AUGUST 25, 2022
A wider portfolio with feature-loaded models having higher safety ratings has enabled Indian original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like Tata Motors and Mahindra to march past Korean companies like Hyundai and Kia in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment during the first seven months of CY22.
From January to July, the passenger vehicle (PV) segment recorded total volumes of...
AUGUST 22, 2022
Donald Trump, Bill Barr in in Washington, DC on May 22, 2019 (Photo by Jim Watson for AFP)
Last week, a Washington court of appeals ruled that former Attorney General Bill Barr lied about Donald Trump's involvement in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 campaign cycle. Just days prior to Mueller's report being...
AUGUST 24, 2022
An eco-friendly form of air conditioning that could massively reduce the environmental harm caused by current AC units has been developed by scientists.
Existing air conditioning is a huge driver of global warming because the refrigerants it uses are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide and cause huge amounts of damage when they accidentally leak.
The new...
AUGUST 24, 2022
New Delhi: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, Asia's richest man, is making his biggest media bet with a bid to buy a majority stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV).
Adani's coal-to-edible-oils conglomerate has been on a deals spree over the past two years.
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A unit of the Adani group used financial rights in a bid to buy a 29.18% stake...
AUGUST 24, 2022
Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) became the most recent retailer to see its results disintegrate following other retailers, led in size by Target. Macy's excuse looked like the others: we don’t have the inventory of what shoppers want, but we have too much inventory. It remains hard to see how seasoned executives could bungle such a critical aspect...
AUGUST 24, 2022
An illegal road inside a protected area called Terra do Meio (Middle Earth) Ecological Station in Pará state, in the Brazilian Amazon. The dirt road is now only a few miles shy of connecting two of the worst areas of deforestation in the region. (Xingu + Network via AP)
An illegal dirt road ripping through protected areas in...
AUGUST 24, 2022
Paxlovid may provide little benefit for adults younger than 65 with COVID-19 while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for higher-risk seniors, according to a new study from Israel. (Stephanie Nano / Associated Press)
Pfizer's COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for adults under 65 while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and...
AUGUST 24, 2022
Hundreds of people gather in Atlanta on March 20, 2021, to protest the killing of eight people, six of them Asian, in Atlanta area massage businesses shootings.
As anti-Asian attacks surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, California psychotherapist Felicia Ortiz noticed she was seeing more Asian American clients than usual.
Brutal images of Asian Americans being beaten, spit on, or called...
AUGUST 24, 2022
Airlines are struggling in this current economic climate. After gaining a monetary uptick in 2o21, carriers have struggled to keep up with the demand for excessive traveling. Countless flight delays and cancellations have occurred from the beginning of this year throughout the summer, frustrating customers and airline staff alike. One major airline, ExpressJet Airlines, is facing bankruptcy...
AUGUST 24, 2022
The National Archives was particularly looking for correspondence between former President Donald J. Trump and North Korea’s leader, and a letter former President Barack Obama had left in the Oval Office for Mr. Trump. - Jamie Kelter Davis / NY Times
Less than four months after former President Donald J. Trump left office, the general counsel...
