Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 29, 2022
Musk: China leading the world in EVs, renewable energy
Elon Musk on Monday said that whatever the world thinks of China, the country is leading the race in electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy.
Tesla has one of its Gigafactory in Shanghai that is currently facing logistics issues due to Covid-19 lockdowns and is slowly getting back on track.
In a tweet, Musk said: “Few seem to realise that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact.”
Musk, who has refused to manufacture Tesla cars in India unless the government is allowed to sell and provide service to its electric vehicles, has always praised China and its work culture.
Earlier this month, the Tesla CEO Elon said that American people do not want to work while their Chinese counterparts are way better when it comes to finishing the job.
The world’s richest man, during the ‘Financial Times Future of the Car’ summit, said that China is a land of super-talented people.
“I think there will be some very strong companies coming out of China, there are just a lot of super-talented hardworking people in China who strongly believe in manufacturing,” he told the audience.
“They won’t just be burning the midnight oil, they will be burning the 3am oil, they won’t even leave the factory type of thing, whereas in America people are trying to avoid going to work at all,” Musk added.
(Source: IANS)
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Russia promises stable gas supply to Serbia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that his country will continue to supply natural gas to Serbia uninterruptedly, during a phone call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Putin and Vucic discussed bilateral relations in detail, including “steps to expand mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation,” and exchanged views on the “situation in Ukraine and developments around Kosovo,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
It added that the leaders reaffirmed their common position to strengthen the strategic partnership between Russia and Serbia.
(Source: ANI/Xinhua)
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Palestinian presidency rejects Israeli PM’s remarks on Jerusalem
The Palestinian presidency on Sunday rejected the remarks of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in which he said that “Jerusalem is a unified city.”
Palestinian Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a press statement that “East Jerusalem and all its holy sites will remain the eternal capital of the state of Palestine under the United Nations resolutions and international law.”
“Security and stability would never be achieved in the region as long as Israel continues its war on the Palestinian people and their land,” he said.
Abu Rudeineh added the only way to achieve stability and everlasting peace is “to gain the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, mainly establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
“The Israeli remarks will never give legitimacy to the occupation of the city of Jerusalem,” he noted, adding that the US is requested to bear its responsibilities “to stop the Israeli violations and stop its double-standard policy.”
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)
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Washington, D.C. residents pay tribute to victims of Uvalde school shooting
Dozens of residents in northwest Washington, DC on Sunday paid tribute to victims of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Organizers displayed 21 empty chairs standing for 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde shootout on a lawn outside a local church.
A lady read their names one by one, echoed by residents attending the memorial at noon.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden traveled to Uvalde on Sunday to meet with the families of the victims and survivors of the massacre.
They also visited a memorial constructed outside Robb Elementary School — the site of the horrific shooting that occurred on Tuesday.
“From the benefit of hindsight, where I’m sitting now, of course, it was not the right decision,” said Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
McCraw said of the commander’s decision to wait for tactical teams to arrive to storm the classroom. “It was the wrong decision, period.”
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)
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Nepal plane crash: All 22 people on board suspected dead, 14 bodies recovered
All 22 people on board the Tara Air plane that crashed in Nepal’s Mustang District on Sunday are suspected dead and 14 bodies have been recovered from the incident site.
“We have suspected all the passengers on board the aircraft have lost their lives. Our preliminary assessment has shown that no one could have survived the crash but the official statement is due,” Phadindra Mani Pokhrel, spokesperson for Home Ministry told ANI on Monday.
Officials present at the plane crash site have recovered 14 bodies till now. The bodies will be flown to Kathmandu for postmortem, they said.
(Source: ANI)
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Court jails Egyptian former presidential candidate for 15 years
An Egyptian court sentenced former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several prominent figures from the banned Muslim Brotherhood to lengthy jail terms on Sunday on accusations including plotting to overthrow the state.
Aboul Fotouh, who is in his early 70s and according to his family suffers from several medical conditions, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, subject to appeal, the court ruling said.
Rights groups say thousands of politicians, activists and journalists are detained in Egypt after unfair trials or without legal basis.
Aboul Fotouh quit the Muslim Brotherhood in 2011 after disagreements over the role of religion in politics and founded the more centrist Strong Egypt party, launching an independent bid for the presidency in 2012.
(Source: Reuters News)
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Elon Musk outlines his plan for Twitter
Elon Musk plans to gear Twitter towards “80 percent of the population”.
The Tesla boss is trying to buy the micro-blogging platform but he has now predicted that his version of Twitter would frustrate “the far left and far right”.
Musk, who is the world’s richest man, said on the platform: “If I were to own Twitter, it would be geared towards the middle 80 percent of the population, so technically the far left and far right would probably be dissatisfied.”
In a subsequent tweet, Musk confessed to feeling “a bit sad”.
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