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Oil Companies Blame The Tonga Volcanic Eruption For Oil Spill In Perú
Emergency cleanup efforts are ongoing along the coast of Perú after a reported 953,923 l of oil spilled into the South Pacific. The oil spill allegedly traces back to the Tonga volcanic eruption of January 15, but the Peruvian government nonetheless opened an investigation and could impose $US33 (A$46) million in fines against the oil…
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Rolls-Royce CEO Says People Dying From COVID-19 Helped The Carmaker Increase Sales
Rolls-Royce sold more cars in 2021 than in any previous year in its 117-year history. Its unexpectedly good sales year had little to do with sales of its SUV, the Cullinan, or with the company’s announcement that it plans to go all-electric by 2030. According to the carmaker’s CEO, Torsten Müller-Otvös, its record-breaking sales year…
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It’s a BusTrain
A small town in Japan just celebrated the maiden voyage of its first dual-mode vehicle that combines a train and a bus, and comes with little train wheels that hoist its rubber tires into the air so that it can sit onto the tracks and oh, my god this thing is precious! And why, yes,…
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Colorado Cyclists Traced a Ring of Bike Thieves Down to JUárez, Mexico Using Facebook
A ring of thieves in Colorado has been indicted in a bicycle burglary ring that spanned state lines and international borders and amounted to nearly $US1 million ($2 million) in value of stolen goods and property damage. The thieves targeted mountain bikes throughout Colorado’s Front Range, transported the bikes to the Texas border and finally…