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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
Microsoft's security researchers observed that "individuals they believed to be connected to DeepSeek" were involved in an unauthorized data transfer several months ago...
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Taipei to Consider Trump Threat of Big Tariffs on ‘Foreign Chips’29 Jan 2025
PM says: “We will urgently look at whether we need to make more cooperative plans and future assistance programmes for the industrial sector."...
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China Building Huge Laser Fusion Research Facility, Analysts Say28 Jan 2025
Satellite photos show China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in a southwestern city...
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India And China Agree to Resume Direct Flights After Five Years28 Jan 2025
Two Asian giants have agreed to resume direct flights and a range of other measures as ties finally warm after their deadly border clash...
The group, which describes its business as "emissions intelligence," has raised an extra $5 million to enter the insurance sector to focus on emissions risk management....
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Billion-Dollar Oil Fraud in Mongolia Hits Trafigura Profit13 Dec 2024
Trafigura attributed the majority of debts owed by its counterparty in the country, Lex Oil, but its own internal probe is ongoing to try to locate around $500 million....
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Ruble Plunges After US Sanctions GPB, Dozens of Russian Banks28 Nov 2024
The Russian central bank moved on Thursday to stop foreign buying of the ruble in the domestic market after the currency slipped to its lowest since March 2022...
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China Eyes Minerals, Offers Afghan Taliban Tariff-Free Trade25 Oct 2024
President Xi said at a summit in Beijing last month that from December goods from least developed countries with diplomatic ties to China would not be subject to import duties...
Shares of Nvidia plunged by 17% on Monday, wiping nearly $600 billion from the chipmaker's market value, a record one-day loss for any company....
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‘AI Breakthrough’ by China’s DeepSeek Rocks US Tech Giants27 Jan 2025
Little-known China startup allegedly spent $5.5 million, and used sub-optimal Nvidia chips, on an AI model that rates with the best created by US tech giants; this caused Nvidia and other tech shares to sink...
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China’s Small Oil Refiners Shutting Down as Fuel Tax Cut27 Jan 2025
At least four plants with a combined annual processing capacity of 18 million metric tons either closed crude oil distillation units this month or plan to in February after Beijing cut tax rebates...
Nobel laureate now heading Bangladesh's interim govt said Hasina's government faked the country's growth data "and nobody questioned that"....
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Trump Seen Blocking the ‘De Minimis’ Trade Loophole With China23 Jan 2025
Trump noted on his first day in office the de minimis law, which allows over a billion products to be mailed to the US every year, is unlikely to survive for long...
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Indian Anti-Monopoly Ruling May Limit WhatsApp Features: Meta15 Jan 2025
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 likelihood of achieving the BOJ's outlook has been rising," the central bank said, as many firms say they will continue to raise wages steadily in this year's annual wage negotiations...
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Stock and Currency Investors Jolted by Trump’s Chaotic Approach21 Jan 2025
Currency traders and stock markets have been rocked by Trump's return to the White House, which has brought joy and disappointment. Investors are still trying to envision how things will play out...
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Xi Jinping Seen Luring Trump Into a New US-China Trade Deal21 Jan 2025
"Trump wants a deal. Otherwise, he would have shot up China on day one," Alicia Garcia Herrero, chief economist for the Asia Pacific at Natixis, said...
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