Japan, land of the hybrid car, takes slowly to EVs
TOKYO: Atsushi Ikeda loves his car so much that he founded a club for Tesla owners, but his embrace of an electric vehicle makes him...
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Morgan Stanley a step closer to setting up futures company in China
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE : Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it looks forward to setting up a futures company in China after the country's securities regulator accepted its...
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China warns US House Speaker not to meet Taiwan president
China says a meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will further damage Sino-US relations. BEIJING: China warned US House...
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Australia bans TikTok on government devices over security concerns
SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday (Apr 4) announced a ban on TikTok from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns, becoming the latest US-allied country to...
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Hong Kong rejects US report criticising crackdown on freedoms
HONG KONG: Hong Kong today “firmly rejected” findings in a new US government report that said US interests had been threatened and that Beijing continued...
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China threatens response if US House speaker meets Taiwan president
BEIJING: China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday (Mar 29) if United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit...
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Musk, experts urge pause on training of AI systems that can outperform GPT-4
Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in training of systems more powerful than...
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Biden calls for assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban after six people, including three children, were killed in a school...
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Trump casts ‘24 contest in apocalyptic terms, slams prosecutors
WACO, Texas: Donald Trump used his first election rally in Waco, Texas, to cast the 2024 presidential vote in apocalyptic terms, slam his leading Republican...
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London police force racist, misogynist and homophobic, says review
LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and bereaved families on Tuesday led calls for “top to bottom” reform of London’s Metropolitan Police, after a review found...