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Rivian offers (up to) $5,000 discount if you trademin your gas-powered truck
Rivian will give you up to around $5,470 in discount if you trade in an eligible gas-powered truck or SUV when you purchase or lease a qualifying R1 electric vehicle package in the US and Canada.
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EU lawmakers greenlight new rules to rein in national spending
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed new budgetary rules aimed at boosting investment while keeping spending under control despite fierce criticism from leftwing groups.A majority of lawmakers backed the new rules during a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
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What is the U.K. plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?
A new U.K. law means asylum seekers arriving on British shores without prior permission can be deported to East Africa.
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Chinese supermarket in Abuja shut for allegedly barring Nigerians
The consumer protection agency has summoned the owner in its investigation into racism allegations.
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China describes espionage allegations in Germany as 'slander'
China has rejected allegations that it has been carrying out spying operations in Germany, describing the claims as slanderous. "The intention behind this hype is quite obvious, namely to slander and suppress China and undermine the atmosphere of cooperation between China and Europe," said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday. China has always adhered to the principles of mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, the spokesman said. German
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Israel military strikes northern Gaza in heaviest shelling in weeks
(Reuters) -Israel bombarded northern Gaza overnight in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, panicking residents and flattening neighbourhoods in an area where the Israeli army had previously drawn down its troops, residents said on Tuesday. Tanks made a new incursion east of Beit Hanoun on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, though they did not penetrate far into the city, residents and Hamas media said.
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German EU lawmaker: 'No further information' about arrest of employee
European member of parliament for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Maximilian Krah, initially reacted cautiously to reports of the arrest of his employee on suspicion of spying for China. "I learned of the arrest of my colleague Jian Guo this morning from the press," he wrote on X. "I have no further information. Spying for a foreign state is a serious accusation. Should the allegations prove to be true, this would result in the immediate termination of his employment." The AfD
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South Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats
A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country's most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection law last week, the Changwon District Court in southeastern South Korea said Tuesday. The man went on a cat-killing spree between December 2022 and September 2023 due to a deep hatred of the animal that he began harboring after other cats scratched his
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Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it's a pre-Olympics sweep
French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the River Seine on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ‘’social cleansing'' ahead of the Summer Olympics. "I was already scared but I am even more scared because I don’t know where to go,” said Boubacar Traoré, 16, who said he fled conflict in Burkina Faso, arriving in France two months ago. The operation came days after police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s bigge
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Hope Hostel in Rwanda says it's ready for first migrants from UK
Rwanda is gearing up to welcome deported asylum seekers now the landmark UK bill has passed.
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Opposition politician falsely claims Nigeria has shut down five state-run agencies
An adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said in February that the government would implement parts of a white paper that recommended the scrapping and merging of some state-owned entities. Weeks later, social media posts alleged that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and three others were among those to be scrapped. But the claim is false. None of the government agencies mentioned in the claims is slated for closure. Moreover, a committee s
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Employee of German EU lawmaker detained as suspected China spy
An employee of a German member of the European Parliament, lawmaker Maximilian Krah, has been detained in Dresden on suspicion of spying for China, according to security sources. Federal prosecutors reported the arrest in Dresden on Tuesday, without naming Krah. The suspect is said to have passed on information from the European Parliament to China, prosecutors said. They said the suspect was detained by police in the eastern state of Saxony on Monday. The accused's flats were searched. Accordin
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Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill to become law after late-night showdown
Parliamentary stand-off ends, opening the way for asylum seekers to be sent to the African country.
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South Africa election: Jacob Zuma and MK lead 3-0 in court battles
How the country's former president is thwarting attempts to bar him from contesting the polls.
