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Tokyo Olympics to secure 300 hotel rooms for athletes with COVID-19

Tokyo organizers plan to prepare 300 hotel rooms for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus but show no or minor COVID-19 symptoms, at this summer's Olympic Games, Kyodo news agency said on S

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China to ease market access in Hainan free trade port

China on Thursday issued a guideline to support easing market access in Hainan in its latest effort to build the resort island into a global free trade port.The guideline, jointly released by the Nat

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Petrol bombs thrown at police in Northern Ireland

Police officers in Northern Ireland on Monday confirmed that they had been attacked with petrol bombs and bricks in unrest which lasted for three consecutive nights.On Friday, 27 police officers were

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Hyundai Motor to suspend some South Korea output due to chip shortage

South Korea's Hyundai Motor plans to temporarily suspend production due to chip supply issues. /CFP South Korea's Hyundai Motor on Tuesdayannounced temporarily suspending production at its Uls

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Chinese EV maker BYD profit up 162% in 2020, despite chilling sales

BYD's electric car shows up in Beijing Auto Show 2020 in Beijing, China, on September 28, 2020. /VCGChinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported 4.23 billion yuan ($643.

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Four dead after severe weather in Nashville, Tennessee

Click arrows to view gallery Severe weather and flash floods have left four people dead around the city of Nashville in the U.S. state of Tennessee Sunday. Nashville Fire Depar

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UK's Johnson criticises 'disgraceful' attacks on police at protest

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday strongly criticised “disgraceful attacks” on police officers after protests in Bristol against a new policing bill turn

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Ford to build some F-150 trucks without certain parts due to global chip shortage

Ford said Thursday that some some Ford F-150 pickup trucks and Edge crossover without certain electronic modules due to a twofold punch of a global semiconductor shortage and a lack of parts caused a

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Amazon begins testing its Rivian electric delivery vans in San Francisco

Amazon is expanding customer deliveries via electric cargo vehicle to San Francisco, making the Bay Area the second of 16 total cities the company expects to bring its Rivian-sourced EVs to in 2021. S

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Arrival to open a second US microfactory to build electric vans for UPS

Arrival, the UK electric vehicle startup that will soon be a publicly traded company, plans to build a second microfactory in the United States.The announcement comes several months after Arrival pick

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Volkswagen looks to electric vehicles, cost cuts for profit recovery

The new all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 is on display inside a dealership in Thousand Oaks, California, U.S., January 19, 2021. /CFP Volkswagen is confident that cost cuts will help it raise pro

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Bird to spend $150 million on European expansion plan

Shared micromobility startup Bird said it is investing $150 million into a European expansion plan that will including launching in more than 50 cities this year, a move that it says will double its f

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Bird to spend $150 million on European expansion plan

Shared micromobility startup Bird said it is investing $150 million into a European expansion plan that will including launching in more than 50 cities this year, a move that it says will double its f

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Daimler to recall 2.6 million Mercedes-Benz cars in China

An emblem of Mercedes-Benz is seen on a car's hood at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China show, in Beijing, China, September 27, 2020. /CFP German luxury automaker D

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Search engine Baidu secures approval for second listing in Hong Kong

A person purchases souvenirs inside a gift shop at the Baidu Inc. headquarters in Beijing, China, on March 4, 2021. /CFPChinese search engine giant Baidu Inc. won appro

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Polestar, ChargePoint introduce seamless charging in new partnership

A new alliance between Swedish electric performance automaker Polestar and EV infrastructure startup ChargePoint takes aim at the charging experience with the debut of an in-car app that will let cust

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Singapore Won't Allow New Diesel Cars and Cabs From 2025

Singapore won’t allow diesel-powered cars and taxis to be registered from 2025, five years ahead of previously scheduled, as part of its push to reduce emissions and en