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About half of China’s 1.3 million-strong taxi fleet is electric, according to the Ministry of Transport Tesla electric vehicles are pictured at one of the company’s delivery centers in Valenton, near Paris, France, April 24, 2025—REUTERS China has an increasingly important buffer against oil price shocks: electric taxis. Across Chinese cities, taxi usage and ridesharing … Read more
Air quality in Canada’s largest city was at times the worst in the world on Wednesday, as wildfires across Ontario sent smoke drifting into New York City and beyond.
The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
Tired of the David? A trip across Florence to see the small Santo Spirito Crucifix, a tender vision in old wood, is one of the best decisions you could make in your art-journeying life.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto addressing his party’s office bearers and ticket holders in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday described the violence in AJK as “a national tragedy” and proposed the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help resolve the ongoing political crisis in … Read more
The Israeli army continued its attacks on southern Lebanon on Wednesday, carrying out a series of explosions in border towns as the sixth round of Rome talks between Lebanon and Israel entered its second day. Israeli forces carried out a large explosion at around 3am (5am PKT) in the eastern neighbourhood of Khiam in Marjayoun … Read more
Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.
Russian model goes viral after mimicking Norwegian striker’s appearance, mannerisms and signature expressions ANASTASIA KOSTROMITINA. Photo: Reuters Friends and family have for a few years told Russian model Anastasia Kostromina that she looked like Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, but it was not until he became the World Cup’s superstar that she decided to take that … Read more
Beijing accuses Washington of ‘double standards and coercion’ amid sanctions push A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. Photo: Reuters China said on Wednesday it “firmly opposes” a sanctions bill proposed by United States senators and supported by President Donald Trump that targets countries buying … Read more
Lawmakers were expected to approve a bill that would allow doctors to help terminally ill patients to die. If the law passes, the country would join a small group of nations that permit the measure.