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A newly signed law requires that the Chinese-owned TikTok app be sold to satisfy national security concerns. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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China's influence operations against the U.S. are bigger than TikTok

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Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth looks over the latest version of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as she tours the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center on Feb. 16, 2023, in Lima, Ohio. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, June 27, 2022. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption

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An agent from the attorney general's office carries evidence collected at Save the Children's headquarters during a raid in Guatemala City on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Moises Castillo/AP hide caption

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Michel Patrick Boisvert (center), who was named interim prime minister by outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry, attends the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti's new prime minister and cabinet, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

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A poster depicting Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed in Re'im, southern Israel at the Gaza border in February 2024 at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption

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A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Thursday. Andy Wong/AP hide caption

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World Central Kitchen Founder José Andrés speaks Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral during an interfaith memorial service for the seven workers from the group who were killed in Gaza. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Nimer Saddy al-Nimer, 12, was shot five times by Israel's military on April 1 while gathering food from aid dropped by parachute that landed in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. Israeli soldiers took the boy into Israel for surgery, and, according to Nimer, placed him in a prison for four days while he recovered. He is now in a refugee camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption

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Shot by Israeli troops while getting aid, a boy in Gaza fights for his life

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Nimer Saddy al-Nimer, 12, was shot five times by Israel's military on April 1 while gathering food from aid dropped by parachute that landed in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. Israeli soldiers took the boy into Israel for surgery, and, according to Nimer, placed him in a prison for four days while he recovered. He is now in a refugee camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption

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President Biden on Wednesday announces the signing of a $95 billion military assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Ukraine says the aid is critical as it seeks to regain momentum on the battlefield from Russia. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Displaced Palestinians wait to receive UNRWA aid in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7. Mohammed Salem/REUTERS hide caption

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British explorer George Mallory and fellow climber Edward Felix Norton scale the north-east ridge of Mount Everest in 1922, left, while Mallory is seen in an undated file photo, right. Captain Noel/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in South Korea on April 22, 2024. North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country. Toby Melville/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters upon her arrival to her opening campaign rally at the Zócalo plaza in Mexico City, on March 1. Aurea Del Rosario/AP hide caption

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Mexico's leading presidential candidate is stopped by masked men at checkpoint

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