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China overtook Japan as world's top vehicle exporter in 2023
China overtook Japan as world's top vehicle exporter in 2023
Economy
by  AFP

China overtook Japan as the world's biggest vehicle exporter last year, data from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association showed Wednesday. That compared with 4.91 million exported by China, as reported by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers this month.

Germany's mine-to-motor lithium supply chain takes shape
Germany's mine-to-motor lithium supply chain takes shape
Economy
by  AFP

Once a byword for environmental disaster due to its heavy industry and mining, the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen is poised to become a key site for Germany's ambitious green transition. - Mine project - Closer to Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Zinnwald, a small village near the Czech border, an AMG-backed project is taking the more conventional approach to mine lithium ores from the ground.

As Tunisia's economy falters, medical tourism flourishes
As Tunisia's economy falters, medical tourism flourishes
Economy
by  AFP

At a fertility clinic in Tunis, Bintou Yunoussa hopes doctors can finally help her conceive -- one of more than two million foreigners who travel to Tunisia annually for medical procedures. They included more than 500,000 foreign patients hospitalised in Tunisia and about two million others who had received same-day care, officials say.