There aren’t many cars that will outpace the Jaguar F-Type R, the 550-hp, AWD coupe from Coventry. But when this particular F-Type R coupe is put to service, it’ll look like it’s standing still—next to the Bloodhound SSC, a rocket-and-jet-powered land speed car aiming to break the 1000-mph barrier. – Every good race team needs a pit vehicle, and Jaguar bedecked this F-Type R in a livery to match Andy
– In the ongoing saga that is the development of Chrysler’s next-generation Town & Country minivan, we’ve seen everything from the likely death of the T&C’s Dodge sibling, the Caravan, to the promise that a plug-in hybrid powertrain option is coming. Between such learnings, we’ve spotted several 2017 Town & Country prototypes testing on public roads, but haven’t heard much more. That changes now, with a typically cavalier exchange between Fiat-Chrysler
– The automotive world and beyond is buzzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from nearly two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them. – * SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR FULL LIST OF AFFECTED VEHICLES
By Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic city of Palmyra in Syria, days after capturing a provincial capital in neighboring Iraq, suggesting the growing momentum of the group which a monitor says now holds half of Syrian territory. The twin successes pile pressure not just on Damascus and Baghdad, but also throw doubt on U.S. strategy to rely almost exclusively on air
China’s land reclamation around reefs in the disputed South China Sea is undermining freedom and stability, and risks provoking tension that could even lead to conflict, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a conference in Jakarta. China claims 90 percent of the South China Sea, which is believed to be rich in oil and gas, its claims overlapping with those of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan.
By Ulf Laessing SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Standing guard at his frontline post, Libyan soldier Mohammed Abu Shager can see where Islamic State militants are holed up with their heavy weaponry less than a kilometer away. The militants have effectively taken over former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s home city of Sirte as they exploit a civil war between two rival governments to expand in North Africa. “Every night they open fire
By Humeyra Pamuk and Nick Tattersall ADANA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014, according to a prosecutor and court testimony from gendarmerie officers seen by Reuters. The witness testimony contradicts Turkey’s denials that it sent arms to Syrian rebels and, by extension, contributed to the rise of Islamic State, now a major
By Lefteris Papadimas and Deepa Babington ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has raised a fresh furor by telling a newspaper that he taped a confidential meeting of euro zone finance ministers, drawing criticism that he was undermining Greece’s efforts to secure aid from lenders. Since assuming his post in January, the outspoken Varoufakis has often found himself in the midst of controversy over his brash style and
By Edmund Blair and Goran Tomasevic BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Street battles and gunfire erupted again in the capital on Thursday as protesters against President Pierre Nkurunziza rejected his calls for calm in Burundi, an ethnic tinderbox with a history of civil war and genocide. The Burundi Red Cross said two protesters were killed as soldiers and police fired tear gas and shots in the air in confrontations with scores of
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to mend fences with Israel’s Arabs at a meeting Thursday with the head of the Arab parties in parliament, Ayman Odeh, after polarising election-day remarks. Netanyahu had caused an uproar when during the March 17 vote he warned that Arabs were being mobilised “in droves” to the ballot boxes, putting his rightwing rule at risk. Following the meeting, their first since the election, Netanyahu said