Photo Credit: Getty Images After recent news of a $1 trillion pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, memecoin creators dumped new cryptocurrencies and scammed buyers out of their hard-earned money. What’s happening? A recent investment approval from Tesla shareholders could see Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire. In discussing his plans for Optimus humanoid…
A hotel in China which offers a special morning call service that allows guests to play with a lion cub in their room has attracted much attention on social media. Videos of an employee showing a lion cub into a room at the Happy Countryside Resort in Niujiao Village in Suqian, eastern Jiangsu province, have…
On any day during her eight years as first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama said she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a counterpart from another country to digging in her vegetable garden with groups of schoolchildren. And her clothes had to be ready for that. There was too much…
BEIJING — Japan raised objections Saturday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over the new Japanese leader’s remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down. The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, urged China to take “appropriate measures,” Japan’s…
A year after its launch, BCA’s Battery Health Grading technology is reshaping the U.K.’s used electric vehicle market, and it’s doing so in a way that could make owning and reselling EVs easier, smarter, and more sustainable for everyone, EV Powered reported. Introduced in 2024 in partnership with Aviloo, the system uses advanced diagnostic testing…
PHILADELPHIA — Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta. Mamma mia. It started with the U.S. Commerce Department launching what it says was a routine antidumping review, based on allegations Italian pasta makers sold product into the US at below-market prices and…
Rachel Reeves, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, delivers a speech in London, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images British government bond yields rose sharply on Friday following reports Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is no longer planning to raise income tax rates in the Autumn Budget later this month. The yield…
LOS ANGELES — Inside Project ReWear’s Newbury Park warehouse, the racks are full — but nothing here is brand new. What You Need To Know America Recycles Day is Nov. 15 Textile waste continues to increase in the U.S. due to a variety of factors, including a shift toward fast fashion by the apparel industry…
Key Points XPeng generated excitement among investors at its AI Day last week. The EV maker set a new monthly vehicle delivery record in October. XPeng is scheduled to provide its third-quarter update on Monday, Nov. 17. Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makerXPeng(NYSE: XPEV) has bucked the “risk off” trade this week, rising as much as…
ST. ALBANS — A new collaboration is turning locally-made fabric scraps into one-of-a-kind fashion. Lise-Anne Cooledge, founder of Project Vermont in St. Albans, is sewing tote bags for Warren, a new clothing brand based in Woodstock, Vt. Launched at the end of October, the bags are made of leftover flannel from Warren’s shirts, keeping the…