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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The United States will probably be investing billions of dollars in packaging semiconductors in Canada, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday during a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Leslie Adler) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) -Deposits at small U.S. banks declined sharply following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, data released on Friday by the Federal Reserve showed, marking the biggest one-week drop since 2007. Deposits at small banks dropped $5.46 trillion, from $5.58 trillion – the biggest weekly decline ever by value and the biggest decline as a percent of overall deposits since the week ended March 16, 2007. Borrowings […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed legislation that would fulfill a campaign promise to give parents a role in what’s taught in public schools. It has little chance in the Democrat-run Senate. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. who made the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act a priority during the early weeks of his tenure, said Republicans were “keeping our promise, our commitment to America, that parents will have […]

By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing and urged the U.S. government to continue to work for his release, Li’s son said on Friday. Over the course of the past month, U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns had the first meetings in more than five […]

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators urged the Biden administration on Friday to share information with the International Criminal Court that could assist as it pursues war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last week, the court issued an arrest warrant for Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. The legal move will obligate the court’s […]

(Reuters) – Rivian Automotive Inc is relocating parts of its manufacturing engineering team to Illinois to speed up production, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The reorganization, expected to be announced soon, would mean those working on manufacturing engineering would be asked to relocate to central Illinois or its headquarters in Irvine, California, according to the WSJ report. “In terms of ramping […]

(Reuters) – Rivian Automotive Inc is relocating parts of its manufacturing engineering team to Illinois to speed up production, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The reorganization, expected to be announced soon, would mean those working on manufacturing engineering would be asked to relocate to central Illinois or its headquarters in Irvine, California, according to the WSJ report. “In terms of ramping […]

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators urged the Biden administration on Friday to share information with the International Criminal Court that could assist as it pursues war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last week, the court issued an arrest warrant for Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. The legal move will obligate the court’s […]

(Refiles to fix Li’s profession in 3rd paragraph) By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing and urged the U.S. government to continue to work for his release, Li’s son said on Friday. Over the course of the past month, U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns had […]