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Baltimore bridge highlights role of migrants in US workforce
The death of six Latino workers who were fixing potholes when a Baltimore bridge collapsed highlights the crucial role immigrants play in keeping America running, say advocates. - High risk - Those risks, even if they are not always fatal, as they were for the Baltimore bridge workers, are all too real.
Bulgaria, Romania take first steps into Europe's visa-free zone
Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe's vast Schengen area of free movement on Sunday, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks after a 13-year wait. Bulgaria and Romania both hope to fully integrate into Schengen by the end of the year, but Austria has so far relented only on air and sea routes.
OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool
OpenAI on Friday revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners. A model called "Voice Engine" can essentially duplicate someone's speech based on a 15-second audio sample, according to an OpenAI blog post sharing results of a small-scale test of the tool.
US Fed's inflation fight remains on track despite recent uptick: Powell
The recent rise in US inflation hasn't stalled the Federal Reserve's ongoing fight against rising prices, Fed chair Jerome Powell said Friday, shortly after the publication of fresh government data. He said that while the recent inflation data were higher than the Fed would have liked, the February figures were "definitely more along the lines of what we want to see."
US outlet Radio Free Asia closes Hong Kong office over security law fears
The US news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA) said Friday that it had closed its office in Hong Kong over staff safety concerns after the city enacted a new national security law. RFA president and CEO Bay Fang said in a statement that the company no longer had full-time staff in Hong Kong and has closed its physical office, citing "concerns about the safety of RFA staff and reporters".
Green truckin': US finalizes new heavy-vehicle pollution standards
Following last week's crackdown on car emissions, President Joe Biden's administration on Friday unveiled finalized pollution standards for trucks, placing vehicle tailpipes at the forefront of his climate crisis agenda.
US Fed's favored inflation gauge ticks higher as fuel costs rise
The US central bank's favored measure of inflation edged higher last month on the back of rising fuel prices, according to government data published Friday, but a metric stripping out volatile food and energy prices continued to ease.
Impact of Baltimore port closure on global supply chains
The bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore has raised concerns about the disaster's potential impact on the global supply chain. While the bridge incident will have "little to no impact" on US refined oil products, shipping fuel supplies "could tighten" on the Atlantic Coast as vessels refuel outside Baltimore, S&P said. lem/ak/lth/gil
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