US State Dept moves $1 bln weapons aid for Israel to congressional review, official says ( www.reuters.com )
The U.S. State Department has moved a $1 billion package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressional review process, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday....
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....
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, battles rage in northern Gaza ( www.reuters.com )
Xiaomi becomes 8th largest EV upstart in China after successful SU7 launch ( www.reuters.com )
Russia hits 12-storey building in Ukraine's Kharkiv, at least 17 hurt ( www.reuters.com )
Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war ( www.reuters.com )
China solar industry faces shakeout, but rock-bottom prices to persist ( www.reuters.com )
According to Reuters, the fact that China is producing cheap solar panels that are helping the world transition from fossil fuels is bad actually.
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....
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....
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....
Elon Musk ordered to testify again in US SEC probe of Twitter takeover ( www.reuters.com )
A federal court ordered on Tuesday that Elon Musk must testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
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....
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration ( www.reuters.com )
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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....
Biden vs. Trump: Who is leading the polls? ( www.reuters.com )
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Former Kazakh minister gets 24 years in prison for murdering wife ( www.reuters.com )
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 US Marine pilot arrested in Australia worked with Chinese hacker, lawyer says ( www.reuters.com )
A former U.S. Marine pilot fighting extradition from Australia on U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, unknowingly worked with a Chinese hacker, his lawyer said....