2016 Lexus ES: Easy-Livin’ Luxury, Updated – Official Photos and Info
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2016 Lexus ES: Easy-Livin’ Luxury, Updated – Official Photos and Info
Socket to Me: Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid Announced, Detailed
– So either the 2016 Cadillac CT6 is going to get absolutely terrible fuel economy or the plug-in-hybrid version of the same car is going to get outstanding fuel economy. We say this because, while official fuel-economy estimates for the regular CT6 aren’t yet available, Cadillac is claiming that the plug-in-hybrid variant that just debuted at the 2015 Shanghai auto show will “achieve fuel economy more than double that of
EU ministers discuss migrant crisis as shipwrecked bodies brought ashore
By James Mackenzie and Robin Emmott CATANIA, Italy/LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers met on Monday under pressure to produce more than words to save migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, as the first bodies were brought on shore of hundreds feared killed in a shipwreck while trying to reach Europe. Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said as many as 900 people may have died off the coast of Libya when
Air strike on missile base in Yemen capital kills at least seven
An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa caused a big explosion that blew out windows in homes, killing seven civilians and wounding dozens, medical sources told Reuters. Yemen’s state news agency Saba, run by the Houthi movement which controls the capital, said the bombing resulted in “dozens of martyrs and hundreds of wounded,” citing a government official. Saudi Arabia has led an alliance of
Islamic State shoots and beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya: video
By Sylvia Westall CAIRO (Reuters) – A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of the video, but the killings resemble past violence carried out by Islamic State, an ultra-hardline group that has expanded its reach from strongholds in Iraq and Syria to
China, Pakistan launch economic corridor plan worth $46 billion
By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – China and Pakistan launched a plan on Monday for energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan worth $46 billion, linking their economies and underscoring China’s economic ambitions in Asia and beyond. China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Pakistan to oversee the signing of agreements aimed at establishing a Pakistan-China Economic Corridor between Pakistan’s southern Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea and China’s western Xinjiang region.
Inside the big business of little presidential campaign souvenirs
Heading back to Washington from Las Vegas just days after announcing his presidential candidacy, Sen. Rand Paul (R.-Ky.) huddled with some of his top advisers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight. The candidate had to make a spot decision. It wasn’t a burning policy question, delicate staffing change or coveted endorsement that engrossed him that day but the kind of choice unique to modern presidential campaigns. Poring over an iPad that
High security, cold weather greet Boston Marathon runners
Tens of thousands of runners and hundreds of thousands of fans are expected.
EU has 'no more excuses' on migrants after Mediterranean tragedy
EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Monday the bloc had “no more excuses” not to act to halt the flood of migrants as Italy and Malta continued to look for survivors from the latest shipwreck. More than 700 people are feared dead after a fishing boat crammed with migrants seeking a better life in Europe capsized off Libya, with some survivors suggesting nearly 1,000 could have been on board.
White House fence climber arrested
US Secret Service agents arrested an intruder who scaled the White House fence late Sunday, officials said. The individual was immediately arrested while climbing the fence on the south side of the presidential mansion, Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said in a statement. Secret Service agents, whose job it is to protect the president, have been on high alert in recent months following a string of high-profile security breaches at