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Trump tariffs torch chances of meeting with China's Xi

With his storm of tariffs on Chinese goods, US President Donald Trump has torched ties with Beijing and likely wrecked any hope of meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping in the near term, analysts say.Ali Wyne, a senior research and advocacy adviser focusing on US-China ties at the International Crisis Group think tank, said neither Trump nor Xi "will want to convey that he has yielded to the other".
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Buyout firm Thoma Bravo nears deal for Boeing's Jeppesen unit, Bloomberg News reports

The planned sale of Jeppesen is part of CEO Kelly Ortberg's strategy to streamline Boeing's operations and reduce its debt pile by selling non-core assets. Boeing and Thoma Bravo did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for a comment. Reuters reported last month that Jeppesen, a provider of navigation products and software, had attracted interest from several private equity firms and at least one aerospace supplier, with final bids valuing the unit at over $8 billion.
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'I wanted it to work': Ukrainians disappointed by Easter truce

Many Ukrainians felt let down by a 30-hour Easter truce announced by Russia, even if some welcomed a brief lull in fighting after more than three years of war.While both sides reported a dip in fighting, they accused each other of hundreds of violations over the 30-hour period.
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Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts

Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision.Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and the enrolment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow.
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