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Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims 'infiltrators' at an Indian election rally
India's main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators" — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday drew fierce criticism that Modi was peddling anti-Muslim tropes. The Congress party filed a complaint Monday with the Election Commission of India, alleging he broke rules that bar candidates from engaging
4 min read - WorldReuters
China to revise statistics law to fight data fraud
China will revise its statistics law in a bid to fight persistent data fraud, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, amid scepticism about the reliability of data in the world's second-largest economy. "In recent years, statistical work has been faced with problems such as repeated prohibitions on fraud, imperfect supervision system, and low cost of violations," it added. Analysts have long been sceptical of the reliability of Chinese data, especially as the government has sought to
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Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers opportunities to join the war. As Ukraine's efforts to conscript enough men to fight Russia are stymied by public scepticism, defence officials and military units are embarking on a multi-pronged charm offensive to recruit a citizens' army to resist the invasion. This softer call-up is being conducted on job-search sites and outreach centres, as well as
7 min read - WorldFinancial Times
India seeks to secure critical mineral resources in race for lithium
India is seeking to shore up its access to critical minerals such as lithium, a government official said, as the world’s most populous country...
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Xiaomi's SU7 orders reach 70,000, EV business to stay focused on China
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Xiaomi has secured locked-in orders for more than 70,000 of its SU7 electric cars as of Saturday and the company intends to keep its automotive business "100% focused" on the Chinese market for the next three years, founder Lei Jun said on Tuesday. Xiaomi launched its car, which draws styling cues from Porsche, late last month. It enters a crowded China EV market with an attention-grabbing price tag - under $30,000 for the base model, which is $4,000 cheaper than the
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In Brazil, hopes to use AI to save wildlife from roadkill fate
In Brazil, where about 16 wild animals become roadkill every second, a computer scientist has come up with a futuristic solution to this everyday problem: using AI to alert drivers to their presence.For the project to become a reality, Souto said scientists would need "support from the companies that manage the roads," including access to traffic cameras and "edge computing" devices -- hardware that can relay a real-time warning to drivers like some navigation apps do.
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Iraqi father in legal first against BP over son's death
Hussein Julood says the burning of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq caused his son's leukaemia.
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UK home secretary to visit Italy to discuss stopping migrants arriving on boats
Britain's Home Secretary, James Cleverly, is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government's efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats. Cleverly will meet his Italian counterpart, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, and discuss how Italy and Britain can expand their joint work to stop migrants in north Africa from making often perilous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Tuesday.
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President Duda says Poland ready to host nuclear weapons
Poland is open to hosting nuclear weapons from NATO allies, President Andrzej Duda said on Monday. Duda made the comments in an interview published Monday in the Polish tabloid Fakt. "If there were a decision by our allies to deploy nuclear weapons within the nuclear sharing also on our territory in order to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank, we are ready," Duda said. However, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for further details from Duda. "This idea is absolutely massi
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Key recommendations for strengthening the neutrality of the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees
An independent panel that reviewed the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, after Israel alleged that a dozen of its employees in Gaza had participated in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks, released its report on Monday. Here are some of its key recommendations to strengthen the neutrality of the agency, known as UNRWA. — UNRWA, established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1949, does not have an executive board but it does have an advisory body, which must put neutrality on its agend
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German frigate Hessen sailors were on watch 12 hours a day in the Red Sea with only seconds to react to threats in the 'worst case scenario'
The German warship spent several weeks deployed to volatile Middle Eastern waters to protect commercial ships from Iran-backed Houthi attacks.
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Hunting for the Birthplace of the World’s Rarest Diamonds
It’s hard to overstate the rarity of the Hope and Koh-i-noor diamonds. The stones, excavated from shallow placer mines in India between 1600-1800, are equally famous for their size and clarity. The Koh-i-noor, which is set in the Queen Mother’s Crown of England but India has demanded back, weighs a titanic 105.6 carats. Together, they […]
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Indigenous groups gathering in Brazil's capital to protest president's land grant decisions
Thousands of Indigenous people began gathering in Brazil's capital on Monday for what was expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and expel illegal miners and land-grabbers from their territories. Holding Lula's government to account appeared to be the focus of this year's 20th Free Land Camp, an annual weeklong encampment of Indigenous people in Brasilia. Last week, Lula created two new reserves, far from the six his g
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Canadian Airline Buys First SAF in Canada from Shell Aviation
Canadian airline WestJet Group has purchased the first sustainable aviation fuel supplied in Canada by Shell Aviation.
