World politics

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Take that, Herr Elno!

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Plans to deport displaced Palestinians get next to no coverage in US media.

https://archive.ph/SlQVK

A comment from an official in US President Donald Trump’s transition team has ignited an uproar in Indonesia by suggesting the relocation of some of the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza to the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, a plan Indonesian officials have strongly denied and denounced.

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BYD and XPeng make reasonably priced small electric cars to appeal to a market that the western automakers have abandoned.

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Good luck Mr. Milei. You gonna need It.

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I seen a lot of Chinese cars around here. Like BYD, Maxus, MG, Polestar/Volvo and Voyah.

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Yeah, they’re moving into the European market, but have been shut out of the Canada and the US so far. I believe they are moving into some South American countries. So Canada and the US have only the legacy car makers and tesla to choose from at this point.

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Trigger warning for racism & sexism, etc.:

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Lots of BYD here in Australia.

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Maybe Canada will ease up on BYD and XPeng, and give us alternatives to teslas and legacy car makers, now that Musk has outed himself.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-appears-video-german-far-right-campaign-event-2025-01-25/

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Europe, UK weigh up how to respond to Trump’s proposed tariffs. One WTF or two?

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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-petro-will-not-allow-us-planes-return-migrants-2025-01-26/

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Sounds like the UK should reverse their breakup.

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