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China's BYD overtakes Tesla

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The Chinese car company BYD has overtaken Elon Musk's Tesla as the world's biggest seller of electric vehicles. We unpack how it happened.

How viable is it to be a content creator? We look at how TikTok became a political flashpoint between the US and China.

And good news for pasta lovers? The US has slashed proposed tariffs on imports from Italy.

(Photo: A worker cleans up a BYD Dolphin. Credit: MAST IRHAM/EPA/Shutterstock)

Published on Friday, 2nd January 2026.

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