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AK-47 rifle maker targets hipsters with 'gadget gun'
Business, AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» MOSCOW: The Kalashnikov Group, which produces the AK-47 assault rifle, is planning to target hipsters and young people with a gadget-packed shotgun.
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UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills — the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.
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Tough US emissions rules to speed EV shift
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» NEW YORK: President Joe Biden's administration unveiled new proposed auto emissions rules on Wednesday, aiming to accelerate the electric vehicle transition with a target of two-thirds of the new US car market by 2032.
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Musk eyes torrid growth at Tesla, but offers no big new reveals
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Elon Musk presented a heady vision Wednesday to turbocharge Tesla's growth at an investor day filled with ambitious targets but short on details sought by Wall Street.
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China's economy grows at slowest pace in decades
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» BEIJING: China's economy grew last year at its slowest pace in four decades as it was hammered by Covid-19 lockdowns and a property crisis but the forecast-beating reading raised hopes for a strong recovery as it reopens.
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Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: A Twitter bird statue fetched $100,000 on Wednesday as Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm's downtown San Francisco headquarters.
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Macau ponders future even as tourists and gamblers return
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» MACAU: Macau's streets were packed in the run-up to the Lunar New Year after pandemic controls were abruptly lifted but it is far from business as usual as the Chinese casino hub wrestles with questions about its future.
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Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Twitter's owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a "hellscape," but experts fear a staff exodus following mass layoffs may have devastated its ability to combat misinformation, impersonation and data theft.
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Markets rattled by fears of fresh Covid curbs in China
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» LONDON: Asian and European stocks mostly fell Monday, with investor sentiment hit by renewed Covid concerns in China amid warnings that markets would remain lacklustre for some time.
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Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in China
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» BEIJING: Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over Covid restrictions at the plant.
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