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Australia welcomed a draft UNESCO decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered site, its assistant ​tourism minister said on Saturday, despite ongoing struggles of ‌the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem with coral bleaching.

PJM, the largest U.S. power grid operator, said it ordered generators to run at maximum output and bring idle power plants online immediately on Thursday evening, as it faced escalating stress ​from a heat dome.

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Electric school buses have large batteries, some exceeding 200 kilowatt-hours. They can charge when demand is low and send power back ​to the utility. They are often idle in the summer, when electricity demand surges.

According to Autostat, the best-selling EV and hybrid brands in Russia are those of ‌Chinese manufacturers ⁠Geely, Dongfeng, GAC, and Chery. The top Russian-produced EV model is Evolute, which is manufactured from assembly kits supplied by Dongfeng.

NATO to replace US-built AWACS with Saab GlobalEye, sources say

Air New Zealand has 10 787s on order and it ​is looking to trim spending at a time when elevated fuel costs due to the Middle East conflict have piled onto existing pressures, leading the company to forecast its largest pre-tax annual loss in four years in May, and impose two rounds of fare increases.

At least 60,000 metric tons shipped from India, two sources say.

The waivers to the more than century-old Jones Act were ​issued by Trump during the Iran conflict to help ease supply disruptions ​and keep fuel and other critical goods moving between U.S. ⁠ports in an attempt to moderate rising prices. Lawmakers now say ​those emergency conditions have passed and the waivers should end on schedule.

Covert Sino-Russian military training signed off at high level

Covert Sino-Russian military training signed off at high level

Ferrari and BMW are rolling out new models featuring lightweight, cost-effective aluminium wiring, accelerating a shift away from copper, the dominant material in electric wiring since the invention of the electric ​battery two centuries ago.

Executive directors including France and 18 other shareholding countries had signed a letter last October ‌endorsing the ⁠bank’s continued work on climate change, but the largest shareholder, the United States, declined to sign, along with executive directors representing Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, while India and Japan abstained.

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Germany should end a boycott of Russian oil and gas to bolster its flagging economy, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, Alice Weidel, told Reuters as she outlined the party’s ambitions to lead a national government.

Coal-fired power generation seen rising by 1.5-2% this year

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When Yeh Chih-sheng steps aboard Taiwan Coast ​Guard vessel CG1005 in the choppy waters of the Taiwan Strait, he brings more than his ‌uniform and orders: he also has temple charms blessed by the gods revered by fishermen for protection at sea.

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Volkswagen could secure jobs in Germany if it produced auto models there that it currently develops in China, the ​premier of the German state of Lower Saxony, a ‌major shareholder, was quoted as saying.

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… The shareholder meeting provides an opportunity for Son to lay out his ‌vision for ⁠the business and field questions from retail investors.