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US tariffs deal stokes ‘monster’ pick-up fears in Europe

[ad_1] The EU and the US have pledged to recognise each other’s automotive standards. Photo: Nicolas TUCAT / AFPSource: AFP Considered powerful, heavy-duty vehicles by their fans and dangerous gas-guzzling “monsters” by detractors — could large pick-up trucks, long a staple on US roads, be about to roam in greater …

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Ukraine’s energy strikes hit Russians at the pump

[ad_1] Petrol price increases have worried many Russians. Photo: Alexander NEMENOV / AFPSource: AFP Watching the price tick higher as he filled up his car, Russian pensioner Oleg railed against the recent surge in petrol prices, pushed higher by Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil infrastructure. Kyiv has been targeting Russian …

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S. Korea workers head home after US immigration raid

[ad_1] Hundreds of South Korean workers were headed back to Seoul after they were netted in a huge US immigration raid at a battery plant. Photo: ANTHONY WALLACE / AFPSource: AFP Hundreds of South Korean workers were headed back to Seoul on Friday after their detention in a US immigration …

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Carmakers to push EU for 2035 combustion-engine ban rethink

[ad_1] European automakers say the EU’s push for electric vehicles ‘is too rigid to produce success’. Photo: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFPSource: AFP Europe’s biggest carmakers are to hold talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday as the industry pressures the bloc to revise plans to end combustion-engine …

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Reactions as Top Gov Vows to Build Rail Line to Abuja

[ad_1] Niger governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has got Nigerians talking after disclosing his administration’s plan to build a rail line from Minna to Abuja The governor, in a trending video, disclosed that the plan was to decongest the Nigerian capital and make Minna, a residential hub for those working in …

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