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Ford Motors tries to reinvent itself to catch up to Tesla and Elon Musk
Sitting at the wheel of a prototype F-150 pickup truck at the company's test track in Dearborn, Michigan, CEO Jim Farley floored it. From a standing stop, the 4,000-pound truck surged forward and hit 60mph in four seconds
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India stalls WHO's efforts to make global Covid-19 toll public
An ambitious effort by the WHO to calculate the global death toll from the pandemic has found a total of about 15 million died by 2021 end, more than double the official total of 6 million reported by countries individually. But the release of the staggering estimate has been delayed for months because of objections from India
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Ukraine vows to fight to the end in Mariupol as ultimatum expires
Moscow has shifted its military focus to gaining control of the eastern Donbas region and forging a land corridor to already-annexed Crimea
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China economy accelerates in Q1 but virus stalks outlook
The world's second-biggest economy had lost steam in the latter half of last year with a property slump and regulatory crackdowns, pulling down growth
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Notre Dame slowly reviving three years after the fire
The inferno that engulfed the 12th-century Gothic landmark on April 15, 2019, caused its central frame to collapse and ravaged the famous spire, clock and part of the vault—shocking millions around the world
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Feeling lazy about everything? You could be in 'goblin mode'
To go into goblin mode, all you have to do is stay home in your pyjamas and eat "junk food"
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Thai... caviar? Farm produces delicacy in tropical climate
The luxury food, better associated with chilly northern nations, is breaking into the Southeast Asian country's fine-dining scene, with a celebrity cook able to economically serve the roe thanks to an innovative farm outside the capital
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High gas prices drive hunt for electric vehicles
Google searches related to electric cars have skyrocketed, reaching a record number last month. On automotive classifieds website Cars.com, searches for electric vehicles increased 57% from February to March; almost all Super Bowl car ads in February featured EVs
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Etsy and the sameness of Internet fights
What seems to be a fight over a small corner of the Internet is really one of the most enduring battles over our digital world
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World surpasses half a billion known coronavirus cases
Experts however, believe there have almost certainly been far more infections than that among the global population of 7.9 billion, with many going undetected or unreported
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'Clear patterns' of Russian rights abuses found in Ukraine: report
Some of the atrocities may constitute war crimes, said investigators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who examined myriad reports of rapes, abductions and attacks on civilian targets, as well as the use of banned munitions