July2017
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Alibaba Group launched a cut-price voice assistant speaker
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd launched on Wednesday a cut-price voice assistant speaker, similar to Amazon.com Inc’s “Echo”, its first foray into artificially intelligent home devices. The “Tmall Genie”, named after the company’s e-commerce... -
Daimler and BAIC agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan in battery electric vehicle production in China by 2020
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: Germany’s Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation have agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan ($735 million) in battery electric vehicle production in China by 2020 and to provide the... -
Tata Motors announced a reduction in price of its passenger vehicles
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: Automaker Tata Motors today announced a reduction in the price of its passenger vehicles by up to Rs 2.17 lakh, making available the GST benefit to its customers, reports BSS. “Following the rollout of... -
ADB, USP sign cooperation agreement to strengthen knowledge collaboration
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and The University of the South Pacific (USP) have signed a cooperation agreement to boost knowledge collaboration between the two organizations. ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development... -
More funds for town electrification investment program in PNG
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved the second phase of financial support amounting to $76 million to address lack of access to affordable, clean, and reliable power in provincial centers in Papua New... -
Vettel and Hamilton face off again in Austria
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday but it can be safely assumed that Lewis Hamilton will not be bringing any gifts to Austria this weekend. After the ‘road rage’ of Azerbaijan two... -
Messi to remain at Barcelona until 2021 after agreeing to new deal
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi will sign a new four-year deal with the club, keeping him with the Spanish giants until 2021, the side said on Wednesday. Five times a Ballon d’Or winner, the Argentinean... -
England v South Africa team announced
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: Probable teams and officials for the first Test between England and South Africa at Lord’s on Thursday. But now the 26-year-old faces a completely different challenge and doubts over his captaincy will naturally linger... -
Islamic State fights fiercely in shrinking Iraqi and Syrian strongholds
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: Western-backed forces edged into the final redoubts of the two capitals of Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, hampered by fierce resistance from the militants and the presence of human... -
Its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead, North Korea says
Jul 5, 2017News Hour: North Korea said on Wednesday its newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can carry a large nuclear warhead, triggering a call by Washington for global action to hold it accountable for pursuing nuclear weapons....
