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Hybrid vehicles drove the sales surge at top Chinese EV brands, in keeping with larger global car-buying trends
The US has announced preliminary tariffs to be imposed on solar panels developed by Chinese firms but exported from countries in Southeast Asia
The decision could hurt the Albanese government's chances of re-election next year – and kill Australia's chance of co-hosting a UN climate summit with island nations in 2026
The Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence leader is working on a funding round that could value the company at over $150 billion
The region’s investors were unnerved by escalating Israel-Iran tensions but Hong Kong traders were more focused on Beijing’s stimulus efforts
The biggest chunk of the losses will likely be borne by workers in carbon-intensive sectors, which employ almost 32 million people across the world
The future of solar manufacturing in SE Asia depends on duties to be determined by US officials, but most Chinese solar suppliers have stopped shipping to the US due to the risk of retroactive tariffs
Technical talks with China had intensified to an almost daily basis and could extend beyond the end of October, a top European Commission official said
Katsunobu Kato named as finance minister, Takeshi Iwaya made foreign minister and Gen Nakatani returns to be defence minister
Top analyst says crime zones are seeing a huge inflow of stolen funds; calls for sanctions to be imposed on Karen warlord who hosts scam centres on the Thai-Myanmar border
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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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