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At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, delegates clashed over whether to strengthen emissions targets or reopen climate‑finance talks, with vulnerable states and Europe backing ambition and China and India opposing.
Data centre operators poured billions into new facilities for AI across Europe and beyond, but capacity lagged behind the US and China and local environmental opposition grew.
Carmakers delayed battery deals with miners and scaled back electric-vehicle targets as falling commodity prices and weak EV demand left miners struggling to fund projects and squeezed established automakers.
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said an attack on Taiwan could prompt deployment of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, prompting angry Chinese response including a diplomat’s social-media threat to behead her.
King Felipe VI began a state visit to China in Chengdu, inaugurated a Spain‑China business forum and urged deeper commercial ties and multilateral cooperation.
