has brought charges against Cuba's former president, Raul Castro.
It's in connection with the deadly 1996 downing of two small civilian planes.
The Cuban government rejects the indictment and says this is a pretext for U.S.
military action against the country.
President Trump says he's willing to wait a little longer for an agreement with Iran before deciding whether to order fresh military strikes.
NPR's Aya Batraoui says earlier this week Trump said he paused new strikes at the request of Mideast allies, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
Big tech company Meta has announced it is cutting 8,000 jobs.
NPR's John Rewich reports it's also shifting another 7,000 positions into jobs that are more directly related to artificial intelligence.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Big tech company IBM says it will work on building a new facility to create certain quantum computer chips.
It will create a brand new company to build these.
The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is giving $2 billion in grants to nine companies in all, including IBM.
And the federal government will get a financial stake in these.
Quantum computer chips can produce much faster than regular computer chips.
But they need special environments in which to work, such as very cold temperatures.