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May 5
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EU entices foreign scientists as Trump a...

Bbc World Service
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The EU launches a campaign to attract foreign scientists, after the Trump administration froze government funding to some universities. Also: Israel approves "conquest" in Gaza, and the Lady Gaga concert bomb threat.

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