3 min read - ScienceGizmodo
Researchers May Have Pinpointed Origin of Hope and Koh-i-Noor Diamonds
The Hope and Koh-i-Noor diamonds—two of the most famous Golconda diamonds—may have come from southern India’s Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, according to a team of researchers that reviewed the possible origin points of the gems.
2 min read - LifestyleBob Vila
16 Things You Should Never Put in the Dishwasher
High water temperature can damage your dinnerware, as can the corrosive alkalies, bleaches, and other chemicals in dishwasher detergents. Narrow-Necked Bottles Photo: istockphoto.com Although narrow-necked bottles can be upcycled for a number of DIY projects, you should never clean them in the dishwasher. Hand-Painted Glass and China Photo: istockphoto.com Neither the delicate hand-painted designs on the heirloom china your grandmother gave you as a wedding gift nor the gold filigree on yo
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Palestinian UN agency must improve neutrality - report
The report adds Israel has not provided "supporting evidence" that many UNRWA staff are members of terror groups.
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Myanmar’s figurehead vice president, a rare holdover from Suu Kyi's civilian government, steps down
Myanmar’s Vice President Henry Van Thio, who served in the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and then continued in the position after the military ousted her to seize power in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media said Monday. State television MRTV announced on Monday night that 65-year-old Van Thio had been allowed to retire from his post for health reasons in accordance with the constitution but did not provide any details of his health or say who, if anyone,
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Argentina economic activity seen plunging 6% in February- Reuters poll
Argentina's economic activity likely plunged 5.9% year-on-year in February, a Reuters poll of market analysts showed on Monday, which would make a fourth straight monthly slide amid tough austerity measures under new libertarian President Javier Milei. The expected slide underscores the impact of Milei's cost-cutting on the real economy, even as it helps to boost the government's fiscal position after years of deficits and to rebuild depleted central bank reserves. According to the mid-April p
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Five future astronauts certified from European Space Agency's 2022 graduating class
Six new recruits of the European Space Agency got to be the latest round of fully-qualified astronauts now eligible for space missions, including a woman from Australia.
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'Best thing' is for everyone to stay 'puzzled' on last week's odd retaliation strike on Iran, Israeli president says
Israel responded to an unprecedented large-scale Iranian attack with a one-off strike on an air-defense system, and that was it.
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Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia
The authorities also outlawed Meta as an extremist organization and blocked Facebook and Instagram in Russia.
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Germany's BASF takes 49% stake in planned Vattenfall offshore project
German chemicals giant BASF is to take a 49% stake in a planned offshore windfarm being built in the North Sea by Sweden's Vattenfall power generator, the two companies announced on Monday. BASF, one of the world's largest chemicals producers, will own half the electricity generated by Nordlicht 1 and 2 for use at its production sites in Europe. Its Ludwigshafen headquarters on the Rhine in Germany will benefit in particular. Vattenfall is to build the windfarms, raising the renewables proportio
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Top EU diplomat urges members to send Patriot systems to Ukraine
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged member states on Monday to send the Patriot air-defence systems requested by Ukraine. "Now everything has been said and a lot of things [have] to be done," Borrell said in a press conference in Luxembourg after a joint meeting of EU foreign and defence ministers. With the front line under heavy pressure by Russian forces, Ukraine has been pleading with allies to send more ammunition and weaponry, especially anti-aircraft systems like the Patriot. Borre
3 min read - BusinessThe Hill
EU to investigate ‘addictive’ TikTok reward feature
The European Commission is investigating TikTok over a feature that launched in France and Spain that offers users the ability to earn points for completing certain tasks on the app, the commission said Monday. The investigation will look into whether TikTok’s “addictive” features of its “TikTok lite” program violated the European Union’s Digital Service Act…
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German president honours contribution of Turkish migrants to economy
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has honoured the achievements of the many Turks who have come to Germany since the 1960s, when they helped to fill the demand for labour and rebuild the country's post-war economy. "They helped build our country, they made it strong and they belong at the heart of our society," he said on Monday at the start of his three-day trip to Turkey, referring to the almost 3 million people of Turkish descent living in Germany today. "They are not people with a mig
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European Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied
For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian. At a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, ESA added the five newcomers to its astronaut corps eligible for missions to the International Space Station, bringing the total to 11. ESA has negotiated with NASA for three places on future Artemis mo
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China's new reusable rocket aces key engine tests
China has made progress on a powerful rocket engine to power its new reusable rockets that are expected to launch the nation's planned crewed moon missions.
