Polestar CEO tells CNBC ‘pump anxiety’ has made EVs ‘all about money’

Electric-vehicle maker Polestar told CNBC Thursday that “range anxiety” has been replaced by “pump anxiety,” amid worries around a Middle East crisis that has global energy prices soaring. “People are concerned, ‘how much do I pay at the gas station?’” Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe.” The company is seeing increased demand…

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what it means for China markets

A man looks at a screen showing Chinese stock market movements as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing on April 7, 2025. Wang Zhao | Afp | Getty Images Chinese equities could get a fresh boost after this week’s high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with investors saying…

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Judge rules Rubio's sanction of UN rapporteur violates First Amendment

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing sanctions against Frances Albanese, a U.N. human rights investigator whose recent work has focused on the Israeli military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. U.S. District Judge Richard Lyons found that the Trump administration likely violated Albanese’s First Amendment rights by imposing the ban……

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Trump-Xi meeting could test India’s positioning as China counterweight

Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. For more than two decades, consecutive U.S. administrations have seen India as a counterbalance to China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. But the current U.S…

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