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This year’s sales slump is about to get worse, a prominent expert has told the outlet EU automakers are facing their worst months since the Covid-19 pandemic, the German tabloid Bild reported on Thursday, citing a prominent industry expert.Car sales within the bloc have fallen by 200,000 vehicles in the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same period last year and things are set to get worse, Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer told the outlet.Dudenhoeffer is the founder and former director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) – a private institute specializing in industry analysis and transport policy.Sales of electric…

This year’s sales slump is about to get worse, a prominent expert has told the outlet EU automakers are facing their worst months since the Covid-19 pandemic, the German tabloid Bild reported on Thursday, citing a prominent industry expert.Car sales within the bloc have fallen by 200,000 vehicles in the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same period last year and things are set to get worse, Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer told the outlet.Dudenhoeffer is the founder and former director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) – a private institute specializing in industry analysis and transport policy.Sales of electric…

WELLINGTON — Residents reported a tornado sighting on Wednesday afternoon on the west side of Wellington, hours ahead of Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida.The National Weather Service confirmed to The Palm Beach Post a tornado had touched ground near Wellington at about 4 p.m.A Wellington resident first saw the tornado west of the village near Lion Country Safari but later reports said it cut through the Aero Club, a community in the village’s western edge where many residents store and fly private planes.Village Mayor Michael Napoleone said the tornado went through the Binks Forest neighborhood and was visible from…

The US sought a pact with Russia and China that would later be expanded, the former president has said Washington had almost reached an agreement on nuclear weapons with Moscow and Beijing during his time in the White House, former US president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said.Trump made the claim during a two-hour interview with comedian Andrew Schulz, posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.“We were close to a deal for getting rid of nuclear weapons. It would be so good,” Trump said. “I’m talking about Russia, ourselves and China. We would then bring everyone else…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed visa bans on former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, his vice president and their immediate families for corruption.The State Department announced that Correa and his one-time deputy Jorge Glas would no longer be eligible to enter the United States. The ban also applies to their spouses and children.Correa served as Ecuador’s president from 2007 until 2017, adopting political positions often at odds with U.S. policies and notably opening Ecuador’s embassy in London to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he was still wanted by the United States.Correa was convicted in absentia on corruption…

Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,Topline: The City of San Antonio will spend $500,000 on planting trees to provide shade for gorillas, according to the city budget approved this month.Key facts: A San Antonio Zoo spokesperson told the San Antonio Report that the money will be used on “trees for animal wellbeing and guest comfort, providing more shade and greenery within the zoo grounds.”The cash will be taken out of the city’s Tree Canopy Preservation and Mitigation Fund, which charges urban developers for cutting down trees during construction. The fees, worth up to $600 per inch of tree trunk diameter, are…

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 28: People rally in support of the Biden administration’s student loan … [+]Getty Images The Biden administration got a surprise victory this week in an ongoing legal challenge over a key student loan forgiveness program, the latest twist in what has been a rollercoaster year for borrowers. But the win may only be temporary as the litigation continues. A group of Republican-led states had filed a preemptive lawsuit against the Biden administration in September to halt implementation of a sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan. That plan, if enacted, could provide relief to millions of borrowers.…

Topline States began sending out ballots in the November election this week—but election administrators are concerned about whether issues with the U.S. Postal Service will keep them from getting submitted on time, even as the agency insists it’s ready to handle the onslaught of election mail. Allegheny County workers scan mail-in and absentee ballots in Pittsburgh on Nov. 3, 2022. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Key Facts Alabama became the first state to start mailing out general election ballots on Wednesday, after North Carolina, the planned first state, delayed its ballot mailings amid a dispute as Robert…

Kari Lake sits for interview in lieu of debate with Arizona PBS’s Ted Simmons Trump-Endorsed Republican US Senate Nominee Kari Lake is set to face off against her Democrat opponent, Ruben Gallego, tonight in the only televised debate between the two candidates. Arizona’s mail-in ballots were sent out today, marking the official start of early voting in the state. Before early voting began, Gallego refused to attend last week’s first debate with biased pro-Democrat Arizona PBS moderator Ted Simmons. This was reminiscent of the 2022 election, where Democrat Katie Hobbs also refused to debate Kari Lake before stealing the election…

By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you…