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Signs of unrest at Tesla multiplied Monday after the electric car company told employees it would lay off more than 10% of its workforce to cut costs and two senior executives resigned.The job cuts, which amount to around 14,000 people, come as the company faces growing competition and declining sales. The management changes and layoffs are a reminder of the unpredictability of Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a critical time for the company.Musk has not outlined a plan to reverse declining auto sales, and appears focused on long-term initiatives like a self-driving taxi, rather than new models that would help Tesla compete with cars introduced by established automakers and upstarts. rivals from China.“As we prepare the company for the next phase of growth, it is extremely important to examine ever...

Israeli civilians shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials, as tensions continued to rise in the Israeli-occupied territory.The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health identified the two men as Abdelrahman Bani Fadel, 30, and Mohammad Bani Jama, 21. The circumstances of their deaths near the city of Aqraba remained unclear.The Israeli army said the two men were killed during a "violent exchange" between Israeli civilians and Palestinians following reports of a Palestinian attacking an Israeli shepherd. An initial investigation indicated that the shots "did not come" from Israeli soldiers, the military said.The two Palestinians appeared to have been shot at by Israeli civilians at the scene, said an Israeli security offic...

A Chinese company targeted by members of Congress over potential ties to the Chinese government makes blockbuster drugs for the American market that have been hailed as advances in the treatment of cancers, obesity and debilitating illnesses like cystic fibrosis.WuXi AppTec is one of several companies that lawmakers have identified as potential threats to the security of individual Americans’ genetic information and U.S. intellectual property. A Senate committee approved a bill in March that aides say is intended to push U.S. companies away from doing business with them.But lawmakers discussing the bill in the Senate and the House have said almost nothing in hearings about the vast scope of work that WuXi does for the U.S. biotech and pharmaceutical industries — and patients. A New York Ti...

Hundreds of survivors of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing have filed a lawsuit against Britain's government intelligence agency MI5, their lawyers said.Three main firms - Hudgell Solicitors, Slater & Gordon and Broudie Jackson Canter - said in a statement on Sunday that they represented more than 250 victims of the attack and the families of those killed, and lodged a collective complaint with the Investigative Powers Tribunal. , an independent judicial body that examines complaints against British intelligence.“As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are neither able to provide further details, nor comment further, at this stage,” the group's statement read.The lawsuit comes a year after an independent public inquiry found that MI5, the national security service, failed to act on...

The Biden administration will award up to $6.4 billion in grants to Samsung, one of the world's largest chipmakers, the latest in a series of awards intended to support domestic production of cutting-edge semiconductors.The money will help Samsung, the South Korean company, finance its new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, and expand an existing site in nearby Austin. Samsung will now build an additional manufacturing plant and upgrade a facility under construction in Taylor. It will increase its investments in Texas to about $45 billion, up from the $17 billion announced more than two years ago, administration officials said Sunday.Federal officials said the grants would help create a U.S. hub for cutting-edge semiconductor development and manufacturing. In addition to produ...

Israel's allies on Monday strongly urged Israel not to retaliate against Iran over the weekend's missile and drone attack, instead calling for an easing of tensions that have gripped the Middle East.The Iranian air assault – itself a retaliation for an attack that killed Iranian commanders in Syria – was the first time Tehran launched open attacks on Israel from its own territory. While some far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government called for a strong response, the United States, the Group of 7, the European Union and the United Nations secretary general were among those advising restraint.Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stressed the need to prevent further escalation in a flurry of phone calls Sunday with his counterparts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia...

“There's no need to get technical about it,” said Ellie Phillips, a preventative dentist based in Austin. “But I would recommend noting whether it's something affecting the front teeth or the back of the mouth. Is it on the outside, which is on the cheek side, or is it on the tongue side?”Visual aids such as x-rays or images from an intraoral camera, or even simply looking in the mirror, can also help demystify what is happening in the mouth.Don't feel pressured to agree to anything, not even cleaning.Your dentist should be able to explain why particular problem areas need specific treatments, said Alyson Leffel, director of patient advocacy and social work at NYU College of Dentistry. And it's perfectly reasonable to ask them for time to research and think about your op...

After Iran's attack, Israel weighs its options.

The Biden administration will award up to $6.6 billion in grants to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the leading maker of the most advanced microchips, in an effort to bring some of the most cutting-edge semiconductor technologies to the United States.The funds, which come from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, will help support the construction of TSMC's first major U.S. hub, in Phoenix. The company has already committed to building two plants at the site and will use some of the grant money to build a third plant in Phoenix, U.S. officials said Sunday. TSMC will also increase its total investments in the United States to more than $65 billion, up from $40 billion.Bringing the world's most sophisticated chip manufacturing to the United States has been a major ...

On Sunday the hospital waiting room was silent: there was no crowd of relatives, no sea of ​​patients. Israeli air defenses had just repelled a large-scale Iranian attack, recording only one serious casualty.But there was no sense that a crisis had been averted outside the pediatric intensive care unit at Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. Instead, tension filled the air until the ward doors opened and a panting mother stepped out, her face contorted. Then raw emotion quickly took over as she collapsed into a chair, crying.While Israel suffered little significant damage overnight, this family suffered a devastating blow. Amina al-Hasoni, 7 years old, was clinging to life and was the only serious victim of the Iranian barrage. And if not for systemic inequ...