Beyond profits: Why China’s social planning will outpace US tech drive

Raymond, 66, lived in constant fear of becoming a burden to his family in recent years as his lung disease, diagnosed 16 years ago, worsened, and he needed an organ transplant to survive. The pulmonary fibrosis patient said on Thursday that he had waited to receive a lung transplant for more than two years after being placed on the waiting list in 2023. His brother, who suffered from the same condition, died three years after being diagnosed. Pulmonary fibrosis is one of more than 200 lung...

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was directing Vice-President J.D. Vance to focus completely on domestic anti-fraud efforts and not negotiations towards a deal to end war with Tehran. “We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. His comments came shortly after the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Vance was mulling...

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