Exclusive-Car makers warn China’s rare-earth curbs could halt production

By David Shepardson and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global auto executives are sounding the alarm on an impending shortage of rare-earth magnets from China – used in everything from windshield-wiper motors to anti-lock braking sensors – that could force the closure of car factories within weeks.  In a previously unreported May 9 letter to Trump…

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North Korea enabled Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, monitoring group says

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea enabled Russia to increase missile attacks against critical Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and supplied more than 20,000 containers of munitions, according to a report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, a group comprising 11 UN members. The group, launched in October last year to monitor U.N. sanctions against North Korea after…

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