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Electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has reported unprecedented annual sales figures, driven by robust Chinese market demand and government incentive programmes. China’s leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD has announced record worldwide sales of both hybrid and electric vehicles for 2024, underpinned by surging domestic demand and the positive impact of government trade-in initiatives. The automaker…
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China’s trade surplus has exceeded $1 trillion in the first ten months of 2026, as growing international demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, computer chips, data centre equipment and other high-technology products continues to accelerate the country’s export performance. Official customs figures released on Tuesday, November 10, showed that the world’s second-largest economy recorded a…
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Nvidia stock was down 4.51% ahead of the US markets opening, as the company announced that its board had launched an “independent investigation” following reports that founder and CEO Jensen Huang may have been targeted in a foreign intelligence effort. “A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside independent counsel, will oversee the investigation,” an…
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Around 12 years ago, Netflix had no original productions in Europe, and audiences were largely watching content made in, by and for the US. But it soon became clear that European content couldn’t be produced from Los Angeles alone. In 2019, Larry Tanz, Head of Content for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, moved across…
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The main stories today are South Africa’s coalition scramble after the local elections, the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC, Nigeria’s court-driven election turmoil and a deadly rail crash in Egypt. Conflict in Sudan and Ethiopia continues to drive displacement. South Africa: the ANC slides and coalitions loom The local elections held on 4 November…
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Ahead of Spain’s first joint general strike since 2012, Meziesblog compares what a day of walkouts costs Europe’s economies. The last time Spain’s two biggest unions called a general strike together, in November 2012, the country was deep in an austerity crisis. Fourteen years later, Spanish workers will try to bring the country to a…
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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that artificial intelligence should be banned wherever it poses a risk to the mental health of children. Macron, who is also pushing for a ban on certain social networks for under-15s in France, said, “If there is a risk for children with certain uses of AI, then it…
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A Republican lawmaker is seeking to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of violating the Constitution by ordering military action against Iran without congressional approval. Representative Thomas Massie says Hegseth broke the law by continuing military operations in Iran for more than 90 days without authorisation from Congress. Massie has introduced eight articles…
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Spanish police on Monday launched a fresh operation to clear a temporary migrant camp in the port of Ceuta, Spain’s exclave on the North African coast, with the aim of shutting the site down. According to local media, the move has led to a rise in the number of Moroccans going home. Officers from Spain’s…
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Eleven people have been killed and 48 injured in pile-ups on both carriageways of a motorway in south-eastern Bulgaria, the authorities said on Tuesday. “The toll at this point is 11 dead and 48 injured,” Prime Minister Rumen Radev told reporters. The crashes happened on Tuesday morning near the city of Yambol, on the Trakia…
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