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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
Leaders accept peace proposal, while debate rages on why fighting flared. Bangkok says it stems from a Thai crackdown on a notorious scam centre operator....
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Chinese AI Firms, Chipmakers Form Alliance To Ditch Foreign Tech28 Jul 2025
Chinese developers of large language models and artificial intelligence chip manufacturers including US-sanctioned Huawei, Biren, and Moore Threads will join hands to build an AI 'ecosystem'...
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EU Strikes a Pricey Deal With Trump to Avert a Trade War28 Jul 2025
EU agrees to invest $600 billion and buy more US products in return for Trump halving his threatened tariff on most European goods to 15%...
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US, China Set For Talks in Stockholm on Tariff Truce Extension28 Jul 2025
A 90-day extension would slow escalation and help planning for a possible meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping in October or early November ...
Twenty local governments, such as cargo hubs like Guangdong and Sichuan, have supported the export of new cars to boost provincial sales data, 'dumping unsold subsidized cars' abroad...
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Not a Single Asian Country Met Air Quality Standards in 202411 Mar 2025
Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world...
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Momentick Unveils First Emissions Risk Management Service14 Jan 2025
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....
With China demanding a stake in the $23bn sale, officials in Beijing and Washington may need to negotiate who gets what, as part of a bilateral trade deal...
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UN Court Lays Ground For Action Against Countries’ Climate Inaction24 Jul 2025
Climate experts say the International Court of Justice has drawn red lines to clarify countries’ obligations under international law to protect the climate and rein in the fossil fuel industry...
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Concern Grows Around Firing of Ethnic Chinese Scientist in US01 Apr 2025
Wang Xiaofeng, a prominent cybersecurity researcher, was removed from Indiana University last week after the FBI raided his two homes in the state...
Indian PM rushes to sign free-trade pact with Britain before trying to finalise an onerous tariff deal with Trump; Starmer says huge benefits for both sides....
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India Agrees to Restart Issuing Tourist Visas to Chinese Citizens23 Jul 2025
The move comes at a time when the Asian superpowers are being rocked by a trade war instigated by the Trump Administration. Delhi is also upset at Trump's dealings with Pakistan's army chief....
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Trump’s Dealings With Pakistan Has India Slowing Tariff Talks21 Jul 2025
Trump and Munir discussed counter-terrorism collaboration and ways to boost ties, which raised concern that any arms Pakistan gets from the US could be turned on India if the neighbours clash again...
China's insistence that it must continue building coal power plants at record pace is seen as a key reason why Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average...
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Nikkei Jumps After Trump Strikes 15% Tariff Deal With Japan23 Jul 2025
Japan's auto sector, which accounts for over a quarter of its US exports, will see tariffs cut to 15% in exchange for a $550-billion package of investment in the US...
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Japanese PM Ishiba Vows to Kick on Despite Loss of Upper House21 Jul 2025
Ishiba said he "solemnly" accepted the "harsh result", but pledged to manage "critical tariff negotiations with the United States."...
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