Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.

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International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.

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At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed themselves the first real optimism in decades.

A leading German automotive supplier said it was again allowed to ship semiconductors that Beijing had barred for export.

China’s far-reaching rules already affect manufacturers of semiconductors, cars and many other products. They will soon become much broader.