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Solar power was deployed 100 times faster than nuclear power around the world in 2024 – and "five times faster than everything else combined," a new report says
Three of the five affected dams have been emptied since the big quake on January 7, a Tibet emergency management official told a news conference on Thursday
Japanese truck and engine maker announces settlement with US agencies after being charged with fraud for unlawfully selling 105,000 heavy-duty diesel engines in the US that did not meet emissions standards
Many Chinese car makers are scouting locations for plants in Europe, the world's second-largest EV market, to circumvent tariffs imposed by the European Commission last year
TikTok’s moves follow a frosty hearing in the US Supreme Court last week, which has cemented expectations that it will face a ban starting Sunday
Tech giant says it may have to roll back or pause features if it faces a five-year ban on its data sharing imposed by India's anti-monopoly body
The new rules will include Russian cars, but exempt BYD buses assembled in California and won't cover Chinese software made before the rules take effect, so GM and Ford can continue to import some China-made vehicles
Facing allegations of staging an insurrection, Yoon said he agreed to comply with what he called an illegal probe to avoid "bloodshed".
China’s RedNote — also known as Xiaohongshu — and Lemon8 have become the top two most downloaded apps in the US this week
The short video app is facing a January 19 deadline for a ban in the US, unless its Chinese owner ByteDance divests its US operations
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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