Biden's new China tariff wall faces leakage via Mexico, Vietnam (www.reuters.com)
The Biden administration’s new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other strategic sectors aim to protect the future of U.S. manufacturing, but they will likely accelerate a shift of Chinese production to Mexico, Vietnam and elsewhere to avoid them....
Small US businesses fear TikTok ban after it turbocharged sales | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Xiaomi becomes 8th largest EV upstart in China after successful SU7 launch (www.reuters.com)
Xiaomi becomes 8th largest EV upstart in China after successful SU7 launch (www.reuters.com)
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A US-China EV trade war threatens Biden's clean-car agenda (www.reuters.com)
The Biden administration’s plan to slap heavy new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries would provide temporary protection for U.S. auto jobs, potentially at the expense of White House efforts to fight climate change by accelerating U.S. EV adoption....
Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills (www.reuters.com)
SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk’s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state....
US says Boeing breached 2021 737 MAX criminal prosecution deal (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Justice Department said late on Tuesday that Boeing Co (BA.N) had breached its obligations in a 2021 agreement that shielded the planemaker from criminal prosecution over fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
Orcas sink sailing yacht in Strait of Gibraltar (www.reuters.com)
An unknown number of orcas have sunk a sailing yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Monday, a new attack in what has become a trend in the past four years....
West, Russia manage limited cooperation in Arctic despite chill in ties (www.reuters.com)
When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took part - a rare sign of cooperation between Moscow and the West that highlighted the special status of the polar region....
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration (www.reuters.com)
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TikTok creators file suit to block US divestment or ban law (www.reuters.com)
A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it, saying it has had “a profound effect on American life.”
UN says Gaza death toll still over 35,000 but not all bodies identified (www.reuters.com)
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA, May 13 (Reuters) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-Hamas war is still more than 35,000, but the enclave’s Ministry of Health has updated its breakdown of the fatalities, the United Nations said on Monday after Israel questioned a sudden change in numbers....
King Charles hands military title to son William in rare joint appearance (www.reuters.com)
Britain’s King Charles handed over a senior military role to his son Prince William at a ceremony on Monday, marking a rare joint appearance for the pair as the king steps up his return to public duties after his cancer diagnosis....
US states sue over EEOC's policy on transgender workers (www.reuters.com)
A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers....
Stellantis takes on China budget EVs with Leapmotor sales in Europe (www.reuters.com)
U.S. and Taiwan navies quietly held Pacific drills in April, sources say (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. and Taiwan navies conducted joint drills in the Pacific in April that, officially, did not take place, four people briefed on the matter said, as the two militaries boost cooperation amid rising Chinese military threats....
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration (www.reuters.com)
Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground....
First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies (www.reuters.com)
A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said....
Western Canada blazes cause evacuation orders, air quality concerns (www.reuters.com)
The season’s first major wildfires have spread to roughly 8,000 hectares across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities issued an evacuation order for a community in British Columbia and warned of poor air quality across provinces....
Nemo's Eurovision win fires up Swiss advocates for non-binary rights (www.reuters.com)
Swiss advocates for non-binary rights hailed local star Nemo’s victory in Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest, urging the country’s authorities to enable official recognition of people who identify as neither male or female....
Trump ally Steve Bannon loses appeal of conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe (www.reuters.com)
It looks like he may soon (finally) be heading to serve his sentence. The three-judge panel gave him until May 17, 2024 to petition for an en banc review before the entire US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, but this is unlikely to succeed. The next stop is evidently the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Roberts...
Musk's X Corp loses lawsuit against Israeli data-scraping company (www.reuters.com)
May 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit in which Elon Musk’s X Corp accused an Israeli data-scraping company of illegally copying and selling content, and selling tools that let others copy and sell content, from the social media platform....
Former Kazakh minister gets 24 years in prison for murdering wife (www.reuters.com)
EU countries approve law to slash trucks' CO2 emissions (www.reuters.com)
European Union countries gave their final approval on Monday to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free....