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As Donald Trump tests America's ties with some of its closest allies, China is quickly emerging as the West's hedge against his tariff threats
The global average temperature last month was 1.75 degrees Celsius higher than in pre-industrial times
Catering outlets, restaurants and cafes have been hammered by China's intensifying economic slowdown over the past year, according to recent industry reports.
Nissan did not want to be a Honda subsidiary, according to sources reported by Nikkei; its board is now reportedly reconsidering it's options
Huawei to make DeepSeek model available on Ascend, while Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent's cloud arms also say they've made its models accessible via their services
US Postal Service has stopped receiving parcels from China and Hong Kong while it rejigs operations after President Trump closed the de minimis loophole
The lifting of the de minimis loophole will hurt the Chinese and US e-commerce firms but won't kill them, an analyst said
"These moves are warnings that China intends to harm US interests if need be, but still give China the option to back down," one analyst said
Support for an Alaska pipeline is one of a few energy deals Tokyo is considering for when PM Shigera Ishiba meets with Donald Trump, to ease trade friction concerns
Carmakers of both EVs and Japanese firms like Toyota have had to offer big discounts as they are locked in a bruising price war, while the economy is sluggish
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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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