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The US’s only street-legal electric microcar just got big upgrades

The US’s only street-legal electric microcar just got big upgrades

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There’s a growing push in the US to rethink what a “car” really needs to be, as more Americans than ever embrace alternatives from e-bikes to golf carts, among other car alternatives. Wink Motors is the latest company betting that smaller, slower, and cheaper might actually be the smarter answer for a lot of drivers. But Wink has a different approach, focusing on those who want to retain the benefits of a traditional car without all the extra cost or hassle. The company just announced the launch of its Wink Mark3 electric microcar, a fully enclosed, street-legal vehicle designed specifically to meet and exceed US federal low-speed vehicle (LSV) regulations. And unlike many low-cost EVs that hide key features behind pricy options lists, Wink is positioning this one as fully loaded out of the box. Advertisement – scroll for more content The 2026 Wink Motors Mark3 electric microcar was recently launched in the US A tiny car built for real streets Microcars are still a foreign concept in the US, but they aren’t a new …

US deploys USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship to Middle East

US deploys USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship to Middle East

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The US is sending an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and its Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East according to a report by Axios quoting a senior US official. This includes personnel, F-35 fighter jets and warships. The decision comes as both President Trump and his defense secretary Pete Hegseth say the war is going very well for the United States. Story by Morgan Ayre. Keywords for this article Source link

US’s Hegseth claims new Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei injured | US-Israel war on Iran News

US’s Hegseth claims new Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei injured | US-Israel war on Iran News

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Pete Hegseth’s remarks come a day after Khamenei pledged to keep fighting in first statement since he was named leader. Listen to this article | 3 mins info United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has claimed that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been wounded in US-Israeli attacks on the country. During a news conference at the Pentagon on Friday, Hegseth said Khamenei “is wounded and likely disfigured”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “He put our statement yesterday – a weak one actually – but there was no voice, and there was no video. It was a written statement,” Hegseth said. The Pentagon chief did not provide evidence for his assessment, and Iran has not given any details about Khamenei’s condition. Iranian leaders also did not immediately respond to Hegseth’s claims. Khamenei on Thursday issued his first public statement since taking over as supreme leader following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, the first day of the United States and Israeli assault on Iran. In written remarks …

The US’s largest clean energy project just installed 242 giant wind turbines

The US’s largest clean energy project just installed 242 giant wind turbines

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Photo: Vestas Vestas has finished installing its wind turbines in New Mexico at Pattern Energy’s SunZia, the largest clean energy project in the US. The wind turbine manufacturer installed 242 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines at the 3.5 GW wind farm, which is the largest onshore wind farm in the US. It’s built across New Mexico’s counties of Torrance, Lincoln, and San Miguel. The wind farm also features 674 GE Vernova 3.6-154 turbines and 10 substations. The largest clean energy project in the US comprises two arms: SunZia Wind and SunZia Transmission. The latter is a 550-mile (885 km) ± 525 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line between central New Mexico and south-central Arizona. When complete, it will have the capacity to transport 3,000 MW of clean energy to power around 320,000 US households, or nearly 800,000 people. SunZia Transmission will enable SunZia Wind to supply customers in Arizona and the US Southwest during the early evening hours, when demand is high but renewable energy supply is low. It’s going to use the same corridor as the Western …

US’s Rubio tries to justify attacks on Iran as driven by self-defence | Israel-Iran conflict

US’s Rubio tries to justify attacks on Iran as driven by self-defence | Israel-Iran conflict

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NewsFeed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has tried to justify the coordinated attacks with Israel on Iran since Saturday as driven by self-defence, adding that the US objective is not to overthrow the government but wipe out Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities. Published On 3 Mar 20263 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Oman’s foreign minister meets with US’s Vance as Iran tensions rise | Nuclear Weapons News

Oman’s foreign minister meets with US’s Vance as Iran tensions rise | Nuclear Weapons News

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Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, the key mediator in US-Iran nuclear talks, meets with JD Vance in Washington, DC. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 27 Feb 202627 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi has met with United States Vice President JD Vance, amid growing fears grow of a potential US attack on Iran. Al Busaidi, a key mediator in ongoing talks between the US and Iran, met with Vance in Washington, DC on Friday. He said the nuclear negotiations have so far achieved significant, important, and unprecedented progress, according to the Oman News Agency. The meeting focused on the indirect talks which are being mediated by Oman. American and Iranian officials held the latest round of negotiations in Geneva on Thursday. Since resuming talks last month, the US has said it wants Iran to dismantle its nuclear infrastructure entirely, limit its arsenal of ballistic missiles and stop supporting regional allies. While Tehran has shown …

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’ | Al Jazeera

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’ | Al Jazeera

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The United States has hosted its first critical minerals summit aimed at challenging China’s dominance of the global supply chain for rare earth elements. But political economist Stefan Zylinski warns that Global South countries are likely to bear the greatest cost from any plan conceived by the Global North. Published On 5 Feb 20265 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link

What Gazans are saying about the US’s ‘New Gaza’ plan

What Gazans are saying about the US’s ‘New Gaza’ plan

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A street market in Khan Yunis, Gaza, January 23, 2026. ABDEL KAREEM HANA/AP On the phone, Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network in Gaza, was highly critical. The plan for Gaza unveiled on Thursday, January 22, at Davos by the US administration was unacceptable, he said. US officials presented their vision of a “New Gaza” before the “Board of Peace,” an initiative led by Donald Trump with the thinly veiled goal of replacing the United Nations, which the US president openly disdains. The plan aspires to transform the Palestinian territory into a luxurious seaside resort lined with skyscrapers. “It could be a hope. It could be a destination, have a lot of industry and really be a place that the people there can thrive, have great employment,” said Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. “We were surprised to see an image published by Jared Kushner showing what Gaza should look like, without anyone consulting us about what we want,” said Shawa over the phone. Israel continues to bar foreign journalists from entering the Gaza …

Former government insider takes aim at US’s policy on Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict

Former government insider takes aim at US’s policy on Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict

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Centre Stage Taking centre stage is Josh Paul, former director of congressional and public affairs at the US Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. In 2023, Paul resigned in protest over the US’s role in enabling Israel’s war on Gaza. Since then, he has co-founded A New Policy, a political organisation pushing for change in US policy towards Palestine and Israel. Paul discusses his resignation, whether Washington has learned anything and if the US is doomed to repeat its mistakes. Published On 22 Jan 202622 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link

US’s largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump

US’s largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump

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Photo: Dominion Energy In a setback to Trump’s anti-offshore wind crusade, a federal judge today issued an order granting Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the US’s largest wind farm, the 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Judge Jamar Walker of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has cleared Dominion to restart construction on its $11.2 billion project while the company’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Interior Department moves forward. This marks the third offshore wind project to get a court-ordered green light to resume construction this week – joining Revolution Wind and Empire Wind – while Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts has now gone to court seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. Dominion Energy was the first to sue the Trump administration after the US Department of the Interior ordered five offshore wind projects currently under construction to stop offshore work on December 22. Advertisement – scroll for more content The basis of the Trump administration’s claim was that offshore …