Skoda is planning to unveil its new SUV, VisionS at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show The company unveiled a new design language with VisionC design study in 2014 and it will now reflect the SUV segment. The company says that in ...
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California-based Stone Brewing is set to launch Stone Pataskala Red X IPA, a new red IPA made with Red X malt from Germany-based BESTMALZ. The limited edition release will be introduced in 12-ounce six packs for retailers and on draft to ...
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A Chinese court has penalised two units of US-based food processing company OSI Group with up to $364,875 and sentenced imprisonment to 10 of its employees claiming that it sold outdated products to fast-food chains such as KFC and ...
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The US Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has announced that the US government will invest nearly $4bn to support development of automated vehicles technology. US government will include the outlay in its budget ...
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China's apparent oil demand in 2015 grew 5.8% year on year to 11.11 million b/d, the fastest pace since 2011, despite the country's economy growing at the slowest rate since 1990, Platts calculations based on recently released official data ...
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China is the world's largest producer and exporter of rare-earths. These are elements which are critical to the manufacturing of high-tech products, including smartphones, wind turbines and car batteries, among other things. However, ...
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Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, will offer 72-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers starting Jan. 1, 2016. The policy covers travelers from 51 countries, including 37 in Europe, six in the ...
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China is planning to bid to host the AFC Asian Cup 2023, said the official website of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Wednesday. The tournament will be held in June or July 2023 with a total of 51 matches through 30 days. ...
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The world's first circular high-speed railway line has begun operation in China's southernmost province, Hainan. Locals are hoping the new rail will further promote the economy of the island, which is already a popular tourism attraction. ...
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Eco-friendly cars and self-driving technology became the hot topics for the international automobile industry in 2015. In January at Detroit's North American International Auto Show, over 40 new vehicles were unveiled. They included a ...
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China is going to include another six destinations in its tax rebate scheme for overseas visitors, with an aim to boost its inbound tourism and consumption. Foreign tourists visiting Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian, Sichuan, Tianjin and Xiamen ...
Myanmar authorities announced Wednesday that a consortium of six foreign group companies, led by China's CITIC, has won the bid for implementing two projects of the country's newly planned special economic zone (SEZ) in Kyaukphyu, western ...
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Ten defendants representing the Shanghai and Hebei branches of Husi Food Company, a former supplier to McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut, have stood trial on charges of producing and selling shoddy products. The ten people and the two ...
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Taiwan consumers have continued to show lower expectations about future income and investment as well as general economic situation for the eighth-consecutive month in December, said a survey publicized Monday. The consumer confidence ...
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Thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique, scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs. In a paper in the U.S. journal Science this week, the researchers described using the ...
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