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Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko died Friday at the age of 101 in a Tokyo hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said. It did not announce the cause of death. Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the great-uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II. She has recounted living in a shelter with her husband and their…

Audi A5L launches at 2024 Guangzhou auto show The A5L is a long-wheelbase A5 with a conventional trunk lid A5s bound for the U.S. feature a liftback design The new Audi A5 that goes on sale next spring as the replacement for both the current A5 Sportback and gas-powered A4 is referred to by Audi as a sedan, but that’s a misnomer, as the car is actually a liftback—where a sloped rear window and trunk lid open together as one element. There is a proper sedan version of the new A5 coming, though only for China, where it will be…

Hyundai Motor Company has announced a major leadership change, appointing Spanish businessman José Muñoz as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment, effective January 1, 2025, will see Muñoz succeed Jaehoon Chang, who has been promoted to Vice Chair of Hyundai Motor Group’s Automotive Division. Muñoz will be leaving his post as President and CEO of Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America, where he has worked wonders, overseeing numerous brands and helping pave the way for new models like the Ioniq 5. Hyundai Hyundai Motor Company was founded in 1967 by Chung Ju-yung, 20 years after the birth…

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) spoke out on President-elect Trump’s recent decision to tap environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), calling the former presidential candidate a “fringe conspiracy theorist.”   Murray released a statement Friday morning in response to the appointment, citing Kennedy’s history as an anti-vaccine advocate to back up her criticism. “There is no telling how far a fringe conspiracy theorist like RFK Jr. could set back America in terms of public health, reproductive rights, research and innovation, and so much else,” she said in the statement. “The consequences here are…

Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend Source: abcnews.go.com

Johannesburg — It’s often called the forgotten conflict, but the civil war that has torn Sudan apart for 19 months is fueling the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. In just over a year and a half, 13 million people have been displaced from their homes. At least one overcrowded camp for displaced civilians is already dealing with famine, while other parts of the country are suffering though famine-like conditions.Outbreaks of dengue fever, malaria, cholera and measles are hitting children the hardest, with the collapse of the education system also keeping roughly 90% of Sudan’s kids out of school.Fighting broke out in April…

According to Companies House data, Reap Design Ltd was founded in 2014, but only over the past three or four years has the Reap Bikes brand began to establish itself in the road bike space. Owned by seasoned Ironman triathlete Martin Meir and run alongside his sons, the brand boasts the financial backing of British Olympians Ed Clancy and Jason Kenny, and has garnered itself a reputation for its risk-taking, boundary-pushing innovation. Its existing v-shaped monocoque Vulcan triathlon bike was already evidence of that, but in the halls of the Truman Brewery this weekend at Rouleur Live show, the brand had a…

A startup company based in Modena, Italy, came out of the woodwork this week with a teaser video promising something new on May 22, 2025. The company is called Giamaro, and its video doesn’t show anything car related apart from confirming a quad-turbocharged V-12. It also states that a “formidable power is coming,” likely referring to the engine’s output. Given the company’s base in Modena, often nicknamed Italy’s supercar valley, due to the proximity of Italian performance houses such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Pagani, it’s safe to assume Giamaro’s engine will end up in a supercar of some sorts,…

Jaguar is working on three ultra-luxury EVs to replace its current lineup The first will be a four-door grand tourer debuting in 2025 A concept is expected at 2024 Miami Art Week in early December Jaguar has finally given us a glimpse of its plans, first announced in 2021, to transform into an ultra-luxury brand exclusively selling electric vehicles by as early as 2025. The automaker on Thursday showed a heavily camouflaged prototype of a four-door grand tourer that will be the first of an expected lineup of three vehicles. The Chrysler 300C-style grille looks to be a fake unit…

In a sea of electric crossovers and SUVs, a good ol’ sedan is a nice change of pace. However, there’s still a problem. Nissan’s new EV will be made in China exclusively for the local market. The N7 was developed with local partner Dongfeng through their 50:50 joint venture. If it weren’t for the badge, I’d honestly be hard-pressed to identify this car as a Nissan. If the N7 already looks familiar, Dongfeng Nissan previewed the production model in April with the Epoch concept. It’s a sleek sedan that ticks all the design trend boxes in 2024: split headlights, a…