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Toyota, GM-backed startup Momenta planning entry into last-mile autonomous delivery

Published on 2025-07-12

Chinese self-driving technology unicorn Momenta is setting up a team to develop Level 4 autonomous delivery robots in the hope of increasing its...

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Taobao Instant Commerce and Ele.me orders top 80 million a day; tea stocks rally while platform shares slip

Published on 2025-07-12

Taobao Instant Commerce and Ele.me announced that their combined daily orders have surpassed 80 million, including over 13 million non-restaurant...

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Volvo starts layoff process at Shanghai office amid global restructuring

Published on 2025-07-12

Sweden-founded carmaker Volvo Cars has begun the layoff process at its research and development center in Shanghai as part of a wave of 3,000 job...

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Haiti gang violence claims 5,000 lives in less than a year, UN report shows

Published on 2025-07-12

Almost 5,000 people have been killed in Haiti since October 2024, displacing hundreds of thousands as gang violence has escalated particularly around...

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US State Department lays off more than 1,300 employees

Published on 2025-07-12

The US State Department fired more than 1,300 employees Friday in line with a dramatic reorganisation plan from the Trump administration that critics ...

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Stocamine: French toxic waste site threatens Europe's key water source

Published on 2025-07-12

Thousands of tonnes of toxic waste lie buried beneath one of Europe’s most important groundwater reserves in the town of Wittelsheim in France’s...

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