Our daily hot girl walk around the world

🇯🇵🇺🇸 Japan agreed to boost international cooperation with the US. President Biden is hosting Japanese PM Fumio Kishida in DC this week, where the two world leaders are expected to announce 70+ agreements, including a joint lunar space mission and plans to increase military cooperation. Biden and Kishida will also meet with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. later today to discuss Beijing's recent military actions in the South China Sea.

🇪🇺 The EU parliament approved major reforms to immigration policy. The new reforms, which end eight years of negotiations, are designed to speed up the bloc’s asylum process and boost the return of migrants who don’t qualify for international protection. The laws will also require EU member states to share responsibility for asylum seekers, in order to ease the burden on nations closer to the bloc’s southern borders. An estimated 380,000 unauthorized migrants entered the EU last year, marking the highest figure since 2016.

🇬🇧🇯🇵 Microsoft announced new AI projects in the UK and Japan. Microsoft unveiled plans to open a new AI hub in London aimed at improving data center infrastructure and AI skills across the UK, which comes as part of the tech giant’s $3+ billion investment in the country. Separately, Microsoft will invest ~$3 billion in Japan over the next two years, with the goal of upskilling 3 million residents and opening its first research lab in the country.