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Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave
South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.The hot weather persisted on Sunday, with many flocking to air-conditioned shopping malls and swimming pools for relief.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk in China for talks
Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in China for talks on Sunday, making his second trip in less than a year to the world's biggest market for electric vehicles."It's good to see electric vehicles making progress in China," he was quoted as saying by a state-backed media outlet on Sunday.
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Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert
Millions of students returned to their reopened schools across Bangladesh Sunday despite a lingering heatwave that prompted a nationwide classroom shutdown order last weekend.Around 32 million students were kept at home by the school shutdown, Save the Children said in a statement this week.
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Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self-driving technology rollout
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday on an unannounced visit, where he is expected to meet senior officials to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Li told Musk that Tesla's development in China could be regarded as a successful example of US-China economic and trade c
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Exclusive-Elon Musk heading to China for visit to Tesla's second-biggest market, sources say
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on a flight heading to Beijing on Sunday to kick off a surprise trip in the electric vehicle maker's second-biggest market, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Musk is seeking to meet senior Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss the rollout of Full-Self Driving (FSD) software in China and to obtain approval to transfer data collected in the country abroad to train algorithms for its autonomous driving technologies, one of the peopl
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'Rise Up': Biden Issues Urgent Call On Trump Threat At White House Correspondents' Dinner
The president spotted what journalists have to take "seriously" regarding his predecessor following the deadly Capitol riot.
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Blinken to Saudi as window shrinks on Middle East mega-deal
Washington's top diplomat will travel to Saudi Arabia on Sunday as the deadline approaches on a landmark -- and, analysts say, long-shot -- deal that would see the kingdom recognise Israel. While it is no surprise Saudi Arabia would link ties with Israel to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "the price for normalisation, especially on the Palestinian front, has certainly gone up," said Saudi analyst Aziz Alghashian.
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