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White House urges companies to team with feds to prevent Chinese tech theft

In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, a Chinese woman demonstrates the ability of Baxter, an industrial robot from U.S. company Rethink Robotics, to follow her hand movements during the World Robot Conference in Beijing. For four decades, Beijing has cajoled or pressured foreign companies to hand over technology. And its trading partners say if that didn't work, China stole what it wanted. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Biden White House wants businesses working on quantum tech breakthroughs to partner with federal security officials to thwart Chinese theft of American innovation.

Study: ChatGPT bests Alexa, other AIs in online medical advice

This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Move over, WebMD. A study in a leading medical journal has found that popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT gives superior advice about health issues ranging from headaches to suicide.

This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Study: ChatGPT bests Alexa, other AIs in online medical advice

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A border marker, between the United States and Canada, is shown just outside of Emerson, Manitoba, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pandemic policy that won’t die: DHS keeps shorter border hours despite end of emergency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 21, 2019 photo, Stephen Hatherley, left, leads fellow trainees down a hallway as they participate in a simulated gun fight scenario at Fellowship of the Parks campus in Haslet, Texas. While recent mass shootings occurred at a retail store in El Paso, Texas, and a downtown entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, they were still felt in houses of worship, which haven’t been immune to such attacks. And some churches have started protecting themselves with guns. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

More than half of U.S. churches rely on armed members as part of security plan: Survey

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Northeast leaders plead with residents to limit outdoor activities amid haze

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Northeast leaders plead with residents to limit outdoor activities amid haze

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Former VP Mike Pence announces 2024 bid; N.D. Gov. Doug Burgum also joins crowded field

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chris Licht attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

CNN CEO Licht is leaving after a brief, stormy tenure at network

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Not your granny’s Bible epic, ‘The Chosen’ casts a wide net in telling Jesus’ story

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Tucker Carlson attends the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Tucker Carlson launches Twitter show, attacks Ukraine

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Protesters gather outside the Moms for Liberty National Summit, July 15, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Republican groups that sought to get hundreds of “parents’ rights” activists elected to local school boards largely fell short in Tuesday’s elections. The push has been boosted by Republican groups including the 1776 Project PAC, but just a third of its roughly 50 candidates won. (Lauren Witte/Tampa Bay Times via AP, file)

Southern Poverty Law Center tars parental rights advocates as ‘hate groups’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Transgender-rights advocates gather near the Kentucky House chamber, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky. The House passed a bill to ban access to gender-transition medical care for people under age 18. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Federal judge blocks Florida ban on medicalized gender transition for children

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2023. The FBI has offered to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans and a contempt threat against Director Christopher Wray. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House committee tees up contempt vote against FBI Director Wray

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, a Chinese woman demonstrates the ability of Baxter, an industrial robot from U.S. company Rethink Robotics, to follow her hand movements during the World Robot Conference in Beijing. For four decades, Beijing has cajoled or pressured foreign companies to hand over technology. And its trading partners say if that didn't work, China stole what it wanted. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

White House urges companies to team with feds to prevent Chinese tech theft

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Signage for LIV Golf is displayed during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

PGA-Saudi golf merger under review as 9/11 families challenge deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Fargo, N.D. Burgum, 66, joins a long list of contenders hoping to dent former President Donald Trump’s early lead in the race. The governor of the nation's fourth-least populous state announced his candidacy in The Wall Street Journal. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Gov. Doug Burgum runs for president on a record of business success and conservative policy wins

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A Christian cross grave headstone stands in the graveyard of St Eval Norman medieval church in St Eval, Wadebridge, U.K. on July 4th, 2022. (File photo credit: Daniel Bond via Shutterstock)

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In this July 21, 2019 photo, Stephen Hatherley, left, leads fellow trainees down a hallway as they participate in a simulated gun fight scenario at Fellowship of the Parks campus in Haslet, Texas. While recent mass shootings occurred at a retail store in El Paso, Texas, and a downtown entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, they were still felt in houses of worship, which haven’t been immune to such attacks. And some churches have started protecting themselves with guns. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

More than half of U.S. churches rely on armed members as part of security plan: Survey

Protesters gather outside the Moms for Liberty National Summit, July 15, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Republican groups that sought to get hundreds of “parents’ rights” activists elected to local school boards largely fell short in Tuesday’s elections. The push has been boosted by Republican groups including the 1776 Project PAC, but just a third of its roughly 50 candidates won. (Lauren Witte/Tampa Bay Times via AP, file)

Southern Poverty Law Center tars parental rights advocates as ‘hate groups’

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A line of unsold 2018 Cooper Clubmen sit in a long row at a Mini dealership, March 30, 2018, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation's cars. A bipartisan group in Congress on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act." The bill calls on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require automakers to keep AM radio in new cars at no additional cost. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Congress fights for the life of AM radio in rare scene of bipartisanship

US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore

In this Aug. 4, 2021, photo flames consume a home surrounded by trees on Highway 89 as the Dixie Fire tears through the community of Greenville in Plumas County, Calif. Wildfires have destroyed nearly 50,000 homes in California alone in the past five years, and scientists say global warming is only making things worse. While much attention is focused on managing overgrown forests, fire managers say it’s equally crucial to increase the fire resistance of homes and the area immediately around them, known as "defensible space." (AP Photo/Noah Berger) **FILE**

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From Jan. 22, 2020, through Feb. 4, 2020, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C., took part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

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Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

