Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet (USA Today) U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House today for the first so-called “three amigos” summit since U.S. President Donald Trump ended the tradition in 2017. The White House said the leaders are expected to reach agreements (Reuters) on COVID-19 vaccine donations and cutting methane emissions.
 
They will likely also discuss tensions (NPR) related to trade and energy. Ottawa and Mexico City are expected to voice concerns about Washington’s “Buy American” provisions and a proposed electric vehicle tax credit that would favor U.S. manufacturers. Additionally, Washington says it will push for a “regional strategy” (Politico) on migration.

Amid a labor shortage, Japan is considering letting foreign workers in farming, food service, and other sectors stay in the country indefinitely rather than for the current maximum of five years, Nikkei reported.
 
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China: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have pushed back (Reuters) against lobbying by China to allow a representative of Myanmar’s military government to attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting next week.

Pakistan’s Parliament approved granting citizens abroad permission to vote. The move will affect (APP) more than 4 percent of the country’s population.
 
Pakistan: Parliament passed new anti-rape legislation (CNN) that requires the government to establish special courts to expedite rape trials.

The stockpile has reached (Al Jazeera) nearly 4,500 pounds, several times more than the cap agreed to in the 2015 nuclear deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
 
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Egypt/Qatar/Palestinian territories: Egypt and Qatar signed deals (Reuters) to supply fuel and building materials to the Gaza Strip, Qatar’s foreign minister said.

The reported killings in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, occurred as protests took place (Al Jazeera) in several cities yesterday.
 
Kenya: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with (AP) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and other top officials about Kenya’s efforts to ease the conflict in Ethiopia.

The trial begins today (France 24) for two dozen activists who are allegedly affiliated with a nonprofit search-and-rescue group that operated in Greek waters from 2016 to 2018. They face charges of espionage and criminal membership.
 
Belarus/Iraq: At least four hundred Iraqis are expected to fly home (WaPo) from Belarus today due to pressure on Minsk to reduce the flow of migrants transiting its territory to reach the European Union.

Thousands of people in the Canadian province were forced to leave their homes (CTV) due to flooding that one local official called the “worst weather storm in a century.”

The total, calculated for the twelve-month period that ended in April, represented a 28.5 percent rise (NPR) from the previous year, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official said.
 
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