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A |     REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. -- The Biden administration is designating 31 technology hubs touching 32 states and Puerto Rico to help spur innovation and create jobs in the industries that are concentrated in these areas.President Joe Biden is set to announce the hubs on Monday at the White House with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “I have to say, in my entire career in public service, I have never seen as much interest in any initiative than this one," Raimondo told reporters during a Sunday conference call to preview the announcement. Her department received 400 applications, she said. “No matter where I go or who I meet with — CEOs, governors, senators, congresspeople, university presidents — everyone wants to tell me about their application and how excited they are,” said Raimondo.The tech hubs are the result of a process Raimondo's department launched in May to distribute a total of $500 million in grants to cities.The $500 million came from a $10 billion authorization in last year’s CHIPS and Science Act to stimulate investments in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotech. It’s an attempt to expand tech investment that is largely concentrated around a few U.S. cities — Austin, Texas; Boston; New York; San Francisco; and Seattle — to the rest of the country.The program, formally the Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program, ties into the president's economic argument that people should be able to find good jobs where they live and that opportunity should be spread across the country, rather than be concentrated. The White House has sought to elevate that message and highlight Biden's related policies as the Democratic president undertakes his 2024 reelection bid. “These Tech Hubs will catalyze investment in technologies critical to economic growth, national security, and job creation, and will help communities across the country become centers of innovation critical to American competitiveness,” the White House said Monday in an emailed statement.The 31 tech hubs reach Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Montana, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Virginia, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Maryland, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Minnesota, Louisiana, Idaho, Wyoming, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, New York, Nevada, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, Ohio, Maine, Washington and Puerto Rico.。

B |     The next round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States will take place in Doha, Qatar instead of the usual venue of Vienna, and will occur sometime within the next few days, the Iranian Students’ News Agency reported on Monday.,“It is expected that negotiations over reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will be held in the coming days in Doha by Iran, the US and EU’s delegations,” ISNA indicated in a report on Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Hamidreza Dehghani’s meeting with Qatari Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi.,Mohammad Marandi, a media advisor to Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, confirmed to ISNA that the indirect talks, facilitated by the European Union, would take place in the Qatari capital, and said Iran “has chosen Qatar to host the talks because of Doha’s friendly ties with Tehran.”,In a press conference earlier Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed that a new round of talks on the JCPOA would take place this week, and that “one of the countries in the Persian Gulf will host” them. “The ball is in Washington’s court. If they come up with an answer, an agreement would be reached,” he said.,A source told Reuters that US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley will arrive in Qatar on Monday, and that the talks could take place Tuesday and Wednesday.,Iran Asks to Join BRICS17:19 GMT,The renewed negotiations, and at a venue besides Vienna, where Iran, other JCPOA members, and the United States have spent over a year discussing the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal, comes amid media reports of behind-the-scenes agreements on a range of issues of concern to Tehran.,Iran has long insisted that the US remove its illegal sanctions against Tehran and the Islamic Republic’s elite Revolutionary Guard security forces from its ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’ watch list. Progress in this direction appeared to have been made last week, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas issuing a joint notice Thursday announcing the lifting a blanket ban on Iranian nationals who served in the IRGC as part of their military service from entering the US.,On Sunday, Ynet reported that senior Israeli defense officials had broken from Tel Aviv’s long-held opposition to the JCPOA, and expressed support for its revival. The outlet’s sources indicated that Mossad, which successfully lobbied the Trump administration into scrapping the nuclear deal in 2018, continues to oppose the agreement.,Separately on Sunday, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Tel Aviv had relented on a US-negotiated deal to allow for the delivery of Iranian oil supplies to Syria. If accurate, the report would be a stark break from Israel’s previous policy, which has included efforts to sabotage tankers carrying emergency energy supplies to Syria as the US continues its occupation of the oil-rich third of the war-torn country.,Israel May Agree to ‘US-Brokered Deal’ for Iran Oil to be Shipped to Syria - Media09:40 GMT,Last week, Saeed Khaitibzadeh indicated that Tehran remains committed to JCPOA negotiations, notwithstanding the Biden White House’s pursuit of hostile policies similar to those of its predecessor. “In spite of all American violations and the continuation of Trump’s approach, this train has not yet derailed,” he said. “We are ready for a good, lasting and effectual agreement and consider that all grounds are prepared to achieve it.”。

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