By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -Electric-vehicle batteries and other car parts are the latest products under scrutiny as part of Washington’s effort to stamp out U.S. links to forced labor in Chinese supply chains, according to a document seen by Reuters, agency statistics and sources. Until now, enforcement of a year-old U.S. law that bans the…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Friday, a U.S. government agency said, as it issued its first ever tropical storm watch for California and warned of life-threatening and possibly catastrophic floods. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects the powerful storm to near Mexico’s popular Cabo San…
By Casey Hall and Ben Blanchard SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a “serious warning” to separatist forces in an angry but widely expected response to Vice President William Lai’s visit to the United States, drawing condemnation from Taipei. Lai, the front-runner to become Taiwan’s president in elections in January,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. urged China on Saturday to stop pressuring Taiwan, after Beijing launched military drills around the democratically governed island in response to Taiwan Vice President William Lai’s U.S. visit. “We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan,” a…
In a world growing increasingly electric, Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE:F) F-150 Lightning is taking the spotlight, eclipsing the much-anticipated Cybertruck by Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), according to a recent study by Cox Automotive. Key Findings: F-150 Lightning’s Popularity: Ford’s electric pickup led the charts in all assessed areas: from driving range and performance to appearance…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a strategic partnership agreement with Vietnam during a state visit to the Southeast Asian country in mid-September, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the deal’s planning. The agreement will allow for new bilateral collaboration that will boost Vietnam’s efforts to develop its high…
(Reuters) – Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature that lets users block other accounts, owner Elon Musk said on Friday in another controversial move for the company he bought last year. The block function on X allows a user to restrict specific accounts from contacting them, seeing their…
