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More and more carmakers — who will no longer be able to sell new combustion-engine vehicles in Europe from 2035 — are working with tire manufacturers to develop more long-lasting, eco-friendly and even connected tires specifically for electric cars. …

Making ends meet isn’t easy for students. There are many sources of expense, especially when it comes to acquiring all the academic books on a course syllabus. Now, an online service called Perlego is offering students access to a catalog of nearly one…

There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital. As fuel shortages and US sanctions take their toll, and even though electricity generation c…

Palestinians in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip are rediscovering the pleasures of the Mediterranean Sea, after authorities declared the end of a long period of hazardous marine pollution. “It has been a year since I entered the water,” said 22-year-o…

On the outskirts of Vienna, farmer Andreas Gugumuck tosses some extra cereal to thousands of snails inching over planks and lush greenery. Far from being pests, the slow-moving molluscs have become his main produce. “It started as a joke,” said 48-year…

As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike. The night before, designe…

Toblerone will have to drop “Switzerland” from its packaging as the mountain-shaped chocolate will no longer be exclusively produced in its home country from 2023. Established in 1908 in the Tobler family factory, the triangular chocolate has been prod…

When nature calls, who hasn’t ever taken advantage of a swim in the sea to relieve themselves of a pressing urge? But this is a physiological need that local authorities in the Spanish city of Vigo advise you to control if vacationing in the vicinity, …

Arrive early — that’s the advice from the European airports chief to passengers faced with disruption this summer as the air travel industry struggles to meet surging demand after the pandemic. “The clear conjunction of a much quicker recovery with a …

A seemingly simple idea could help blind or visually impaired people to locate the contents of their plate without being obliged to touch the food directly. Using different textures, like raised dots or dashes or a smooth surface to identify food group…