Global News
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What if highways were electric? Germany is testing the idea
There's a debate over how to make the trucking industry free of emissions, and whether batteries or hydrogen fuel cells are the best way to fire up electric motors in big vehicles. Then there's the idea of electrifying highways—it checks many boxes
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Climate change could devastate emperor penguins
The penguins live much of the year on Antarctic sea ice, which is disappearing or breaking apart because of the heat-trapping gases released by humans' use of fossil fuels
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Outside the Olympic cocoon, a Tokyo abuzz only with Cicadas
What is missing are the normal sounds that animate an Olympic host city, a window ajar with the TV broadcasting a thrilling final or a bar crowded with revelers celebrating the latest gold medal. There are few Olympic billboards in Tokyo
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US hits 70 percent vaccination goal—four weeks late
The milestone came a month later than President Joe Biden had hoped even as the country is faced the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant
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What will Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure deal achieve?
The sprawling, $1 trillion bill, a 2,702-page bipartisan deal that is the product of months of negotiating and years of pent-up ambitions to repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure—would amount to the most substantial government expenditure on the aging public works system since 2009
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How a Cuban emigre became a Polish volleyball god
The protests over the lack of food and other basic human needs that took place across Cuba last month also have a lot to do with the story of Wilfredo León, the latest and possibly greatest Cuban sporting export, one more star athlete his nation has lost to the riches of modern sports
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This business trip could have been a Zoom call: Companies rethink travel
A year and a half of forgoing virtually all travel and doing business by video conference has led many business people to conclude that a lot of their previous travel wasn't worth the time and toll on their bodies and mental state, on their families and the environment
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Why elite female athletes are turning away from major sponsors
A growing number of top women athletes, including Simone Biles and former Olympians, have been choosing to strike new types of deals with smaller activewear brands instead of traditional sponsors like Nike
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What if the unvaccinated can't be persuaded?
The unvaccinated often hold their views strongly, and many are making considered, cost-benefit calculations given how they weigh the risks of the virus, and the information sources they trust to inform them of those risks
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Why Turkey's regulators became such a problem for Google
The tension between Turkey and Google reflects how growing animosity toward Silicon Valley giants is popping up even in places like Turkey with little history of antitrust enforcement against the industry
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Biden seeks to revive vaccine effort with new rules and incentives
In a speech from the East Room of the White House, Biden effectively conceded that the worst-in-a-century viral scourge he once thought was under control had come roaring back, threatening public health and the economic recovery that is central to the promise of his presidency