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BMW two-wheelers to get expensive from January 2025, prices to rise up to 2.5%
3 weeks, 4 days ago

BMW two-wheelers to get expensive from January 2025, prices to rise up to 2.5%

India Today  

BMW Motorrad India has announced a price hike of up to 2.5% across its entire range, effective January 1, 2025. BMW S 1000 RR BMW Motorrad has been operating in India since April 2017 as a BMW Group subsidiary. Designed in Munich, Germany, the locally manufactured models, including the BMW G 310 R, BMW G 310 GS, BMW G 310 …

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'American Railroad' musical project showcases untold immigrant stories
3 weeks, 6 days ago

'American Railroad' musical project showcases untold immigrant stories

Raw Story  

by Maggy DONALDSON The Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens has long made music that sheds light on America's untold stories, and her latest project brings to the fore marginalized groups that built its railroad. The ambitious, multi-year "American Railroad" project tells the story of the transcontinental grid's construction through the lens of workers including African American, Chinese, Japanese, Irish …

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America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West
1 month ago

America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West

NPR  

America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West toggle caption Ann Ronan Picture Library/Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is widely considered to be the first major immigration clampdown in American history. toggle caption Wayne Hsieh/Flickr Central Pacific Railroad ended up deciding to hire Chinese workers, and the …

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Bookshelf | New Books on the Shelves This Fortnight (November 29, 2024)
1 month, 1 week ago

Bookshelf | New Books on the Shelves This Fortnight (November 29, 2024)

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 13, 2024 11:00 IST - 2 MINS READ The Story of Eve: Selected Poems Zehra Nigah, translated by Rakhshanda Jalil Speaking Tiger Rs.499 One of the foremost Urdu poets today, Zehra Nigah engages with seemingly unpoetical themes—war crimes against women, female infanticide, stifling Shariah laws—as well as with subjects like love and relationship. The new novel by …

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T-Boy Wrestling is a sizzling showcase of trans masculinity — sweat, twerking and all
2 months, 1 week ago

T-Boy Wrestling is a sizzling showcase of trans masculinity — sweat, twerking and all

LA Times  

“Dale!” drag king Mauro Cuchi shouts into the mic. “If it helps you figure yourself out, we are happy.” Trans men and trans masculine people are redefining masculinity Frolic and Frot’s adult creator Piranha performs a drag show at the event. “In general, people can’t necessarily look at me and know that I’m trans,” says Devyn Payne, jumping rope outside …

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Deeper cooperation expected
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Deeper cooperation expected

China Daily  

As China forges ahead with its path toward high-quality development and sci-tech self-reliance, Pakistan stands ready to deepen the "ironclad" partnership through enhanced economic cooperation and technological collaboration, said Khalil Hashmi, the nation's top envoy to Beijing. In an exclusive interview with China Daily during his recent trip to Shanghai, Hashmi welcomed the comprehensive decision adopted at the third plenary …

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Boeing CEO acknowledges ‘mistake,’ says midair blowout ‘can never happen again’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Boeing CEO acknowledges ‘mistake,’ says midair blowout ‘can never happen again’

LA Times  

An Alaska Airlines flight takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. The terrifying moment when a door plug to a Boeing 737 Max 9 suddenly blew open while the jet was 16,000 feet in the air was a “mistake” that “can never happen again,” airline Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said during a company town hall. “We hope this …

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Xi scores major diplomatic success in San Francisco
1 year, 1 month ago

Xi scores major diplomatic success in San Francisco

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden at Filoli Estate in the US state of California, Nov 15, 2023. President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States for his summit meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden, as well as the 2023 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco last week, on the outskirts of the United States' …

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With ACC leaders set to take up Stanford, Cal, SMU expansion, 2 UNC trustees announce opposition
1 year, 3 months ago

With ACC leaders set to take up Stanford, Cal, SMU expansion, 2 UNC trustees announce opposition

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! With Atlantic Coast Conference university leaders seemingly on the verge of deciding whether to expand with Stanford, California and SMU, two North Carolina trustees announced Thursday night that a “strong majority” of the board opposes the move. A few hours later, the chairman and vice chairman …

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BMW launches R18 Transcontinental 1800cc cruiser bike in India: Price, features, and more
1 year, 9 months ago

BMW launches R18 Transcontinental 1800cc cruiser bike in India: Price, features, and more

The Hindu  

BMW Motorrad has launched the R18 Transcontinental at ₹31.50 lakh. The R18 Transcontinental also packs in a Marshall Gold Series Stage 2 sound system, with six speakers and a subwoofer. Buyers can further customise the R18 Transcontinental using the BMW Motorrad Accessories range. pic.twitter.com/rScHHoRfPP — BMWMotorrad_IN March 23, 2023 Other standard features include Active Cruise Control — which adjusts the …

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Suspects in Vermont murder for hire case plead not guilty
1 year, 11 months ago

Suspects in Vermont murder for hire case plead not guilty

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two of the three suspects …

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How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US
2 years ago

How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US

BBC  

How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US ClassicStock/Alamy How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US It spread Anglo-European culture across the nation and caused trade to flourish, but the story of the Chinese labourers who built the track has largely been forgotten. Instead, in the 1860s, teams of Chinese labourers blasted through the granite and painstakingly hand-chiselled 15 …

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Today in History: October 26, Shootout at the O.K. Corral
2 years, 1 month ago

