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CHANG-AN Opens First Overseas EV Plant in Thailand
Published on 20/05/2025
» CHANG-AN Inaugurates Landmark Overseas Manufacturing Facility in Thailand, Strengthening Regional Leadership and Powering National EV Hub Ambitions
Ukraine mechanics turn rally cars into 'combat buggies'
AFP, Published on 20/06/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA (UKRAINE) - At a workshop in Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, mechanics are hard at work turning rally cars into vehicles that can be used to fight Russian troops on the frontline.
Dreaming of Suitcases in Space
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/03/2022
» The mission to turn space into the next frontier for express deliveries took off from a modest propeller plane above a remote airstrip in the shadow of the Santa Ana mountains.
Ang Thong metal workshop transforms scrap into superheroes
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» Towering Transformers, life-sized Marvel superheroes and extraterrestrial lifeforms -- a "House of Steel Robots" in Thailand has made a name for itself by transforming scrap metal into dazzling sculptures inspired by Hollywood blockbusters.
Syria's 'camps metalsmith' welds shelter for displaced
AFP, Published on 23/11/2019
» HAZANO (SYRIA) - Crouched between olive trees in northwest Syria, Jumaa al-Mustayf cuts long metal tubes with an electric saw to make tent frames for families displaced by war.
Running in the Indian election? Get an armoured car
AFP, Published on 02/04/2019
» JALANDHAR (INDIA) - The mechanics retrofitting cars with blast-resistant doors and bulletproof windshields in a Punjab garage have been flat out of late -- elections are looming, and politics can be a dangerous game in India.
'Multiple violations' at doomed Indonesian fireworks plant
Published on 04/11/2017
» TANGERANG, Indonesia: Police investigating a fire that killed 49 people at a fireworks factory late last month have found multiple safety violations at the plant, which was crammed with three times the number of workers allowed.
Hope sky high for homemade 'copter
Business, AFP, Published on 09/03/2016
» Gobede, Malawi: It has never taken off, and could well be a death trap, but a homemade helicopter built in Malawi is drawing crowds captivated by its creator's determination to succeed against all the odds.
Tales of the disappeared in a Mexico drug state
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» CIUDAD VICTORIA (MEXICO) - They were doing everyday things when they were kidnapped, never to be seen again: A woman working at her frozen fruit business. Another waiting for a bus. A policewoman having lunch.
Wheelchairs for Nigeria: getting polio survivors on the move
AFP, Published on 22/07/2015
» JOS (NIGERIA) - Six new wheelchairs are lined up near the entrance of the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People's Centre in the central Nigerian city of Jos.