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Silk Road

Aiways U5 EV To Embark On 8,800-Mile Trip From China To Europe

Shanghai-based startup Aiways wants to become the first Chinese automaker to sell electric vehicles in Europe. The company has already unveiled the U5 electric crossover at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year and has now announced the latest project that…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Paris

Up close with a Tour de France climbing bike as the race heads to the high mountains

MULHOUSE, France — The Canadian pro cyclist Michael Woods is among the most talked-about riders here at the Tour de France. The 32-year-old climbing specialist is one of the oldest neo-pros the sport has ever seen, and he's making his Tour debut riding in sup…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Xi Jinping

China says US trade issues are ‘definitely’ resolvable

China said Thursday that the thorny trade issues plaguing relations with the United States are resolvable after fractious talks between the economic giants were kickstarted by the Trump-Xi meeting in Japan. Washington and Beijing have hit each other with pun…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Monsanto

Should Whole Foods rename their store “Canola Foods?”

Should Whole Foods rename their store "Canola Foods?"

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Geely

Bleak China autos outlook triggers raft of profit warnings

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Auto suppliers Johnson Electric Holdings (0179.HK) and Sensirion (SENSI.S) slashed their earnings forecasts on Thursday, blaming a slowdown in car sales and pessimism about the prospects of a Chinese car sector recovery. The news is th…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Little Italy

‘Australia’s biggest chip giveaway’: How you can get your hands of FREE fries thanks to Deliveroo

42Fifteen Gold Coast Banh Meats and Co. - Barangaroo Sydney Banh You Vietnamese Sydney Bao Burgers & Japanese Curry by Sixty Grams Perth Bavarian Cafe - Broadbeach Brisbane Bavarian Cafe - Chatswood Sydney Bavarian Cafe - Eagle St Pier Brisbane Bav…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Greenpeace Protest Plastic Pollution With Lifesize Whales In Budapest

AP Greenpeace activists assembled life-sized sculptures of two whales emerging from a sea of plastic waste in front of Hungarian Parliament. The large whales, made out of paper, were assembled to raise awareness about disposable plastic waste pollution in th…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Mark Cuban and Will Smith just helped drop $16 million in AI startup Node, but when will AI bets pay off?

Artificial intelligences long, slow rise as the next big thing in tech continues to pull in cash, even as investors are forced to wait for their bets to pay off. Case in point: AI startup Nodes $16 million in funding from the likes of Mark Cuban and actor Wi…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Europe Shut These Migrants Out, Then Libyan Rebels Bombed Them

The 53 migrants and refugees killed in a July 2 airstrike on a detention center in Libya were being held less than 100 yards from a militias arms depot at the time of the attack, a Times investigation has found. The depot had also been struck just two months …

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Global Warming

Climate change means warped train tracks and hellish travels

On June 26, as a potent heat wave settled over Europe, atmospheric scientist Patrik Winiger also settled into his seat aboard a high-speed electric train traveling from Zurich to Amsterdam. The heat, which would soon topple temperature records across the con…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Aiways U5 EV To Embark On 8,800-Mile Trip From China To Europe

Up close with a Tour de France climbing bike as the race heads to the high mountains

China says US trade issues are ‘definitely’ resolvable

Should Whole Foods rename their store “Canola Foods?”

Bleak China autos outlook triggers raft of profit warnings

‘Australia’s biggest chip giveaway’: How you can get your hands of FREE fries thanks to Deliveroo

Greenpeace Protest Plastic Pollution With Lifesize Whales In Budapest

Mark Cuban and Will Smith just helped drop $16 million in AI startup Node, but when will AI bets pay off?

Europe Shut These Migrants Out, Then Libyan Rebels Bombed Them

Climate change means warped train tracks and hellish travels

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