Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 02:15 PM ET NEW YORK — Belmont Park canceled its thoroughbred racing card on Friday due to poor air quality caused by wildfires in Canada. The New York Racing Association announced the decision early in the afternoon after consulting with the New York State Equine Medical Director, its management and
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Campaigners are calling for the UK to change its travel advice to Egypt, 18 months since a British man detained there was last able to see consular staff in the country. Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a dual UK-Egpyt citizen, has been under lock and key in North Africa for nine of the past 11 years. He
The prosecution has opened its case in the Kevin Spacey trial with claims the actor was a “sexual bully” who “delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable”, and whose “preferred method of assault” was to “grab” other men “aggressively in the crotch”. Spacey is in court in the UK on 12 charges – including
General Motors’ GM Defense division has unveiled a new military electric vehicle based on the GMC Hummer EV. The vehicle has now gone full circle from military Humvee to Hummer to Hummer EV to military Humvee electric. When you think about making vehicles electric, the Hummer is not the first one that comes to most
Less than a month after rolling its first new coupe SUVs off its assembly lines in China, XPeng Motors has officially launched its latest model – the G6. Priced below $30,000, XPeng sees the G6 as a serious competitor to the Tesla Model Y and plenty of other EVs in China. The automaker has a
The State of Michigan – which sees 30% of all truck and rail freight between the US and Canada pass through it – is going to build an electric truck stop with Daimler and DTE Energy. Michigan’s electric truck stop On Thursday, the State of Michigan announced a new prototype program called the “Mobility Charging
The Hyundai Motor Group is already eyeing its second North American EV assembly while its first is still under construction in Bryan County, Georgia. According to Hyundai Auto Canada’s CEO, Don Romano, “Canada’s going to be part of that conversation.” Hyundai initially revealed plans for its first dedicated EV facility in North America last May.
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Petronas sign against the backdrop of the Twin Towers. Goh Seng Chong | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia needs to achieve net zero before the world can do so, according to the CEO of Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company Petronas. “The bulk of the emissions [that] are expected to emit will be produced in
Jonny Bairstow of England removes a “Just Stop Oil” pitch invader during Day One of the Ashes 2nd Test match between England and Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Stu Forster | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The first morning of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s was interrupted when Just Stop Oil protesters ran
Oil rigs on platforms in Gaoyu Lake in east China’s Jiangsu province Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Barcroft Media | Getty Images Oil and gas will continue to be leading sources of energy for decades to come on the back of a lagging energy transition, major industry players said at the Energy Asia conference held in
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google tried to distance itself from a pre-planned drag show featuring longtime performer “Peaches Christ” in San Francisco but employees still attended. Some of them booed their employer for what they viewed as a caving to pressure of an internal religion-led protest. Jennifer Elias A
There are the three things that have come to illuminate the night sky in Nanterre – blue lights, orange flames and the starburst of fireworks. For the first couple of nights, it was the fireworks and flames that seemed to dominate here. The police, already wildly unpopular among many in the district, were outnumbered, pelted
The police officer who shot and killed a teenager during a traffic stop in Paris has asked the family of the boy for forgiveness. His lawyer Laurent-Franck Lienard told BFMTV: “The first words he pronounced were to say sorry and the last words he said were to say sorry to the family. “He is devastated,
Promising growth in British car production could be cut short unless a deal is reached with the European Union (EU) in the coming months, an industry body has warned. Britain recorded the best May for car production in four years, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). But this figure
The government has rejected a recommendation to increase the annual budget for maternity services that was made in the wake of one of the worst baby deaths scandals in NHS history. It has also largely rejected calls from the Women and Equalities Committee to set a target and strategy to end racial disparities in maternal
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