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Biden in Japan to launch regional economic plan to counter Beijing
U.S. President Joe Biden is greeted by Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi upon arrival in Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Tokyo prefecture on May 22, 2022. Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday to launch a plan for greater U.S. economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific, facing criticism even before the program is announced that it will […]
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Another baby formula shipment from Europe to arrive in the U.S. on Wednesday
Empty shelves show a shortage of baby formula at a Target store in San Antonio, Texas, May 10, 2022. Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters FedEx Express has secured a government contract to bring another shipment of infant formula to the U.S. on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The Express plane will fly Nestlé baby formula from Ramstein […]
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Hyundai plans $5 billion investment in U.S. on mobility technology such as autonomous driving and robotics
Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hyundai Motor said on Sunday it plans to invest $5 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to further develop mobility technologies in areas like autonomous driving, robotics, and A.I. The investment comes alongside the automaker’s recent announcement of a plan to spend $5.54 billion to build its first […]
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Biden says ‘hello’ to North Korea’s Kim amid tensions over weapons tests
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, May 21, 2022. Jeon Heon-Kyun | Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for […]
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Ukraine rules out ceasefire and ceding territory; Moscow names 963 Americans banned from Russia
Russia’s only unit of Terminator tank support vehicles is believed to be in the Donbas: UK MoD The U.K.’s Ministry of Defence believes that Russia’s only operational company of BMP-T Terminator tank support vehicles has likely been deployed to Severodonetsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas, where Russian forces are heavily concentrating strikes to gain territory. The […]
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‘We’re sorry’ for U.S. baby formula shortage, Abbott CEO Ford says in Washington Post op-ed
The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford apologized Saturday in a new op-ed for his company’s role in a nationwide shortage of baby formula, which this week moved Congress and the Biden administration to take emergency actions to alleviate […]
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Biden tops list of Americans banned from traveling to Russia, but Trump is not on it
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July 16, 2018. Grigory Dukor | Reuters President Joe Biden made Russia’s “blacklist” but former President Donald Trump didn’t. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released an updated list of nearly 1,000 Americans permanently barred from […]
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Biden signs $40 billion aid package for Ukraine during trip to Asia
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, attends a state dinner hosted by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, at the National Museum of Korea, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul. Evan Vucci | AP Photo President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with another $40 billion in U.S. assistance as the Russian […]
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Biden, South Korea’s Yoon vow to deter North Korea but offer Covid aid
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to a semiconductor factory at the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart agreed on Saturday to hold bigger military drills […]
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Hyundai to invest $5.5 billion to build EVs and batteries in Georgia
The logo of Hyundai is shown at the #WeAreMobility fair at the 97th edition of the Brussels Motor Show on 18 January 2019, in Brussels. Dirk Waem | AFP via Getty Images Hyundai Motor on Friday confirmed plans to spend $5.54 billion to build its first dedicated electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the […]
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