Plenty of roadblocks for world’s automakers seeking EV success
NEW YORK: The world’s top automakers-motivated either by governmental regulations or pure profit-have made a sharp turn away from fossil fuel vehicles.
NEW YORK: The world’s top automakers-motivated either by governmental regulations or pure profit-have made a sharp turn away from fossil fuel vehicles.
Berlin HAMBURG, Germany: A year after the last wisps of smoke disappeared into the skies from the imposing chimneys of the Moorburg coal plant, hopes had grown that the mothballed site would see new life as Germany scrambles to secure energy supplies.
BEIJING: China’s slowing economy has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future.
Tunis: Tunisia and Japan launched a pan-African investment conference on Saturday, seeking to counter the influence of rival China whose economic imprint on the continent has steadily grown.
WASHINGTON: Taming US inflation will inflict “pain” on American families and businesses, but failure to wrestle prices down from their current 40-year high would be even more harmful, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in a hotly-anticipated speech to global policymakers.
JABALIA: Living in one of the poorest parts of the Middle East and facing some of the region’s highest fuel costs, Palestinians in Gaza are burning plastic to make affordable diesel.
TAIPEI: As a Taiwanese fighter jet screamed over the lush green fields of eastern Hualien county last week, pomelo farmer Mulin Ou sat in his orchard counting the cost of China’s latest push to squeeze the island.
WASHINGTON: UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges.
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti crude oil gained USD 2.82 during Wednesday’s trading sessions to hit USD 106.79 per barrel, compared with USD 103.97 pb the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said Thursday.
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