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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Beijing today. They discussed the war in Iran, global trade and energy security. But as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, so far the talks between the two leaders haven't yielded any significant progress.
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On Thursday, Trump and Xi held a bilateral meeting that for a time included CEOs from top US corporations. Then in the evening at a formal banquet, the two leaders toasted each other and the relationship between their nations. Trump made clear he wants this visit to be the start of a longer dialogue.
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Tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you and Madam Peng to visit us at the White House this September 24th.
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Before Trump heads to the airport, the leaders are set to take a friendship photo and share a bilateral tea and lunch. No deals have been announced yet, but there's still time. Tamara Keith, NPR News, Beijing.
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Israel is continuing attacks in Lebanon as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats head into a new round of peace talks. In Washington today, NPR's Jan Araf reports. Israeli attacks near Beirut yesterday left at least 22 people dead.
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Israel issued new warnings that it could attack more villages in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. Peace talks are expected to discuss a U S brokered ceasefire in place since April. Despite the ceasefire, the aid group Save the Children says an average of four children a day have been killed or wounded in Israeli strikes since then.
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NPR's Jana Raff reporting. Closing arguments begin today in California in the federal civil trial brought by billionaire elon Musk against OpenAI and the company CEO Sam Altman. Musk accuses OpenAI and Altman of betraying the company's founding principles once Altman helped to establish. Rachel Myro with member station KQED reports.
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After three weeks of testimony wrap, the judge told the jury all the pieces of the puzzle are now in the box, the puzzle Elon Musk wants them to solve. Did his fellow OpenAI co founders abandon their duty to the nonprofit's mission while making themselves billionaires? Musk brought the lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other co founders, saying they stole a charity. They say they saved it. What this case doesn't address is that Musk just folded his own AI company, Xai, into SpaceX, ahead of what could be the biggest IPO in history. And OpenAI is eyeing a public offering of its own at a similarly high valuation. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro.
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Stocks are trading higher on Wall street at this hour. The dow was up 357 points at 50,050 this is NPR News. Americans cut back on spending in April as higher gas prices linked to the Iran conflict left less money for non essential items. The Commerce Department says retail sales rose just a half a percent last month, a slowdown from March when spending jumped sharply during a spike in gas prices. Songs by Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Vince Gill are being added to the National Recording Registry. At the Library of Congress, NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
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This year's editions span generations and genres. There's music by Spike Jonze and his City Slickers, Jose Feliciano, and the 1975 original cast album of Chicago and All that jazz. There's music from Chaka Khan, Taylor Swift, the video game Doom and Weezer. The Library of Congress says the registry preserves the defining sounds of American history and culture. A spokesperson says even digitized music needs preserving to make sure it's compatible with digital formats 100 years from now. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.
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The U.S. postal Service is releasing special edition stamps for America's 250th birthday. The stamps feature the bald eagle across five life stages, from hatchling to adult. The stamps will be unveiled today at the National Eagle center in Minnesota. I'm Windsor Johnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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