Today in History: October 26, Shootout at the O.K. Corral

Associated Press  

Today in history: On October 26th, 1881, four lawmen, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with five outlaws, killing three of them, at the “Shootout at the O.K. New York Yankees first baseman Tino Martinez jumps into the arms of pitcher Mariano Rivera as catcher Jorge Posada, third from right, Scott Brosius and others celebrate after defeating the …

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#WATCH: How on his 72nd birthday, PM Modi uncaged 8 cheetahs from Namibia into India's wilds
2 years, 3 months ago

#WATCH: How on his 72nd birthday, PM Modi uncaged 8 cheetahs from Namibia into India's wilds

Firstpost  

On Saturday, plane carrying eight feline from Namibia landed in Gwalior, as part of the programme to reintroduce cheetahs seven decades after it was declared extinct in India New Delhi: On his 72nd birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday released three cheetahs in quarantine enclosures of Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Today morning, plane carrying eight feline from Namibia …

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How India-Arab-Mediterranean Corridor stands up to China's expansionist BRI programme
2 years, 3 months ago

How India-Arab-Mediterranean Corridor stands up to China's expansionist BRI programme

Firstpost  

The India-Arab-Mediterranean corridor has driven the prominent stakeholders to chart the course of economic cooperation and trade partnership in the manufacturing, food production and processing sectors among others The India-Arab-Mediterranean corridor is the most ambitious project that adds a new dimension to its geo-economic imagination. This corridor links India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Greece through renewed infrastructure diplomacy …

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Two friends, two siblings and more: Who are the eight cheetahs coming to India from Namibia?
2 years, 3 months ago

Two friends, two siblings and more: Who are the eight cheetahs coming to India from Namibia?

Firstpost  

India will be home to the world’s fastest land animal again after the feline was declared extinct in the country in 1952. Five female and three male cheetahs are all set to reach Kuno-Palpur National Park on 17 September as part of the reintroduction programme Two siblings and two friends are among the eight cheetahs that will travel to India …

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Fascinating book of vintage photo postcards reveals life in the U.S during the early 20th century
2 years, 8 months ago

Fascinating book of vintage photo postcards reveals life in the U.S during the early 20th century

Daily Mail  

A gun-toting gang, Roosevelt giving a speech and women posing at the Grand Canyon in their finery. It's revealed that 'real photo postcards' became 'omnipresent' in small towns and large cities across the United States around the turn of the 20th century thanks to leaps in photography technology by the Eastman Kodak Company, which introduced a portable camera in 1903 …

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Russian jewel shines for continent-hoppers
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian jewel shines for continent-hoppers

China Daily  

Elegant Russian architecture makes the streets of Kazan a joy for strolling. Then feast on the cultural melting pot of a multiethnic city where East meets West, Ren Qi reports from Kazan, Russia. If you're thinking of a trip to Russia and want to venture beyond the well-trodden tourists spots of Moscow, St. Petersburg or Sochi, the city of Kazan …

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Russian jewel shines for continent-hoppers
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian jewel shines for continent-hoppers

China Daily  

Elegant Russian architecture makes the streets of Kazan a joy for strolling. Then feast on the cultural melting pot of a multiethnic city where East meets West, Ren Qi reports from Kazan, Russia. If you're thinking of a trip to Russia and want to venture beyond the well-trodden tourists spots of Moscow, St. Petersburg or Sochi, the city of Kazan …

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Embrace of rail brings transport sea change
3 years ago

Embrace of rail brings transport sea change

China Daily  

The Duisburg Intermodal Terminal is a key hub of multimodal transport that comes together under the port of Duisburg. LU YANG/XINHUA German city of Duisburg reaps rewards as hub for China-Europe freight services When the Suez Canal was blocked by the 400-meter-long container vessel Ever Given in March, the headlines around the world gave scant attention to dog leashes and …

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Embrace of rail brings transport sea change
3 years ago

Embrace of rail brings transport sea change

China Daily  

The Duisburg Intermodal Terminal is a key hub of multimodal transport that comes together under the port of Duisburg. LU YANG/XINHUA German city of Duisburg reaps rewards as hub for China-Europe freight services When the Suez Canal was blocked by the 400-meter-long container vessel Ever Given in March, the headlines around the world gave scant attention to dog leashes and …

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The man who filled in the missing gap
3 years, 9 months ago

The man who filled in the missing gap

China Daily  

Corky Lee's picture of descendants of Chinese Transcontinental Railroad builders at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 2014. Again she was at Promontory Summit in Utah, where on May 10,1869, after seven years of construction, the eastward-extending railroad track built by the Central Pacific Company from Sacramento, California, met with the westward-extending one built by the Union Pacific from Omaha, …

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The man who filled in the missing gap
3 years, 9 months ago

The man who filled in the missing gap

China Daily  

Corky Lee's picture of descendants of Chinese Transcontinental Railroad builders at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 2014. Again she was at Promontory Summit in Utah, where on May 10,1869, after seven years of construction, the eastward-extending railroad track built by the Central Pacific Company from Sacramento, California, met with the westward-extending one built by the Union Pacific from Omaha, …

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China eradicated COVID-19 within months. Why won't America learn from them?
3 years, 9 months ago

China eradicated COVID-19 within months. Why won't America learn from them?

Salon  

"There is ample reason to believe that China really has done much better at containing the spread of the virus than other major economies." "I think China has done certainly a better job than the United States in terms of reigning in the virus," Huang told Salon. "If you actually look to East Asian countries, we can see now that …

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