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SCMP Highlights
Xiaomi speeds up YU7 launch, Tesla’s Robotaxi vs Baidu’s Apollo Go: 7 EV reads
From Xiaomi accelerating its latest EV launch to Chinese carmakers facing a price war, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.
25 Jun 2025 - 3:00PM
Artificial intelligence
How Tesla’s Robotaxi service compares with Baidu’s Apollo Go in China
23 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM
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SCMP Highlights
US strikes Iran nuclear sites, Labubu faces competition: 5 weekend reads
23 Jun 2025 - 1:15PM
Tesla
Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service
Elon Musk’s decade-long robotaxi vision takes its first steps, utilising the Tesla Model Y initially.
23 Jun 2025 - 1:39PM
United States
My Take
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Why ancient Rome is haunting contemporary America’s far right
They welcome Trump’s imperial presidency and unchecked executive power, seeing parallels with a transition from republicanism to empire.
22 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
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Donald Trump
How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?
The billionaire Tesla chief, after leaving Trump administration, has suggested founding a third political party. But would it succeed?
21 Jun 2025 - 11:44PM
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United States
SpaceX Starship explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission
A huge blast enveloped the rocket as it stood upright on a test stand in Texas.
20 Jun 2025 - 1:05PM
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United States
Elon Musk’s xAI burning through US$1 billion a month as costs pile up
The artificial intelligence start-up is seeking to raise US$9.3 billion, with plans to spend over half of it in just the next three months.
18 Jun 2025 - 3:05AM
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SCMP Highlights
Trump breaks with G7 stance, Nvidia to attend China expo: SCMP daily highlights
From US tech giant Nvidia attending a China expo to the Fujian aircraft carrier’s possible commission, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.
17 Jun 2025 - 9:15PM
Britain
Report exposes UK’s failure to confront ethnicity in ‘grooming gangs’
UK government apologises for failing to protect girls after a report found fears of racism meant authorities failed to act.
17 Jun 2025 - 11:49AM
Sexual harassment and assault
UK to hold inquiry into ‘grooming gangs’ that abused thousands of girls
The scandal involving groups of mostly Pakistani men was thrust back into the spotlight after criticism from billionaire Elon Musk.
15 Jun 2025 - 2:55AM
Britain
7 men in UK convicted in latest trial over ‘grooming gangs’ scandal
They were convicted after a trial involving 50 offences, including rape and indecency with a child, which occurred between 2001 and 2006.
13 Jun 2025 - 9:58PM
US-China relations
Opinion
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Trump’s fundamental mistake is in seeing China as America’s problem
The US president fails to grasp that a rising China is a new question to answer, not an old mistake to correct.
13 Jun 2025 - 11:27AM
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Donald Trump
House approves Trump request to cut US$9.4 billion in foreign aid funding
‘These cuts will lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, devastating the most vulnerable in the world,’ said congressman Jim McGovern.
13 Jun 2025 - 5:20AM
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Donald Trump
Trump blocks California’s plan to phase out petrol-powered cars, clouding EV future
California had planned to end the sale of petrol-only vehicles by 2035, among other ambitious efforts.
13 Jun 2025 - 9:40AM
Los Angeles protests
What to know about planned ‘No Kings’ US protests against Trump
A nationwide ‘day of defiance’ is planned for June 14 with rallies in nearly 2,000 US locations.
13 Jun 2025 - 4:53PM
Donald Trump
‘Went too far’: Musk regrets some Trump criticisms
Trump said his relationship with Musk was over after a social media dispute, where Musk called the president’s tax and spending bill a ‘disgusting abomination’.
11 Jun 2025 - 11:29PM
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Donald Trump
Letters
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What the Trump-Musk feud reveals about American decline
Readers discuss the state of US democracy, National Guard troops in Los Angeles, and the suffering of children in Gaza.
11 Jun 2025 - 11:30AM
United States
Musk’s father says Elon made mistake, bets ‘Trump will prevail’
Errol Musk claims stress was behind public spat with the US president, dismissing feud as a ‘small thing’.
10 Jun 2025 - 12:27AM
LGBTQ
With rage and humour, WorldPride rally in Washington takes aim at Trump
Rally at Lincoln Memorial protests against setbacks under Trump; speakers criticise president for issuing orders limiting transgender rights.
9 Jun 2025 - 11:51AM
Donald Trump
Trump warns Musk against funding Democrats, thinks their relationship is over
The Tesla CEO is making a ‘huge mistake’ going after the US president, VP J.D. Vance says.
8 Jun 2025 - 1:38AM
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United States
US Supreme Court allows Doge to access Social Security data of Americans
Elon Musk remains influential post-White House as Supreme Court supported Donald Trump, allowing Doge access to Social Security data and raising privacy concerns.
7 Jun 2025 - 9:36AM
Donald Trump
Trump not interested in talking to Elon Musk, may get rid of his Tesla
The US president and the world’s richest man continue to trade barbs after falling out in an extraordinarily public fashion.
7 Jun 2025 - 2:13AM
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SCMP Highlights
US-China trade call’s impact on firms, Trump-Musk feud: SCMP daily highlights
From the impact of Trump and Xi’s call on Chinese factories to a groundbreaking plane radar, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.
6 Jun 2025 - 9:15PM
India
Tesla’s India entry appears in doubt after minister questions intent
Heavy industries minister says Tesla is ‘more interested’ in establishing showrooms and ‘not interested’ in manufacturing in India.
6 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
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Donald Trump
Explainer
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Caught in a bad bromance: Trump and Musk go for the throat – what just happened?
The gloves have come off as the besties turn on each other, attacking policy decisions, threatening repercussions and levelling scandalous accusations.
6 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
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United States
Musk escalates public spat with Trump by making Epstein files claim
Elon Musk claimed the US president ‘is in the Epstein files’, but offered no evidence.
6 Jun 2025 - 2:28PM
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SpaceX
Trump-Musk clash threatens to ground US space ambitions
US president’s threat to pull Musk contracts casts a shadow over critical Nasa, Pentagon and commercial space initiatives.
6 Jun 2025 - 4:50PM
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