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On NPR's ThruLine, witnesses were ending up dead. How the hunt for gangster Al Capone launched the IRS to power. Find NPR's ThruLine wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Trump is calling for a 15 percent cap on international students at Harvard University. As NPR's Windsor Johnston reports, it's a move that some critics say could undercut the Ivy League school's global competitiveness and its financial stability. International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body.

Miriam Felblom is the CEO of the President's Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. She says the pause in student visa interviews needs to be reversed immediately. What's clear is that international students are essential to the global and domestic talent pipeline that colleges and universities including Harvard are creating. Harvard's hardly alone. Illinois Tech and Carnegie Mellon have the highest rates of international students and without tuition administrators warn many colleges and universities could face significant budget shortfalls. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News, Washington. The Trump administration says it will appeal the federal trade

courts' ruling against sweeping global tariffs. The Court of International Trade says President Trump overstepped his authority by using an Emergency Powers Act to impose the import taxes. The president has named an envoy to Syria in the latest sign that the U.S. is rebuilding ties following that country's recent revolution. As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, Syria is desperately looking for foreign help to recover from its long civil war. Greg Myrie, NPR's Greg Myrie, NPR's Greg Myrie, NPR's Greg Myrie, NPR's Greg Myrie,

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It's been shuttered since 2012, a year after Syria's civil war erupted. The war ended when longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December. The U.S. and other Western countries are steadily reestablishing ties. During a Middle East trip two weeks ago, Trump lifted U.S. sanctions against Syria and met the country's new president, Ahmed al-Sharah. While the war has ended, Syria's economy is in shambles and most Syrians are living in poverty. Greg Myrie, NPR News. British prosecutors have released a list of charges against social media personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate. As Villamarks reports the two siblings

are accused of human trafficking and rape. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service says Andrew faces 10 charges linked to three alleged victims while Tristan faces 11 linked to a single victim. The charges also include assault and prostitution. The brothers, dual US-UK nationals, are still under ongoing criminal investigations in Romania. British officials acknowledge that those must be settled before they can be extradited back to the UK. Bill marks in London. This is NPR. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants Canada to sign on to a major European defense rearmament plan by July 1.

In an interview with the CBC, Carney said his government has been in talks with the European Union since he took office earlier this year. He has repeatedly rejected the idea of Canada becoming a part of the United States. German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz promises to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems. Mertz says the missiles would be free of the limitations that Western nations have imposed on the weapons they supplied for Ukraine's defense against Russia. Microchip maker Nvidia is reporting better than expected earnings in the latest quarter.

Company sales jumped 69 percent from the previous year. And as NPR's John Ruvich reports, that's with China effectively off limits for its best chips. John Ruvich, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News Anchor, NPR News

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its net income was $18.78 billion, an increase of 26%. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been a sharp critic of the policy that shuts out China. On an earnings call, he said shielding China's own chip makers from U.S. competition only strengthens them abroad. Nvidia shares rose nearly 5% in after-hours trading following the earnings news. John Ruch, NPR News. This is NPR. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies.

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