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A Pony.ai AION robot taxi is displayed during the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai on April 23, 2025. Wang Zhao | Afp | Getty ImagesAutonomous driving firms Pony.ai and WeRide have received approval from China’s securities regulator for secondary listings in Hong Kong, as the companies look to raise funds and continue their global expansion. The China Securities Regulatory Commission announced Tuesday that both companies had filed to issue and list shares in Hong Kong. Chinese companies seeking a foreign listing are required to file an application with the CSRC in advance,…

KUWAIT: 1907: Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s 7th ruler, and the British political agent agreed on leasing Al-Shuwaikh harbor for docking ships of the British navy fleet.1956: Kuwait government printing house was inaugurated. The facility was printing government publications including the official gazette, monthly pan-Arab Al-Arabi Magazine, Holy Quran and Arab tradition publications.1967: Abdullah Al-Fadhala, a singer, writer and composer, died at the age of 67. He was the first citizen to use piano in Kuwaiti music, and the first to record songs outside the State of Kuwait.1983: Kuwait Airways took delivery of the first plane, Airbus A-310, as part of…

Aaron Drinan has netted eight league goals for Swindon so far this season and is currently on a six-game scoring streak.Coventry’s Haji Wright is level with him, but only Erling Haaland (9) has scored more across the top four divisions of English football. With just 10 games played, it is already the 27-year-old’s second-best return in a season in his career.The man some Swindon fans are calling ‘Drinaldo’ is making it look easy at the moment; he was a shoo-in for Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month for September. Drinan’s record in 2025/26 Walsall (a) – ❌ Cambridge…

Workers assemble an Volkswagen’s ID.3 GTX FIRE+ICE electric car on a production line at the Volkswagen electric car factory on October 13, 2025 in Zwickau, Germany. Jens Schlueter | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAutomotive industry groups have raised the alarm over the ramifications of China’s latest move to restrict critical rare earth exports, saying the measures could pave the way to a period of supply chain chaos.China’s Commerce Ministry last week announced expanded curbs on the export of rare earths and related technologies, seeking to prevent the “misuse” of minerals in the military and other sensitive sectors.Beijing has since…

ATHENS (AP) — Riot police scuffled with medical staff at an Athens public hospital on Wednesday during a protest over the state of public health services held during a visit to the facility by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.Police in riot gear fired volleys of pepper spray and used shields and batons to push away doctors at the University General Hospital Attikon who were demanding to meet with Mitsotakis, local media reported. The health workers were protesting staff shortages, low pay and poor working conditions.Mitsotakis, accompanied by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, was visiting the hospital in western Athens to attend the…

This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyWhile tensions flare with the U.S., China is charting its course for the next five years.Chinese President Xi Jinping and the country’s top leaders, known as the Central Committee, will meet next week from Monday to Thursday for a planning meeting called the “Fourth Plenum.”The gathering reminds the U.S. government, on the verge of possibly its longest shutdown in history, that China is a big believer in planning. Beijing has held the strategy-setting meeting…

Waymo self-driving cars with roof-mounted sensor arrays traveling near palm trees and modern buildings along the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, February 21, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesAlphabet’s Waymo is bringing its driverless ride-hailing services to London, the first European market for its robotaxi.The company said in a release on Wednesday that it plans to start test drives on London’s roads in coming months, with human safety specialists at the wheel. It intends to open its robotaxi service next year, assuming it can get permissions from regulators as well as local and national leaders.London will mark the company’s…

Oct 15, 2025, 04:51 AM ETFormer Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has said “life owed me a World Cup” after guiding Qatar to next year’s top football tournament.Qatar won 2-1 against the United Arab Emirates in Al Rayyan on Tuesday to book their World Cup spot.”It seems like life owed me a World Cup, and fortunately, today I got it,” Lopetegui, 59, said.”It’s a reward that I’m grateful for.”As a player, Lopetegui was part of Spain’s squad at the 1994 World Cup squad but was third-choice goalkeeper and did not play.He was denied the chance to coach his national team at…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to regulate online ride-hailing services, requiring platforms like Uber, along with their vehicles and drivers, to be licensed, after years of backlash from the city’s taxi industry.The first licensed platforms are expected to start operating in late 2026 at the earliest, officials said.In granting a license, Hong Kong’s transport commissioner can consider the firm’s experience, financial capacity and intended investments in the region. Licensed companies will need to maintain “proper and efficient” services and ensure all vehicles and drivers on their platforms hold valid permits, according to the new…

The first foreign trip Joel Holsinger took in 2019 after joining the board of directors at the global health nonprofit PATH convinced him that he needed to do more to raise money for charities.The investment manager, who is now also a partner and co-head of alternative credit at Ares Management Corp., saw firsthand how a tuberculosis prevention program was helping residents of Dharavi, India’s largest slum. He also saw that the main hurdle to expanding the program’s success was simply a lack of funding.“I wanted to do something that has purpose,” Holsinger told The Associated Press. “I wanted a charitable…