D.C. reaches 100 homicides at earliest date in 20 years

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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Plane crash in western New York kills pair of Canadians aboard

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This combination of 2023 photos shows, from left, former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. “There is a segment of the white evangelical populace, they’re looking for a way to distance themselves with the deal with the devil they made in 2016" in supporting Trump, said the Rev. Joel Bowman Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky, who was among several Black pastors who left the SBC in 2021 in dismay over what they saw as a racial backlash in a denomination that had once formally repented of its forebears' racism. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Meg Kinnard)

For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Peter Moloney, of Moloney Family Funeral Homes in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., rides his Harley Davidson hearse from the Tombstone Hearse Co. of Alum Bank, Pa., in New York, May 24, 2007. Maloney was arrested Wednesday, June 7, 2023, on charges that he sprayed wasp killer at police officers and assaulted journalists — including an Associated Press photographer — during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Owner of funeral homes accused of spraying insecticide at cops, assaulting media at Jan. 6 riot

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This image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, shows a Ukrainian tank being hit by a Russian missile. The Russian military said it destroyed several German-made Leopard tanks while fending off an attempted Ukrainian offensive, the claim that couldn't be independently verified. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Moscow says helicopters hit German tanks in Ukraine; analysts say they were tractors

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the flooded village of Korsunka, southern Ukraine on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breach

By Vasilisa Stepanenko - Associated Press

Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery under general anesthesia

By Nicole Winfield and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, March 16, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Empowering N. Korean people best path for real change in Pyongyang, top human rights activist says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Erik Jones (43) and Ty Gibbs (54) compete during the NASCAR All-Star Cup Series auto race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in North Wilkesboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

NASCAR penalizes Jones, Legacy Motor Club for illegal modification

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Collin Morikawa lines up a putt on the 14th hole during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Pittsford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

PGA Tour commissioner has ‘heated’ meeting with players after LIV Golf merger

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ASHBURN, Va. Chase Young (99), is all smiles on the first day of mandatory minicamp from the OrthoVirginia Training Center at Commanders Park. (Photo: Joe Glorioso | All-Pro Reels)

Chase Young ‘just ready to play’ after having fifth-year option declined

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, center right, is checked out after catching a fly ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers' J.D. Martinez during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Yankees star Aaron Judge headed to injured list for 2nd time this season

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Illustration on Biden , Trump and GOP liabilities in 2024 election by Alexander Hunter

Biden reelection bid in trouble, but GOP hopefuls offer little challenge

By Peter Morici

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Introduce a new category for transgender athletes

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Chris Licht attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Fargo, N.D. Burgum, 66, joins a long list of contenders hoping to dent former President Donald Trump’s early lead in the race. The governor of the nation's fourth-least populous state announced his candidacy in The Wall Street Journal. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a gathering of the Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. McCarthy told reporters yesterday he would bring a contempt resolution against FBI Director Christopher Wray to the floor if it passes the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Freedom Caucus rebels vex Speaker McCarthy by blocking GOP bills

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A Glock handgun is holstered on the side of Kristopher Kranz of Bloomington, Minn., as he listens during public testimony on Aug. 20, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Gun control groups target law students, have them pledge not to represent gun industry

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A line of unsold 2018 Cooper Clubmen sit in a long row at a Mini dealership, March 30, 2018, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation's cars. A bipartisan group in Congress on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act." The bill calls on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require automakers to keep AM radio in new cars at no additional cost. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Congress fights for the life of AM radio in rare scene of bipartisanship

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery under general anesthesia

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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures during a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie takes aim at Trump in longshot White House bid

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Cars and police gather around Altria Theater, the site of a shooting at the Huguenot High School graduation, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

7 shot, 2 fatally, after high school graduation in Richmond

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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore

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Former President Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Florida grand jury involved in DOJ’s Trump documents probe

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Protesters gather outside the Moms for Liberty National Summit, July 15, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Republican groups that sought to get hundreds of “parents’ rights” activists elected to local school boards largely fell short in Tuesday’s elections. The push has been boosted by Republican groups including the 1776 Project PAC, but just a third of its roughly 50 candidates won. (Lauren Witte/Tampa Bay Times via AP, file)

Southern Poverty Law Center tars parental rights advocates as ‘hate groups’

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Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jun 6, 2023 after the Kakhovka dam was blown up overnight. The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine has collapsed, triggering floods, endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for massive dam collapse

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Transgender-rights advocates gather near the Kentucky House chamber, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky. The House passed a bill to ban access to gender-transition medical care for people under age 18. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Federal judge blocks Florida ban on medicalized gender transition for children

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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during an interview Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Northwoods, Mo. The flood of evictions that politicians and housing advocates desperately warned of has yet to materialize three months after the Supreme Court revoked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 eviction ban. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

House hearing heats up when Democrat objects to GOP colleague’s use of term ‘woke’ to criticize ESG

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Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Jan. 11, 2012. The Peruvian government said on Monday, June 5, 2023, that Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway, will be extradited this week to the United States. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

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Migrants cross a barbed-wire barrier at the US-Mexico border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Migrants rushed across the Mexico border in hopes of entering the U.S. in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Alek Manoah works against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blue Jays demote struggling All-Star Alek Manoah to rookie-level Florida Complex League

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U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 29, 2021. Rosendale is seeking re-election to a U.S. House seat representing eastern Montana in the upcoming November election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Lawmaker introduces legislation to defund drag shows at military installations

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Harvesters collect wheat in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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