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Tracking the global fallout of Trump’s escalating trade war

9 April 2025 at 05:00
Update: As of April 9 at 2PM ET, President Trump has announced that the tariffs will be paused for 90 days and replaced with a near-universal 10%. This does not...

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Workers sort out packages at a delivery company warehouse to be delivered to customers during "Singles' Day" -- the world's biggest 24-hour shopping event -- in Beijing on November 11, 2019. - Chinese consumers closed in on a new spending record November 11 during the annual "Singles' Day" frenzy, the world's biggest 24-hour shopping event, which kicked off this year with a glitzy show by US megastar Taylor Swift.

Illegal charging stations are powering Delhi’s e-rickshaw revolution

9 April 2025 at 05:00
India’s pollution-choked capital city is making a big push for electric vehicles, but much of the adoption is powered by illegal means in the absence of adequate government support. Late...

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A driver in Okhla packing the charging equipment/metre after charging his e-rickshaw at an unofficial charging spot

Trump’s tariffs are testing Nvidia’s chip supremacy. Can Jensen Huang weather the storm?

8 April 2025 at 10:20
Stephen Witt’s new book, The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip, is out this week, just as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have prompted fears...

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., on March 18, 2025.

Uber wades into a fierce price war to stay competitive in India

8 April 2025 at 05:00
India’s homegrown ride-hailing startups are forcing Uber to rethink its strategy. In February, the Silicon Valley giant ditched its commission-based pricing for two- and three-wheeler segments, allowing drivers to pay...

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New Delhi, Indien. Blick von der Dachterrasse des Vivek Hotel in New Delhi auf das pulsierende Leben dieser Großstadt. © Andy Ridder / VISUM

iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs

7 April 2025 at 12:30
At a Huawei store in a bustling shopping mall in northern Hong Kong last week, shoppers flocked to the Mate XT, the world’s first tri-fold smartphone, which can turn into...

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A woman looks at her smartphone while walking past an Apple-authorized store offering government subsidies on electronic devices, with discounts of up to 15% or 500 yuan, on March 10, 2025 in Chongqing, China.

Myanmar’s internet blackout is costing lives in earthquake-hit areas

By: Lam Le
3 April 2025 at 05:00
As Myanmar remains shaken by last week’s devastating earthquake, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives, a lack of connectivity is proving to be an obstacle to relief and rescue...

(250401) -- MANDALAY, April 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Members from the China Search and Rescue Team carry out rescue work at a quake site in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30, 2025. Following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, multiple Chinese rescue teams have arrived in the disaster-stricken areas, working with local responders around the clock to search for survivors.
The rescuers combed through the ruins of apartments, hotels and hospitals to find signs of life. Continuous aftershocks, power cuts, destroyed roads and communication interruptions made their rescue work even harder.
Meanwhile, more Chinese rescue teams are heading to Myanmar, bringing in earthquake experts, structural engineers, medical personnel and canine units, as well as life detectors, demolition equipment and field hospital systems. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
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After U.S. failure, Vietnam’s EV leader turns to markets dominated by Tesla and BYD

By: Lam Le
2 April 2025 at 05:00
Vietnam’s leading automaker remains undeterred despite a botched U.S. expansion and $9.8 billion in accumulated losses. VinFast shipped its first electric vehicles to the U.S. in 2022, and has been...

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A red VinFast electric vehicle travels along a street on July 28, 2024, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Linh Pham for Rest of World)

China’s SpaceSail is expanding where Elon Musk is stumbling

By: Lam Le
31 March 2025 at 05:00
China’s satellite internet upstart seems to be taking aim at Starlink. SpaceSail, a Chinese space company backed by the Shanghai municipal government, has been entering markets where Elon Musk has...

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The sixth batch that will constitute the Spacesail Constellation group is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 23, 2025.
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