Biden’s push for electric vehicles hits deep in the heart of Texas
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Joseph White SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – At Toyota Motor Corp’s sprawling factory here, just 16…
Asia
Shanghai auto show crowds flock to BYD’s Seagull
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – At the Shanghai auto show this week, the largest crowds can be found around…
Oman liberalises foreign marriage law in rare social reform
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) – Omanis no longer need state permission to marry a foreign national according to a…
Protester breaks silence on China’s crackdown on COVID demonstrators
By Oliver Denzer and Laurie Chen HAMBURG/BEIJING (Reuters) -Dazed and terrified, Yicheng Huang narrowly managed to escape being detained by…
China seeking Dutch space technology -military intelligence agency
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – China is seeking to acquire equipment and knowledge in the Dutch space sector, sometimes in circumvention of…
Import ban pushes Pakistan back to budget account surplus
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s current account recorded a surplus in March, the highest in two years, the…
Japan’s SMFG is first global bank to sell AT1 bonds since C.Suisse wipeout
By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) sold $1 billion of additional tier-1 (AT1) debt on…
Exclusive: South Korea’s Yoon opens door for possible military aid to Ukraine
By Soyoung Kim, Ju-min Park and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea might extend its support for Ukraine beyond…
TSMC seeks up to $15 billion from US but objects to certain conditions- WSJ
(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is pushing back on some of the conditions the United States has attached to…
Analysis-Planemakers talk up ‘surge capacity’ amid industrial woes
By Tim Hepher and Valerie Insinna PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Planemakers have signalled a shift in production strategy to make factories more…