Paraguay Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano speaks during a press conference during his visit in Taipei, Taiwan. Chiang Ying-ying/AP hide caption toggle caption Chiang Ying-ying/AP ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Paraguay announced Tuesday that it was recalling its ambassador to Brazil a day after Brazilian authorities acknowledged that their country’s intelligence agency spied on Paraguayan officials in … Read more
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch pilot projects in nine cities that would use the country’s growing fleet of electric vehicles as batteries to shore up power supply on the grid during spikes in demand, according to a government announcement on Wednesday. The move follows on rules issued last year by … Read more
Anger over the Trump Administration’s tariffs and rhetoric will likely cause international travel to the U.S. to fall even further than expected this year, an influential travel forecasting company said Tuesday. Tourism Economics said it expects the number of people arriving in the U.S. from abroad to decline by 9.4% this year. That’s almost twice … Read more
Read the full story on Backfire News BMW Once Restored Elvis Presley’s BMW 507 Roadster Almost a decade ago BMW made a huge stir when it revealed Elvis Presley’s fully restored BMW 507. The little white roadster was a thing of legend, a ride owned by none other than the King of Rock himself while … Read more
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Algeria said Tuesday it shot down a military drone near the country’s border with Mali in the first incident of its kind during growing tensions between the two countries governing a vast portion of the Sahara. The country’s army said in a statement that the armed reconnaissance drone had entered Algerian … Read more
World economies are jittery ahead of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” when he is set to unleash tariffs against multiple countries. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images World economies are jittery ahead of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” when he is set to unleash tariffs against multiple … Read more
The world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, could be on the brink of another civil war. At the heart of the tensions is a power struggle between the country’s president and vice president. Source link
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay announced Tuesday that it was recalling its ambassador to Brazil a day after Brazilian authorities acknowledged that their country’s intelligence agency spied on Paraguayan officials in 2022. Paraguay’s government also said it would suspend negotiations with Brazil over the massive hydroelectric dam it jointly operates with its more powerful neighbor. … Read more
Sales of electric vehicles worldwide have been growing and the largest manufacturer of EVs is China’s BYD. Their global revenue was over $100 billion in 2024, beating Tesla. To keep up that growth and to try to stave off the pain of U.S. tariffs, BYD is expanding in emerging markets. One of the markets where … Read more
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kim Aris, son of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about her imprisonment and why he’s advocating for her release. Source link