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Secret Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking internal divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the November election, according to researchers and government officials.The reports signal a potential tactical shift in how Beijing aims to influence American politics, with a greater willingness to target specific candidates and parties, including Biden.Echoing Russia's influence campaign before the 2016 election, China appears to be seeking to exploit partisan divisions to undermine the Biden administration's policies, despite the two countries' recent efforts to lower the temperature in their relations.Some Chinese accounts pose as fervent Trump fans, including one on Th...

The only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip held sombre Easter celebrations on Sunday for hundreds of displaced Palestinian Christians who have taken refuge in its compound since the war began nearly six months ago.The Church of the Holy Family is located in Gaza City in the northern part of the Strip, an area that has suffered some of the heaviest Israeli bombardment since October and where the global watchdog on food security says a large-scale famine is imminent.The families who have taken refuge in the church have been "scrabbling to survive" for months with limited food and "almost non-existent" medical supplies - the same as all Palestinians in northern Gaza, including Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, he said. said Father Davide Meli, chancellor of the Latin Patriarchate...

The recent cyberattack on billing and payments giant Change Healthcare revealed how severe vulnerabilities are across the U.S. healthcare system and alerted industry leaders and policymakers to the urgent need for better digital security.Hospitals, health insurers, medical clinics and other industry players have increasingly been the targets of significant cyber attacks, culminating in the assault on Change, a unit of giant UnitedHealth Group, on February 21.The ransomware attack on the country's largest clearinghouse, which handles a third of all medical records, has had widespread effects. Fixes and workarounds have alleviated some challenges, but vendors are still unable to collect billions of dollars in payments. Many smaller hospitals and medical practices are still struggling t...

Protests against Netanyahu intensifyThousands of people gathered outside the Israeli Parliament yesterday in one of the largest demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the start of the war in Gaza.He has faced growing pressure, abroad and at home, over Israel's handling of the war, with many Israelis calling for him to step down. Close allies such as the United States have criticized the war's heavy civilian toll and urged Israel to allow more aid to Gaza. And many Israelis have called on Netanyahu to prioritize the release of hostages held by Hamas as part of a ceasefire agreement. Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Netanyahu's government.The protests in Jerusalem, which were expected to continue into Wednesday, came as i...

BRIAN REED I didn't feel great after I gave Hamza a hard time for going off on Richy Thompson, the British humanist. And truth is, it wasn't the first time I'd done something like that, where I called him out for crossing lines I thought he shouldn't be crossing as a journalist. The first time was early on in our working together. [PHONE RINGING] HAMZA SYED Hey. BRIAN REED Hey, Hamza. How's it going? HAMZA SYED It was my last week of journalism school, as I cramming to get my final project done, when Brian got in touch saying we needed to talk. HAMZA SYED I'm good. What's good? BRIAN REED Well, it's not great, honestly. HAMZA SYED Oh, God. BRIAN REED So I just got this email. HAMZA SYED This was when we were looking into Adderley Primary school, trying to find information about the he...

Daniel C. Lynch, a computer networking engineer whose exhibits on networking equipment helped accelerate the commercialization of the Internet in the 1980s and 1990s, died Saturday at his home in St. Helena, Calif., at age 82 years old.His death was confirmed by his daughter Julie Lynch-Sasson, who said he was suffering from kidney failure.In the mid-1980s, when the Internet was still the domain of academia and government, Lynch was a computer facilities manager who played a key role in the early years of data networking. Although the Internet was very small and limited to non-commercial use, Lynch was convinced of its greatest commercial potential.Daniel C. Lynch in an undated photograph. He sold his company, Interop, to Ziff Davis in 1991 for about $25 million.Credit...The Lynch family...

In the years before war and hunger disrupted daily life in Yemen, Mohammed Abdullah Yousef used to sit down after a long day of fasting during Ramadan to a large plate of food. His family dined on meat, falafel, beans, fried savory pastries and the occasional store-bought crème caramel.This year, the Islamic holy month looks different for Mr Yousef, 52, a social studies teacher in the coastal town of Al Mukalla. He, his wife and their five children break their fast with bread, soup and vegetables. Earning the equivalent of $66 a month, he fears his salary sometimes slips out of his hands in less than two weeks, largely to pay grocery bills.“I'm struggling to make ends meet,” Mr. Yousef said in an interview, describing how even before Ramadan he began skipping meals to stretch his me...

A troubled heart pump that has now been linked to 49 deaths and dozens of injuries worldwide will be allowed to remain in use, despite the Food and Drug Administration's decision to issue a warning about the risk that it could perforate a wall of the heart.Tiny Impella pumps, about the size of a candy cane, are threaded into blood vessels to take control of the heart's work in patients undergoing complex procedures or life-threatening conditions.The FDA said the device's manufacturer, Abiomed, should have alerted the agency more than two years ago, when the company first posted an update on its website about the perforation risk. Such a notice, the FDA added, would have led to a much broader official warning to hospitals and doctors.The warning is the latest in concerns raised...

King Charles III attended an Easter church service at Windsor Castle on Sunday with Queen Camilla, later greeting well-wishers who had flocked to see his first significant public appearance since revealing last month that he had cancer.Charles, 75, continued to work while undergoing treatment, welcoming visitors and holding his weekly meetings with the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak. But he suspended public commitments on the advice of his doctors.Leaving the church after the service ended, Charles shook hands and chatted with people who had gathered outside, telling one: "You're very brave standing out here in the cold."His appearance in familiar surroundings, St George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, was designed to restore a semblance of normality to a royal fam...

This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email [email protected] with any questions.[PHONE INTERNAL RINGING]belindaHello?astead herndonHi, my name’s Astead Herndon. I’m a politics reporter at “The New York Times” and hosting a new politics podcast from “The Times.” I’m looking for Belinda. Is this her?belindaIt is.astead herndonThank you for picking up. We are hoping that you had maybe 5, 10 minutes today for us to ask a few questions about how you’re feeling about politics right now, and then record that. Is that something you think we could do right now?belindaHow long have you been a reporter at “The New York Times?”...