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Hit Them In The Pocket: How Cities Are Going After SUVs
Two decades after London began moves to clamp down on sports utility vehicles, Parisians on Sunday will vote on whether to squeeze the gas-guzzlers out of town by tripling their…
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Mexico City Bullfights Hit With New Suspension
A man wearing a traditional hat watches a bullfight at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City AFP A judge has ordered another suspension of bullfighting in Mexico City, days…
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US Says It Hit Huthi Missile That Threatened American Planes
American forces destroyed a missile belonging to Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels on Wednesday that posed an “imminent threat” to US aircraft, the military said. The United States has carried out…
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UN Confirms Europe Hit Record High Temperature In 2021
The World Meteorological Organisation confirmed on Tuesday that continental Europe recorded in 2021 its highest ever temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit), and warned that new extremes were expected.…
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Alaska Airlines Says Expects $150 Mn Hit From 737 MAX Grounding
Alaska Airlines said Thursday it expects a $150 million hit from the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, which will limit its capacity growth in 2024. The airline, which executed an emergency…
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‘We Don’t Hit Women’: How Yakuza Differs From GTA
The “Yakuza” gangster series has long been seen as a Japanese “Grand Theft Auto” but Masayoshi Yokoyama, one of the main designers of the hugely successful games, dismisses any such…
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Houthis Say US Ship Hit In Gulf Of Aden Attack
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed another attack on a US ship early Friday, after the United States launched fresh strikes on rebel targets over their aggression towards vessels in and around…
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Apple Hit Again With US Ban In Watch Patent Feud
An Apple Watch 9 displays blood-oxygen level detection settings AFP A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered Apple to halt the US sale of its latest smartwatch models in a…
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Paris Olympic Village Hit By French Real Estate Downturn
Real estate developers building the athletes’ village for this year’s Paris Olympics are struggling to find buyers for their apartments once the Games have finished due to a downturn in…
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Hit Chinese TV Series Rekindles Sidelined Shanghainese Dialect
A hit Chinese television series set in gritty but glamorous 1990s Shanghai has sparked a wave of nostalgia for the megacity’s boom years, and reignited interest in its declining dialect.…
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One Dead As French Indian Ocean Island Hit By Major Storm
Hundreds of thousands of people on France’s Indian Ocean island of Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on Monday as a devastating storm that has already…
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White House Hopefuls Flub Chance To Hit Trump In Pre-Iowa Debate
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis pitched Republicans Wednesday on their bids to be the 2024 presidential candidate in the final debate before nominating begins — but spurned repeated chances to…
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Honda Unveils Futuristic EV Designs To Hit US Market In 2026
Japanese automaker Honda unveils two new electric vehicle concepts, the Saloon (foreground) and Space-Hub (on screen) during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 9, 2024…
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Russia Keeps Border Schools Shut As Deadly Strikes Hit Ukraine
Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said Thursday it would keep schools closed beyond the planned end of the winter holidays following unprecedented shelling by Kyiv’s forces, as Ukraine reported several…
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Kremlin Confirms Russian Warship Hit By Ukrainian Strike
The Kremlin on Tuesday acknowledged a Ukrainian attack had damaged a warship in the occupied Crimean port of Feodosia in what Ukraine and its Western allies called a major setback…
