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Honda's bigger threat comes from China's EV makers, not tariffs or chips
Reuters, Published on 11/11/2025
» TOKYO — Honda's downgrade to its full-year profit outlook underscores the immediate pressure from US tariffs and global chip shortages - but the deeper, longer-term challenge lies in intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers.
Trump tells Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons
Reuters, Published on 30/10/2025
» BUSAN — United States President Donald Trump ordered the US military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2025
» TOKYO — Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house.
In rare move, Dutch government takes control of China-owned chipmaker Nexperia
Reuters, Published on 14/10/2025
» AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government has taken control of Chinese-owned computer chipmaker Nexperia, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing as a global fight brews over technology intellectual property, especially around semiconductors.
Thai business group urges PM to negotiate with US amid tariff fears
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2025
» A Thai business group on Thursday urged Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to negotiate with the United States and consider lowering import taxes on US goods, as the government met with the private sector to discuss US trade policy.
Thailand hopes it will not face US tariffs - govt
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2025
» Thailand is hoping it will not face tariff measures of the United States and will do everything to make sure the country is not a target, Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said on Friday, amid concerns that the country's trade surplus with Washington could become an issue.
Explainer: What is DeepSeek and why is it disrupting the AI sector?
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2025
» BEIJING — Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models, which it says are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, is threatening to upset the technology world order.
Musk's Neuralink says second trial implant went well, no thread retraction issue
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» Elon Musk's brain technology startup Neuralink said its implant, designed to allow paralysed patients to use digital devices by thinking alone, is working well in a second trial patient.
Kenya's Kipyegon jubilant after historic 1,500m hat-trick
Reuters, Published on 11/08/2024
» PARIS: Kenya's Faith Kipyegon was over the moon after winning her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging through the final lap to finish more than a second ahead of the field.
Japan faces shortage of a million foreign workers
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2024
» TOKYO - Japan faces a shortage of almost one million foreign workers in 2040 if the government wants to achieve its economic growth goals as the population dwindles, an estimate from a state-backed think tank showed on Thursday.