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The indefatigable Bruce Springsteen just launched his aptly bittersweet Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in England, where he preceded three songs in turn with eloquent, furious critiques of the “weird, strange and dangerous shit going on in my home, the America I love” at the hands of “an unfitContinue Reading

Chinese EVs Now Almost As Affordable As Gasoline Cars

Newly released data from the International Energy Agency shows how advanced the Chinese electric vehicle market has become in an international comparison. Next to the limits of charging infrastructure and range, the higher price of electric vehicles has been a major hurdle for buyers all over the world. In China, however, there are now almostContinue Reading

how-apple’s-china-celebration-became-a-conundrum

Factories and consumers in the People’s Republic helped turn the iPhone (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/china-has-spicy-menu-us-trade-war-reprisals-2025-03-19/) maker into a $3 trln giant. Now geopolitical tensions (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/apples-china-detox-is-painful-overdue-2025-05-13/#) are straining the relationship (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/shifting-world-order-suits-inbetweener-economies-2025-04-04/) . In this episode of The Big View podcast, ‘Apple in China’ author Patrick McGee explains why there’s no easy way out. VisitContinue Reading

russia-ukraine-war:-list-of-key-events,-day-1,181

These are the key events on day 1,181 of Russia’s war on Ukraine., Police officers stand guard at a makeshift memorial for the fallen Ukrainian and foreign fighters in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 19, 2025 [Sergei Supinsky/AFP] Here is where things stand on Tuesday, May 20: FightingContinue Reading

volvo-sells-35-electric-trucks-to-swedish-waste-management-company

PreZero, part of the international environmental company PreZero International, which operates in ten European countries, has ordered 35 battery-electric trucks from Volvo. PreZero is also investing in EV charging equipment at the company’s depots in the Stockholm area. PreZero has ordered 24 units of the Volvo FM Low Entry, Volvo’sContinue Reading