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Chinese artificial intelligence unicorn Moonshot AI, whose release of its Kimi K3 model last week sparked talk of another “DeepSeek moment”, has accelerated its fundraising…
Foreign carmakers lose more traction in China as luxury stronghold erodes
International luxury car brands from Mercedes-Benz to Land Rover took a further beating in China last month as wealthy consumers continued to shun expensive petrol-powered…
How China is rolling out electric trucks at vast scale to boost net-zero push
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China’s unique high-orbit satellite is using a rare metal the US struggles to obtain
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An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare.
Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, who is 34 years old…