‘Hyundai is turning into the brand new Tesla’
Patrick George at The Atlantic
Many “automakers are hemorrhaging cash on EVs,” however Hyundai “may be uniquely well-equipped to maintain People fascinated with going electrical,” says Patrick George. Hyundai’s “electrical vehicles include value tags, battery ranges, and high-tech options which can be laborious to beat,” and convey “Tesla ranges of know-how to the ‘conventional’ automotive business.” However “finally, Hyundai’s large EV investments in America will check this query: Are People nonetheless prepared to go electrical if they don’t seem to be closely backed to take action?”
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‘Appeasement or punishment: What is going to the US present tyrants?’
Kira Rudik at The Hill
We “do not know what this period will likely be known as in books,” however the “eyes of the entire world are targeted on Ukraine,” says Kira Rudik. No one “is aware of for certain what technique the brand new administration will select concerning the warfare.” Donald Trump “ought to see that what is going on in Ukraine is a precedent that one nation within the twenty first century can merely annex the territory of one other.” That is “not the sign America desires to ship to the world.”
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‘Let’s cease killing animals in shelters and get extra of them adopted out’
Los Angeles Occasions editorial board
Life in an “animal shelter for canines and cats and different creatures which have the misfortune to finish up there’s by no means nice,” however the “overwhelming majority of canines and cats survive in shelters from one 12 months to the subsequent and make it out alive,” says the Los Angeles Occasions editorial board. A “no-kill coverage is a righteous purpose, however saving animals from demise shouldn’t imply subjecting them to a home of horrors contained in the shelters.”
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‘The historical past that Syria’s new leaders might want to overcome’
Sefa Secen at Time
Assad’s fall “marks a pivotal alternative for Syrians to rebuild a social compact, create viable political options, and chart a brighter future for the nation,” says Sefa Secen. However to “reap the benefits of this crossroads, Syrians want to grasp their nation’s post-independence historical past.” This “suggests {that a} profitable transition to a post-Assad Syria would require efforts to foster an inclusive nationwide identification and a political conscience that transcends the sectarian and ethnic divides.”
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