John Rewich
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President Carter's term as president ended in 1981. And for the remainder of his life, the longest post-presidency of any American president ever was He focused on making the lives of his fellow men better.
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NPR News: 02-05-2025 3PM EST
On Tuesday, the Postal Service announced an indefinite suspension of processing of incoming packages from China and Hong Kong. That came after President Trump's latest tariffs on China went into effect, and after he banned a tariff exemption for small packages that had become popular with e-commerce platforms. But the Postal Service reversed course today.
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It says USPS and Customs and Border Protection are working closely together to, quote, China's foreign ministry earlier urged the U.S. to stop politicizing economics and trade, and said China would continue to take necessary measures to safeguard its company's rights and interests. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.
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The study relied on health records of people in their 70s and 80s who lived in Wales in the UK. It found that those who received a shingles vaccine were about 20% less likely than people who didn't to be diagnosed with dementia during a seven-year period. The finding adds to the evidence that viruses that affect the nervous system can increase the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
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Shingles is caused by a herpes virus that can remain dormant in nerve cells for decades before re-emerging when age or illness weakens the immune system. The same herpes virus also causes chickenpox. Researchers don't know why the vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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NPR News: 04-02-2025 5PM EDT
China says the exercises were staged as a warning to Taiwan's leader and others on the self-governed island who it says are seeking independence. Beijing considers Taiwan an inseparable part of China. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de called China a foreign hostile force last month. China's military says the exercises practiced precision strikes, area denial, and blockades.
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It's the latest in a growing campaign of drills and other Chinese military activity around Taiwan, seen as intimidating the island. The Chinese military also separately conducted live-fire strike drills in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan.
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NPR News: 04-02-2025 5PM EDT
The State Department said China's military exercises and rhetoric exacerbate tensions and put the region's security and the world's prosperity at risk. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.
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NPR News: 02-03-2025 8PM EST
The implanted device delivers electrical pulses to the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with internal organs and the immune system. Dr. Kevin Tracy of Northwell Health in New York says the pulses trigger a reflex that puts the brakes on inflammation in joints.
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NPR News: 02-03-2025 8PM EST
A study of 242 patients with rheumatoid arthritis found that the device, made by Setpoint Medical, was able to reduce pain and inflammation and slow the damage in affected joints. The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the device and is likely to make a decision by the end of the year. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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NPR News: 03-20-2025 4PM EDT
One of the greatest correlates to seeing what makes life great is whether or not you live in a society that has community and where people feel safe.
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Senator Kennedy told NBC News Abrego Garcia never should have been sent to El Salvador.
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Look, this was a screw-up in my opinion. The administration won't admit it.
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Kennedy also said Abrego Garcia should have received a hearing before his wrongful deportation to a Salvadorian prison. But when asked whether he believes Trump is in defiance of a court order to facilitate the man's return, Kennedy said, I don't believe that President Trump will defy a federal judge's order.
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NPR News: 04-20-2025 4PM EDT
And Kennedy called Trump's proposal of sending Americans to El Salvador not, quote, appropriate or moral. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
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NPR News: 11-09-2024 9PM EST
The leaders of China's parliament approved a bill that raises the ceiling for special bond issuance by local governments. They also approved further financing for debt swaps at the local level. In all, the measures will allow local governments to issue a combined 10 trillion yuan, or about $1.4 trillion, in fresh bonds in the coming years.
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NPR News: 11-09-2024 9PM EST
The money will be used to pay down off-balance sheet debt that's been crippling local governments around the country and hurting the national economy. The debt swaps are expected to save local governments around $84 billion in interest over the coming five years. It's the latest in a series of steps to shore up the economy in the face of mounting challenges,
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NPR News: 11-09-2024 9PM EST
and now increased uncertainty with the coming of a second Trump administration. John Rewich, NPR News, Shanghai.
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I mean, just over Christmas days, launching waves of missiles and drones against Ukrainian infrastructure. This is not a man who anyone should take seriously when it comes to saying he's ready for a negotiated settlement. He has proven quite the contrary in almost every single possible way.
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NPR News: 03-24-2025 5PM EDT
You showed me how a bizarre Catholic man who presents well but is deeply troubled on the inside... could navigate the entertainment industry.
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The system uses a brain-computer interface and artificial intelligence to bypass the damaged part of a patient's spine. That allows signals from the motor area of the brain to control the muscles in a person's hand. Keith Thomas, who is paralyzed from the chest down from a diving accident, says it also sends signals to his brain from sensors on his hand.
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They hooked me up to the machine and I'm like... The system also stimulates the spinal cord when signals are going in either direction. This strengthens the remaining natural connections between the brain and body, even when a person isn't connected to the computer interface. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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NPR News: 03-10-2025 3PM EDT
The system uses a brain-computer interface and artificial intelligence to bypass the damaged part of a patient's spine. That allows signals from the motor area of the brain to control the muscles in a person's hand. Keith Thomas, who is paralyzed from the chest down from a diving accident, says it also sends signals to his brain from sensors on his hand.
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NPR News: 03-10-2025 3PM EDT
They hook me up to the machine and I'm like... The system also stimulates the spinal cord when signals are going in either direction. This strengthens the remaining natural connections between the brain and body, even when a person isn't connected to the computer interface. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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NPR News: 04-07-2025 4PM EDT
I keep learning again and again that hope is the right response to the human condition. And I have to learn this over and over again because despair is an incredibly powerful force in my life.
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NPR News: 04-25-2025 6PM EDT
And he's going to be punished for his staggering fraud, the abuses he put on our electoral process. for mocking our democratic institutions, and most importantly, for betraying and defrauding his supporters, his voters, his donors, federal agencies, state agencies.
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persists in taking substantive actions that infringe upon China's interests, China will, quote, respond resolutely and stand firm to the end. John Ruich, NPR News, Beijing.
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China announced that it's increasing tariffs on U.S. imports to 125 percent from 84 percent. The finance ministry says it'll take effect on Saturday. This step matches Trump's latest escalation as the trade war between the world's top two economies worsens. But the finance ministry signaled that Beijing was done with matching tariffs. In a statement on its website, it said U.S.
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NPR News: 04-11-2025 5PM EDT
goods exported to China are no longer market viable. and said if the U.S. continues to increase tariffs on Chinese imports, China will not respond. The Commerce Ministry issued a statement at the same time with the same message about further tariffs, but it warned that if the U.S.
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NPR News: 04-04-2025 6PM EDT
China's tariffs take effect on April 10th. The Ministry of Commerce is adding 16 U.S. entities to an export control list and 11 to a so-called unreliable entities list, effectively blacklisting them. It also said it's imposing export controls on a handful of rare earth minerals, making it harder for American companies to buy them.
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And China's customs department is suspending farm product import qualifications for several American companies. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.
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In coordinated statements, government ministries laid out the details of China's retaliation, which sharply escalates the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. The finance ministry will impose a 34 percent tariff on all U.S. imports. That's the same rate that the Trump administration imposed on China during Wednesday's so-called Liberation Day global tariff blitz.