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Trump Says Scrapping California Electric Vehicle Rules

This is Beirut, 12/06 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Donald Trump USA Tariffs California Electric Vehicles

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday the scrapping of California's landmark mandate to phase out gas-powered cars in favor of electric vehicles, saying he wanted to save the auto industry from "destruction." The move, a rebuke of Democratic climate change policies, comes as the state planned to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by ...

Mass Arrests in Los Angeles During Curfew

This is Beirut, 11/06 11:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Los Angeles police began arresting people in the city's downtown late Tuesday, as groups gathered in violation of an overnight curfew after a fifth day of protests against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Looting and vandalism in the second-biggest US city have marred the largely peaceful protests over ramped-up arrests by ...

LA Protests Turn Spotlight on California's Ambitious Governor

This is Beirut, 10/06 15:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Immigration protests in Los Angeles are proving a stern test of Gavin Newsom's leadership of California, but the unrest also hands the ambitious governor a unique opportunity, say analysts, as he weighs a presidential run in 2028. Rarely a shrinking violet, the 57-year-old chief executive of the country's largest and richest state has eagerly ...

Several Dead in Fiery Plane Crash on California Neighborhood

This is Beirut, 23/05 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States California Accident

Several people were killed when a small plane crashed in a California neighborhood before dawn Thursday, destroying a home and setting more than a dozen cars on fire. At least 10 houses were hit by debris and vehicles on both sides of a street went up in flames when the Cessna 550 slammed into the ground, spewing burning jet fuel in a part of San ...

California Sues US Government Over Trump Tariffs

This is Beirut, 17/04 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States California Government Justice Tariffs

California is suing the federal government over Donald Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs, the governor and attorney general said Wednesday, claiming the American president does not have the right to impose them. The move marks the strongest pushback yet against a tariff roll-out that has sent global stock markets into meltdown, and left ...

Death Toll From Los Angeles Fires Rises, with Dangerous Winds Incoming

This is Beirut, 13/01 16:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Firefighters were battling massive wildfires Monday that have ravaged Los Angeles and killed at least 24 people, with officials warning of incoming dangerous winds that could whip up the blazes further. The fires ripped through the United States' second-largest city for the seventh day, reducing whole communities to scorched rubble and ...

Tsunami Warning After 7.0 Quake Off California Coast

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 22:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

California Earthquake Tsunami

A powerful earthquake struck Thursday off the coast of northern California, sparking a tsunami warning, US seismologists said. The 7.0-magnitude quake was recorded at a depth of just 10 kilometers (six miles), almost 100 kilometers west-southwest of Ferndale, according to the United States Geological Survey. "Based on preliminary earthquake ...

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