China's first multi-functional scientific research and archaeological vessel for deep-sea exploration and cultural relics officially docked in Nansha District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province on Saturday.
In the latest installment from their trip to Phoenix, “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal and Washington Post columnist Heather Long visit Native Resources — a plant relocation, nursery and landscape company — that sits at the intersection of conservation and development amid a semiconductor boom. Plus, takeaways from the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting meeting, a check-in with business owners about wages and an update on a Mississippi barge business.
Automaker boasts new Urus SE plug-in hybrid has near-200 mph potential.
The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday it had finalized a suite of rules that aim to cut the plants’ pollution. One such rule, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions []
Its getting harder for Bagong Bayan fishermen to reach their catch and Manila to ignore Chinese provocations.
The facility is forecast to produce 50,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the first phase within 2025, and increase production to 80,000 vehicles by 2028, BoI secretary-general Narit Therdsteerasukdi said.Chery Automobile will be the eighth automaker from China to set up a manufacturing plant in Thailand, joining others including BYD, Great Wall Motor and Changan, according to the BoI.Thailand is a regional auto assembly and export hub which has long been dominated by Japanese brands like...
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars on Wednesday reported an uptick in first-quarter core operating profits driven by strong retail sales.
The Tar Heels defeated Florida State in Charlotte to earn their 12th conference championship.
A permit has been issued to begin the transition to Westinghouse fuel after the first of its supply was delivered for use in unit 5 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, as Bulgaria moves away from past reliance on Russian supplies.
China’s newest, largest and most-advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, took a big step to joining the world’s largest naval fleet on Wednesday as it set out from Shanghai for its first sea trials. The naval assessment is expected to take place in the East China Sea, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from the Jiangnan Shipyard where the carrier has been under construction for more than six years, according to Shanghai’s Maritime Safety Administration. “The sea trials will primarily test the...
Employees at the Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama will vote on joining the UAW next month. The union's new contract with Daimler Truck includes a 25% wage increase over four years. The win will build momentum for the UAW's broad ambitions to unionize more of the U.S. auto sector. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has secured a new labor contract with Daimler Truck at an assembly plant in Alabama and the result may encourage more workers at the nearby Mercedes factory to also vote in favor of...
Zhang Yongzhen stages sit-in protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreakThe first Chinese scientist to publish a genomic sequence of the Covid-19 virus, in defiance of government orders, has been staging a sit-in protest after claiming he was locked out of his laboratory.Zhang Yongzhen, a virologist, said in an online post on Monday that he and his team had been given a sudden eviction notice from their lab, and guards had barred him from entering it over the...