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China’s GWM Begins Plug-In Hybrid Production in Brazil, Shifting the Country’s Auto Industry
The Rio Times
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August 15, 2025
China’s Great Wall Motors (GWM) is rewriting the rules of Brazil’s car business. The company just opened a new factory in Iracemápolis, São Paulo. It officially became the first to build plug-in hybrid cars in Brazil, joining the ranks of global...
European Shares Extend Gains With Focus On Putin-Trump Talks
RTTNews
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August 15, 2025
European stocks held near five-month highs on Friday amid hopes the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska might help end the war in Ukraine. The pan European STOXX 600 edged up by 0.4 percent to 555.81 after rising 0.6 percent on Thursday. The German DAX...
China’s humanoid robots hit ground running at global AI Games
Sabah
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August 15, 2025
China launched the three-day World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday, spotlighting its cutting-edge advances in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries. Robots went head-to-head in traditional sports like track and field...
China basketball team ‘earn respect’ as they reach first Asia Cup semi in decade
South China Morning Post
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August 15, 2025
China will take on New Zealand in basketball’s Fiba Asia Cup semi-finals in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after a victory over South Korea that coach Guo Shiqiang said had earned his team some respect. A 79-71 win on Thursday at Jeddah’s King Abdullah...
Russian oil exports increase 1.4% in July, revenue grows 7% to $14.3 bln
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 14, 2025
Russia’s oil export revenues in July rose 7% ($0.9 bln) compared to June, reaching $14.3 bln, though they were $2.1 bln lower than in the same month of 2024, according to International Energy Association (IEA) calculations, as per Interfax. The...
Global Calls Grow For Palestinian Recognition
Friday Times
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August 15, 2025
Throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Scandinavian countries, Spain, and much of the Global South, public sentiment has decisively turned against the genocidal war in Gaza and its perpetrators, namely the Netanyahu-led Zionist regime. In...
China rolls out mandatory safety regulations for power banks after fire incidents
South China Morning Post
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August 15, 2025
China has introduced new regulations requiring makers of lithium-ion battery packs to obtain a mandatory quality and security certificate, a move that comes after the demise of a major power bank brand amid a string of fire incidents caused by...
China 'opposes' European sanctions over Iran's nuclear program
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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China said on Friday it "opposes" invoking fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program after Britain, France, and Germany told the United Nations they would reimpose them if no diplomatic solution is found by the end of August. China "opposes...
China's MSS issues commentary article warning Australian intelligence agencies not to exaggerate their actions
Global Times
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Chinese Ministry of State Security China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) issued a commentary article on Friday, warning Australian intelligence agencies not to exaggerate their actions. The head of Australia's security intelligence agency...
China Unveils New Visa Offering Big Opportunities for Young Kenyans
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 15, 2025
China is set to launch a new visa category aimed at attracting young science and technology professionals from around the world, including Kenya, opening opportunities for youths in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)...
China unveils ‘world’s first’ jet-powered vertical landing drone for warships
Interesting Engineering - New York
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August 15, 2025
Chinese aerospace engineers claimed to have developed the world’s first high-speed, vertical takeoff and landing drone powered by a jet engine. This platform could launch from almost any warship and transition to fast, long-range cruise flight,...
UN report finds Syrian interim government forces likely committed war crimes
Irish Legal News
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Syrian fighters affiliated with the country’s interim government carried out “widespread and systematic” violence against Alawi civilians which likely amounted to war crimes, according to a new UN report. The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry...
China tells US to rein in frontline forces after South China Sea ‘infringement’
South China Morning Post
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August 15, 2025
Chinese defence ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said China had expressed “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” and had lodged stern representations with the United States over the matter. “We urge the US to effectively restrain its frontline...
China Economic Data Disappoints
RTTNews
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August 15, 2025
China's industrial production and retail sales registered weaker-than-expected growth in July, strengthening calls for further policy support to rebalance the economy towards consumption. Industrial production grew 5.7 percent in July from a year...
China’s Tsinghua helps to break 40-year-old maths cap on computer speed
South China Morning Post
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August 15, 2025
Chinese computer scientists have solved a 40-year-old mathematics bottleneck, a breakthrough that holds significant implications for boosting the performance of hi-tech areas ranging from chip design and telecommunications to drone navigation. One...
China introduces up to 2TB 'Mini SSD' that's 3X faster than the microSD Express used in the Switch 2, but smaller — tiny '1517' SSD is just 15x17mm and boasts impressive performance claims
Tom's Hardware
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August 15, 2025
Chinese gaming console makers have just taken the covers off a new external storage solution that rivals the microSD Express used by Nintendo for the Switch 2. According to The Verge, this new SSD form factor is more than three times faster than...
China Escalates Canada Trade Spat With WTO Suit Over Steel
Mint
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August 15, 2025
China deepened a trade spat with Canada, filing a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization over import restrictions on steel just days after slapping fresh duties on Canadian canola. The WTO case targets tariffs and quotas on steel launched by...
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
SeafoodSource
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China now has nearly double the krill-fishing capacity of Norway, which is the next top krill-fishing nation in the world, according to Tharos, a Chile-based krill-fishing consultancy firm. According to Tharos data, China’s krill-fishing fleet has...
Russia, Iran eye cooperation on construction of small modular NPPs
News.Az
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Russia is in talks with Iran regarding the construction of small modular nuclear power plants (NPPs) on Iranian territory, aiming to finalize agreements in the future, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said. In early 2025, Iran suggested that the...
China's Robot Olympics Explained: Race, Crash, Collapse And Football, All Only With Robots
Times Now
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August 15, 2025
China Robot Olympics | Image Credits: Reuters China has been a prominent country when it comes to advanced tech, and they yet again proved it by conducting a three-day World Humanoid Robot Games. Around 280 teams from 16 different countries took...