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Palestinian Civil Defence: 73 more bodies in Khan Younis mass grave
The bodies of 73 people have been recovered from a mass grave near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the total to 283, the Hamas-controlled Civil Defence organization reported. Whether the bodies were those of Hamas fighters or civilians was not clear. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in response to a question that they were checking the information, which could not be independently verified. IDF troops entered the hospital in February. They reported
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Massive Floods Force Tens of Thousands to Evacuate in China
Authorities have said water levels in China’s Guangdong province are "dangerously high," sweeping through a number of cities.
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French Voice singer hospitalised with bullet wound
A former winner of France's version of The Voice was in hospital on Monday after being shot in the chest, sources familiar with the case told AFP. Singer Kendji Girac was found wounded after police were called to a traveller camp in Biscarrosse on France's southwestern coast.He was playing with the thing and 'bam'," a man called Emilio, who said he was Girac's uncle, told AFP at the camp.
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Armenia asks UN court to throw out Azerbaijan’s claim alleging racial discrimination
Lawyers for Armenia asked the top United Nations court on Monday to throw out a case filed by Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region that accuses Armenia of ethnic cleansing. Azerbaijan launched proceedings at the International Court of Justice in 2021 in the case, less than a week after Armenia brought its own case against Azerbaijan stemming from a 2020 war over Karabakh that killed more than 6,600 people. Azerbaijan asked the court to throw out Armenia ’s case last week.
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German industry urges market reforms at start of Hanover Fair
German industry called for further government reforms to promote economic growth and cut red tape at the opening on Monday of the Hanover Fair, one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs. Amid projections of a decline in industrial production of 1.5% this year compared with last, Siegfried Russwurm, president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), said current reforms launched by Germany's coalition government were completely inadequate. "Despite moderate prospects for recovery, we
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South Africa's ANC loses another court case against rival party led by former president Zuma
South Africa's ruling African National Congress lost a second court case against a new rival party fronted by former President Jacob Zuma on Monday. A judge in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in the eastern city of Durban dismissed the ANC's case alleging copyright infringement against the MK Party for using a name and a logo the ANC claims ownership of. The MK Party was formed late last year and was given added importance ahead of a national election in May when former ANC leader Zuma joined.
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Ukraine says it hit one of Russia's oldest and proudest ships, continuing its rampage against the Black Sea Fleet
The Kommuna, which Ukraine claims to have struck, is a historic ship — but it's also a very real threat in the Black Sea.
3 min read - Businessdpa international
MHero 1: A new Chinese monster SUV rumbles into Europe
China is sending another new radical electric SUV into the European fray in the shape of the brawny MHero 1 from Dongfeng. Standing at at just under five metres long, the new off-roader is not only one of the biggest of its kind, but also stands out from the crowd with its martial design. The MHero looks as if it rolled straight out of an army barracks and its aggressive visuals even include interior door handles shaped like hand guns. The rear lights resemble jet engine thrusters and the chunky
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