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Elon Musk-Led Tesla Files For Model 3+ Trim In China With 500-Mile Range Amid Surge In Sales: Report
Benzinga
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Tesla Inc. TSLA has filed for a new trim level for the Model 3 sedan in China as the EV giant's sales rebound in the country following a poor start to July. Check out the current price of TSLA stock here. What Happened: China's Ministry of...
America didn't just watch Albanese's China trip, it sought to shape it
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 17, 2025
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. Going to an aged care home can be a fraught outing for a prime minster. That is of course unless you are...
India News | CM Nitish Kumar Announces Free Electricity for Up to 125 Units Ahead of Bihar Polls
Latestly
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July 17, 2025
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 17 (ANI): Ahead of Bihar elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced that eleigible domestic consumers across the state will receive up to 125 units of electricity free of cost starting August 1, a move...
India-US trade talks in final stages, says Trump
Telengana Today
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July 17, 2025
President Trump indicated that a trade deal with India is close to finalisation. Talks in Washington continue, with expectations of a phased agreement, despite concerns over energy tariffs and geopolitical tensions. Published Date - 17 July 2025,...
India News | Haryana CM Chairs District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee Meeting in Gurugram
Latestly
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July 17, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Reaffirming that maintaining and enhancing the cleanliness of Gurugram is a top priority of the Haryana Government, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini emphasised the crucial role of municipal councillors in the...
IIT Madras launches India's lightest active wheelchair
India Today
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July 17, 2025
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) today announced the launch of YD One - India's lightest active wheelchair and the country's first indigenously developed precision-built mono-tube rigid-frame wheelchair, designed to match the...
NATO warns India, China, Brazil of 100% sanctions over Russia trade
The Economic Times
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July 16, 2025
New Delhi: NATO secretary general Mark Rutte on Wednesday threatened India, China and Brazil with 100% secondary sanctions if they continue doing business with Russia, even as he urged the leaders of these countries to press Russian President...
Groups file an appeal to revoke power plant EIA
Taipei Times
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July 16, 2025
Environmental groups yesterday filed an appeal with the Executive Yuan, seeking to revoke the environmental impact assessment (EIA) conditionally approved in February for the Hsieh-ho Power Plant’s planned fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Beijing’s Dominance of the South China Sea Is Not Inevitable
Foreign Policy
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July 17, 2025
As a heavily laden, Danish-owned container ship leaves Singapore’s port and enters international waters, it pings China’s Zheng He vessel identification system, providing an update on its cargo and intended route through the South China Sea to...
Pilot may have cut fuel supply before Air India crash: report
GEO TV
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Cockpit voice recording suggests captain cut off fuel to engines. First officer asked captain why he moved fuel switches. Air India CEO noted no mechanical faults in initial report. A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air...
China-backed pest control boosts yields
China Daily Global
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By EDITH MUTETHYA in Embu, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2025-07-17 09:21 A joint initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the governments of China and Kenya to promote biological alternatives to chemical pesticides in...
Prison Sentence for Japanese Employee: Visiting China with Peace of Mind Impossible under Its Judicial System
The Japan News
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July 17, 2025
Editorial 14:57 JST, July 17, 2025 China cannot be called a nation governed by the rule of law, considering that, throughout the legal proceedings, it was never sufficiently specified what kind of conduct allegedly violated the law. China needs to...
POL imports up 18.4% in June; oil import bill falls to $10 billion despite crude rise
ETEnergyworld.com
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July 17, 2025
New Delhi: India’s import of petroleum products (POL) rose 18.4 per cent in June 2025, even as the overall oil and gas import bill declined to $10 billion from $10.8 billion in the same month last year, according to the latest official data. The...
From rare earths to textile chemicals: How China is undermining India’s supply-chain sovereignty
ETGovernment
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July 17, 2025
China has used its dominant position in rare earths repeatedly as leverage in geopolitical disputes and as a tool to secure downstream dominance. The global race to secure strategic minerals is more than a contest for resources, rather it’s a...
NATO threatens to impose 100% tariff on India
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 17, 2025
Pressure to urge Russia to stop the war in Ukraine (NATO – The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – is a military alliance comprising 29 countries around the world.) Brussels (Belgium) – NATO has threatened to impose a 100% tariff on India, China,...
Trek 2000 International divests stake in Terrenus Energy valued at around S$8.2 million
The Business Times Singapore
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July 17, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Technology provider Trek 2000 International announced on Thursday (Jul 17) that it will be disposing its 4.3 per cent stake in Terrenus Energy back to the renewable energy solutions provider, with the net proceeds to be around S$8.2...
China’s Belt and Road investment hits record highs in 2025, driven by energy, mining and tech sectors
Griffith University News
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July 17, 2025
China’s global investment and infrastructure initiative—the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—has reached new heights in the first half of 2025, with total engagement soaring to USD 124 billion, the highest level ever recorded for a six-month period....
Assam becomes first state produce oil directly
Hub Network
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July 17, 2025
Guwahati, July 17: Assam has become the first state government in the country to take a direct role in oil production. The development follows a hydrocarbon discovery at the Namrup Borhat-1 well in Dibrugarh district — a project in which the Assam...
China’s new space tech could help Astronauts survive on the moon without resupply missions
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
Researchers in China say they have discovered a new way to make the Moon more livable. The team was able to extract water from lunar soil and use it to convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) into oxygen and chemicals that can be used as fuel. The findings...
Trump’s plan to cut off Russian oil funds could raise prices for everyone
CNN
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July 17, 2025
Hong Kong CNN — US President Donald Trump is trying again to end the war in Ukraine – not by targeting Russia, but by hitting the countries that buy Russia’s oil. Top of that list? China and India, two of the world’s most important economies. The...