Mexican President Lopez Obrador to meet with Biden adviser Tuesday

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet with White House Homeland Security adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Tuesday morning in Mexico, Lopez Obrador’s office confirmed on Monday. The Mexican leader said earlier Monday he would meet with a representative for U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss migration, without saying who. On May…

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Group of EU states seeks to reduce dependency on China for pharmaceuticals

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A group of 19 European Union member states are pushing for measures to reduce the bloc’s dependency on Chinese imports of pharmaceutical ingredients, a paper dated May 2 showed. The move comes a week after the European Commission proposed an overhaul of the legislation governing its 136 billion euro…

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As counteroffensive looms, Ukraine vows not to give up Bakhmut

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s military vowed on Tuesday not to give up the pulverised eastern city of Bakhmut as it prepares to launch a long-promised counteroffensive against Russian forces. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of ground forces, underlined the importance Kyiv attaches to holding Bakhmut as preparations continue for a counterattack which it hopes…

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White House says Toyota ‘fully committed’ to electrifying auto fleet

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House senior adviser John Podesta said Toyota Motor Corp “had been the laggard” on producing electric vehicles but is now “fully committed” after he met recently with senior company officials at the Japanese automaker. “I think they’re going to stick with plug-in hybrids for a while, maybe longer than…

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Biden supports Manchin’s permitting bill, adviser Podesta says

By Valerie Volcovici, Timothy Gardner and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House will support Senator Joe Manchin’s bill introduced on Tuesday to speed energy project permits, because it would help clean power companies use vast incentives in President Joe Biden’s climate law, adviser John Podesta said. Despite recent calls by Manchin, a conservative West…

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