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BYD battery breakthrough crashes Indonesia’s nickel cartel dream

A quiet but seismic shift is playing out across China’s globally dominant electric-vehicle supply chain, one with major implications for Indonesia’s EV-reliant nickel industry. BYD’s new Datang SUV recently racked up 150,000 pre-orders in a 53-day in China, marking a pre-order

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President von der Leyen travels to Azerbaijan and Armenia

President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Azerbaijan on Wednesday 1 July and to Armenia on Thursday 2 July. The visit focuses on four priorities: supporting the peace process after last year's initialling of the historic peace agreement; improving connectivity across the