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Japan’s biggest airline ANA Holdings announced Tuesday it will purchase 77 new aircraft from Boeing, Airbus and Embraer to replenish its fleet in order to serve growing passenger demand domestically and internationally. The order will be valued at a total of 2.1 trillion yen (about $14 billion) at catalogue prices before discounts, the company said, adding …

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The Indonesian government has agreed to terms with Apple to lift a ban on sales of the iPhone 16 model, a government source familiar with the matter told AFP on Tuesday, ending months of negotiations between Jakarta and the tech giant.Indonesia in October prohibited the marketing and sale of the iPhone 16 model over Apple’s …

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US electric vehicle giant Tesla has started offering advanced self-driving functions for its cars in China, including autopilot on city streets, the company announced on Tuesday.The announcement comes after years of attempts to overcome regulatory hurdles blocking the update of such features in the world’s largest automobile market.Tesla said in a statement on its WeChat …

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South Korea’s central bank on Tuesday slashed interest rates and its annual growth forecast as it looks to bolster the economy in the face of US tariffs and the fallout from President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief declaration of martial law last year.Asia’s fourth-largest economy expanded less than expected in the final three months of 2024 …

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Frankfurt equities squeezed out gains Monday after conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, with investors hoping that Europe’s largest economy can emerge from recession.Elsewhere equities mostly slid with investors still concerned about the inflationary effect of US President Donald Trump’s plans to slap tariffs on various trading partners and their impact on …

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Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.Investors have piled into Chinese technology stocks since the start of the year, with Alibaba — which runs some of …

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With “Monster Hunter Wilds” pitting intrepid players against a menagerie of rampaging beasts on PC and consoles from Friday, the game’s creators tell AFP they hope the 20-year-old franchise can still find new audiences.It has been seven years since the last major instalment saw fans draw oversized swords and bows together, in a series whose …

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