Bitkub plans 2025 initial public offering
Bitkub Capital Group Holdings, the owner of Thailand's biggest crypto exchange, is planning an initial public offering for 2025, Chief Executive Officer Jirayu…
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Ukraine turns to homemade arms
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry,…
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Training center in West Africa helps female farmers prosper
ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal -- Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 female farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, bro…
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Sugar producers in U.S. request curbs on Mexico
American sugar producers are seeking to curb imports from Mexico after the United States said it would examine whether some shipments from the Latin American n…
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China’s exports of energy criticized
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling out China's ramped-up production in solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, calling…
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Xi blasts European limits on trade
BEIJING -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that attempts to restrict China's access to technology will not…
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China filing WTO complaint over U.S. e-vehicle subsidies
BEIJING -- China filed a World Trade Organization complaint against the United States on Tuesday over what it says are discriminatory requirements for electric…
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EU probes Apple, Google, Meta
LONDON -- European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop the …
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Nissan reveals plan to boost EV sales, lower costs by 2030
TOKYO -- Nissan will expand its electric-vehicle lineup, develop more powerful batteries and cut production costs, while speeding up the whole process, in what…
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Robot roots out ailing flowers from Netherlands’ tulip fields
NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands -- Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for …
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Investing in African startups drops 31%
Venture capital inflows to African technology and startup firms declined 31% in 2023 to $4.5 billion as economic headwinds including weak currencies and high i…
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Tesla cuts Chinese output as sales growth slows
Tesla Inc. has reduced production at its plant in China, according to people familiar with the matter, amid sluggish growth in electric-vehicle sales and inten…
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Bank of England maintains high interest rate
LONDON -- The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 5.25% on Thursday even though inflation continues to drop from multi-d…
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Nvidia backs India AI upstart
It's a sultry March evening in the suburbs of Mumbai and a group of men hovers anxiously at the back gate of a startup called Yotta Data Services. They pace, p…
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Cocoa futures climb to highest on record
Cocoa futures have doubled in less than three months as their landmark surge intensifies, boosting costs for consumers and sending chocolate-makers scouring fo…
