Trump heads to Beijing, inflation at 3-year high and Cannes

U.S. President Donald Trump lands in Beijing today hoping that Chinese President Xi Jinping will help him end his unpopular Iran war.

Reuters exclusively reports that Saudi Arabia launched unpublicized strikes on Iran in March – the first time the kingdom is known to have directly carried out military action on Iranian soil.

U.S. consumer prices continued to rise last month delivering the largest annual inflation increase in nearly three years.

Marty Makary resigns as FDA commissioner.

And the Cannes Film Festival kicks off. 

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