– Even the most astute muscle-car heads may know little to nothing about this 1970 Ford Torino King Cobra, which is currently listed on eBay with a buy-it-now price of $459,900. – That’s because this is a one-of-two (or three) prototypes built by Ford Racing for competition in NASCAR. At that time, NASCAR required homologation; if a car was going to race, a minimum number (500 in the 1960s) of
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4:40 p.m. (1440 GMT, 10:40 a.m. EDT) German finance chief Wolfgang Schaeuble has not offered any indication that Greece’s creditor countries are willing to ease their demands in the talks. Ahead of the …
PARIS (AP) — Jeremy Irons is a member of acting’s most elite group, with an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy to his name. But at 66, an age when some might consider retirement, the dapper English actor could not be doing more.
-Sadly, the Car and Driver time machine was irreparably damaged recently in an attempt to go back to 1982 and uninvent the Cadillac Cimarron. But let’s imagine for a moment it’s still working, and that we can use it to send this brand-new Honda Civic Type R 10 years into the past. READ MORE ›› –
By Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-backed electoral reform package criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic, easing for now the prospect of fresh mass protests in the financial hub. Beijing had pressured and cajoled the city’s pro-democracy lawmakers to back the blueprint that would have allowed a direct vote for the city’s chief executive, but with
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” and plunging the Catholic Church into political controversy over climate change. In the first papal document dedicated to the environment, he called for “decisive action, here and now,” to stop environmental degradation and
Boko Haram militants attacked two villages in southern Niger’s Diffa region overnight, killing at least 30 civilians, two security sources said on Thursday. Its government has declared a state of emergency for the region and has arrested more than 600 people it accuses of links to the group.
A senior U.S. State Department official played down on Thursday an announcement by Russia that it will add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year. “Those kinds of announcements when made publicly like that obviously have a rattling effect,” Victoria Nuland, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs, told reporters on a visit to the Czech capital. “When we look at what is