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Um dirigível equipado com turbinas produz eletricidade a 2.000 metros de altitude na China
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A vast white airship hangs almost silently over a mountainous part of China, held to the ground by a single...
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A tiny change in how you start conversations that may build trust faster
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Key shift: Open with permission + preference - offer value, time-box it, and provide a genuine choice - to build...
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A maior fonte de terras raras estava escondida em nossos resíduos industriais
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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While governments race to secure new mineral deposits, a quieter opportunity is emerging in an unlikely place: vast mounds of...
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Is France in industrial decline? This French company is about to break a world record in the strategic subsea cable race
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While arguments in France swirl around deindustrialisation, one of the country’s flagship industrial groups is quietly preparing something most nations...
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When a retiree’s “harmless favor” for a struggling beekeeper mutates into a crushing farm tax bill that rips open class resentments, pits hardline “rule of law” purists against compassion-first neighbors, and forces a country to decide whether bureaucratic loyalty is nobler than mercy for those whose only crime was letting a few bees live on their land
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The old Renault rattled up the dirt track as though it could do it with its eyes shut. Michel, 72,...
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Retirement disaster: how a well?meaning pensioner who lent his field to a local beekeeper now faces a crushing agricultural tax bill ‘I’m not making any money from this at all’ – a story that tears communities apart
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On a mild spring afternoon, under a thin sunlight that seems to brighten every shade, John Walker stood by the...
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Retirement ruined or tax justice served as a landowner who lent fields to a beekeeper is ordered to pay agricultural levies despite claiming he earned nothing, igniting a bitter nationwide debate over whether goodwill should be punished or profitable loopholes finally closed
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On a dull Tuesday morning, Gérard takes his usual slow walk along the boundary of his field, hands buried in...
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French nuclear power is living a true “golden age” as a third company files a reactor with the safety regulator
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In the space of only a few months, three young firms have moved their small and advanced reactor plans from...
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Eu achava que estava ajudando”: por que amassar garrafas plásticas é uma falsa boa ideia
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In the rush to tidy the kitchen or take the rubbish out, one small action has become a quiet habit:...
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One of the most reliable brands in the world has admitted it, electric cars are ultimately not their goal
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The press conference had all the ingredients of a snooze-fest: tidy ranks of chairs, identical water bottles lined up on...
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First EU country to restrict fuel: Slovenia introduces daily limit at petrol stations.
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Slovenia has moved swiftly in response to the knock-on effects of the conflict involving Iran and the disruption of the...
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German-style refuelling: the simple trick that cuts your fuel bill
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Across Germany and France, motorists are increasingly discovering that the place and moment you buy fuel can influence the cost...
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It’s official and it’s good news: from March 12, gas stations must display this new mandatory information at the pump
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The person ahead of you at the pump lets out a long sigh, watches the numbers spin upwards, then flicks...
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Bad news for car owners thinking of going electric in 2025 as experts warn of a coming “green tax trap” that could make combustion engines cheaper and more profitable than subsidized EVs
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A man in his mid‑50s stood in front of me, keys to a company car in hand - a brand‑new...
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The United Kingdom goes on the offensive in aircraft engines with hybrid technology borrowed from cars
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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British engineers are steadily redefining how jet engines deliver thrust, borrowing ideas from hybrid cars and placing a major wager...
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Employees in this sector earn more after 50 than they ever did in their 30s
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On a wet Tuesday morning in Lyon, the boardroom carried a familiar atmosphere: silvering hair, understated luxury watches, and a...
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China’s cheap electric cars flood Europe’s streets ‘destroying jobs or saving the planet?’ – a long, uncomfortable story that splits workers, greens, and politicians right down the middle
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On a damp Tuesday morning in Lyon - the sort of day when scooters spray water off the tarmac -...
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2,500 km without recharging : carbon batteries change the game for electric cars and drones
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Engineers are beginning to treat carbon fibre as more than a structural champion: it is being reimagined as an energy...
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Canada shifts up a gear on nuclear fusion as first country to take a pure‑play fusion firm public
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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As governments race to secure low-carbon electricity and investors hunt for the next breakthrough, one nation has quietly upped the...
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A production electric car travels 1,350 km: the brand behind this range feat has been revealed
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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A fresh idea aims to take the tension out of EV range worries. Rather than bolting on ever-larger battery packs,...
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Good news: from March 12, gas stations will have to display this new mandatory information at the pump
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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The man ahead of me at the petrol station stood there with his receipt, slowly shaking his head and glaring...
