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Americans are warming to electric vehicles and analysts are predicting "widespread EV adoption", plus thousands of jobs in some states from billions of investments
Analysts say China is using carrots and sticks to convince key European states to push back against hefty tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
Thailand's attorney-general will indict Thaksin for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday. The news is a blow to the political heavyweight, whose loyalists dominate the current government
Senior UK politicians want more scrutiny of the fashion giant ahead of a possible London listing over alleged labour malpractices and competitor lawsuits
Chinese premier met South Korea's Yoon and Japan's Kishida in Seoul in a push to revitalise ties, plus talks on a three-party free-trade deal
Bid by Pyongyang to launch a second spy satellite on Monday night fails, when a newly developed liquid fuel rocket motor exploded over the Yellow Sea
Central banks were the centre of attention on Tuesday with tightening and easing on the table ahead of key data releases
Chinese investment in Africa increased 114% last year, with a heavy focus on minerals essential to the global energy transition
Economic data from April heightens uncertainty on the timing of the Bank of Japan's next interest rate hike
The artificial intelligence startup will use the cash to bring xAI's first products to market, build new infrastructure and accelerate its R&D
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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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