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Chinese electric car giant BYD is building a network of 6,000 charging stations in overseas markets including Europe, as it looks to turbocharge its deliveries…
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Nvidia chief Jensen Huang seals Japan robotics push after ‘yakitori summit’
Jensen Huang, chief executive of US artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia, held a “yakitori summit” with Japanese executives from semiconductor materials and components companies while visiting…
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Capital is finite, as is political bandwidth and public concern. So far, this year has asked all three to stretch further than usual, split between…
Ex-World Bank official warns to diversify away from US markets, people ‘will suffer’
A coordinated push towards global market diversification is urgently needed to shield savers from a potentially dangerous valuation correction in highly concentrated US equities, a…
Senior Hong Kong policeman convicted of molesting clerk 3 times at headquarters
A senior Hong Kong police officer has been convicted of indecently assaulting a subordinate on three occasions at the force’s headquarters in Wan Chai, with…
China is building early warning system to spot Earth-smashing asteroids
China is developing an early warning system to spot asteroids that might smash into the Earth, according to the scientist leading the national mission.
China planned…