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Just weeks ago, the U.S. electric-car market looked moribund. Amid plummeting sales of electric vehicles (EVs), dealers were offering discounts as Detroit automakers scrapped electric lineups to make more gas-guzzling SUVs. [1]

ADDIS ABABA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- African experts have expressed alarm over worsening trafficking in persons for forced labor and criminal activities in scam compounds across Southeast Asia. [2]

TOKYO -- In the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, a bustling and chaotic city of 4.8 million, the Deliver Addis service has soared in popularity as the app sends food to a customer's location with remarkable accuracy. [3]

UN Handbook Calls for Reforms to Improve Business Environment A new United Nations policy handbook says impediments to doing business in Burma are holding back growth in the private sector and must be eased if the country is to develop. [4]

Palestinians crowd at a lentil soup distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. [5]

CompaniesBoeing back in spotlight after second crash following Indonesia Similar 737 model to Lion Air plane kills 157 in Ethiopia An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 is parked at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February. [6]

Welcome to Your Week in Asia. China will sponsor two events this week: a peace conference with several African countries in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and a BRICS leaders' summit to be hosted online by President Xi Jinping from Beijing. [7]

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China-Africa cooperation in education and vocational training is "very important" and a critical enabler for human capital development in Africa, a senior African Union (AU) official has said. [8]

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[1] MM www.japantimes.co.jp · 2026-03-26 · 40% match

U.S.-Israeli war on Iran pushes consumers to reconsider fossil fuel alternatives

Just weeks ago, the U.S. electric-car market looked moribund. Amid plummeting sales of electric vehicles (EVs), dealers were offering discounts as Detroit automakers scrapped electric lineups to make more gas-guzzling SUVs.

[2] MM english.news.cn · 85% match

African experts warn of worsening human trafficking for criminality in Southeast Asia

ADDIS ABABA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- African experts have expressed alarm over worsening trafficking in persons for forced labor and criminal activities in scam compounds across Southeast Asia.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-11-25 · 71% match

In 165 countries, China's Beidou eclipses American GPS

TOKYO -- In the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, a bustling and chaotic city of 4.8 million, the Deliver Addis service has soared in popularity as the app sends food to a customer's location with remarkable accuracy.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-03-07 · 67% match

The Irrawaddy Business Roundup (Mar. 7, 2015)

UN Handbook Calls for Reforms to Improve Business Environment A new United Nations policy handbook says impediments to doing business in Burma are holding back growth in the private sector and must be eased if the country is to develop.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-07-29 · 40% match

Hunger must never be ‘weapon of war’: UN chief

Palestinians crowd at a lentil soup distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-03-11 · 41% match

Boeing back in spotlight after second crash following Indonesia

CompaniesBoeing back in spotlight after second crash following Indonesia Similar 737 model to Lion Air plane kills 157 in Ethiopia An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 is parked at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-19 · 40% match

IMF heads to Sri Lanka, Japan upper house election campaign, G-7 summit

Welcome to Your Week in Asia. China will sponsor two events this week: a peace conference with several African countries in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and a BRICS leaders' summit to be hosted online by President Xi Jinping from Beijing.

[8] MM english.news.cn · 40% match

Interview: Cooperation with China in education, vocational training important for Africa human capital development: AU official

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China-Africa cooperation in education and vocational training is "very important" and a critical enabler for human capital development in Africa, a senior African Union (AU) official has said.

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