The country’s car exports have accelerated in recent years, surpassing even Germany in exports in 2022. Sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans rose to 23.6 million, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers that was reviewed by The Associated Press. Columnist and lawyer Gordon Chang believes this may only be a temporary issue for U.S. automakers. “We’ve got a lot of U.S. car companies in China, such as GM and Ford and they do make some of those exports,” Chang said. “But, overall, the problem for China going forward is I don’t think you can just extrapolate and say, ‘They’re going to become the world’s largest exporter — overtaking Japan.

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. The trial, which begins on Tuesday with jury selection, was triggered by a class-action lawsuit on behalf of investors who owned Tesla stock for a 10-day period in August 2018. Musk’s tweets back then fueled a rally in Tesla’s stock price that abruptly ended a week later, after it became apparent that he didn’t have the funding for a buyout after all. Chen dealt Musk another setback on Friday, when he rejected Musk’s bid to transfer the trial to a federal court in Texas, where Tesla moves its headquarters in 2021. Tesla’s stock has split twice since then, making that $420 price worth $28 on adjusted basis now.

Quinn, who is from Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast, was out spearfishing off the coast when he came across a huge package bundled together in rope netting. The net appeared to contain large bricks of cocaine, wrapped in black plastic. 'If anyone needs cocain, I have plenty,' he wrote in the caption of the TikTok clip. Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission suggests the nation's base of cocaine users is 'broadening', with a growing social acceptability of the drug. 'From 'spearfishing' to 'line fishing',' wrote one.

“My heart is with my guys as they compete today!” Hamlin tweeted less than hour before kickoff. Nothing I want more than to be out there with them!” Hamlin posted, along with a video of himself greeting fans during the Bills’ last game against Miami, on Dec. 17. A person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule had told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hamlin planned to attend the game in person. Hamlin visited teammates at the Bills’ stadium on Saturday but has not been seen in public since being rushed off the field in Cincinnati in an ambulance on Jan. 2. The Bills did not release any details about Hamlin’s plans for the game.

Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund felicitates its newest batch of scholarship recipients View(s):The Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund (RISF) held its annual scholarship awarding ceremony at the Mandarina Colombo recently, awarding 27 recipients with financial aid scholarships to enable them to continue their education. The event was held on the 80th birth anniversary of the late Riaz Ismail in whose tribute RISF was founded. GMCA patron Hanif Yusoof, former minister A H M Fowzie, former minister Karunasena Kodituwakku and Chairman of the Board of Quazis M Y M Faiz attended. These included 10 girls, and 15 boys from Mahinda College, the alma mater of Riaz Ismail. Riaz Ismail dedicated his life and career to public service at a very young age.

Alterations to AL candidates’ admission cards allowed till January 18 View(s):The Department of Examinations states that any alterations to be made in the subject, medium or name set forth in the admission cards received by Principals and private candidates for the upcoming GCE Advanced Level Examination should be revised online. The alterations can be made by accessing http://onlineexams.gov.lk/eicIt should be noted that only one attempt of revision will be given to each candidate. The Department notes that examination centres will not be changed. The duration offered for changes will close at 12 midnight on January 18, 2023. Share This Post FacebookTwitterEmail × Send Email to FriendSend Please enter valid email WhatsappDeliciousDiggGoogleStumbleuponRedditTechnoratiYahooBloggerMyspaceRSS

Former England striker Jermain Defoe has found comfort with a stunning Instagram model just weeks after the collapse of his marriage, MailOnline can reveal. Jermain said he and Alisha were just friends and he was not in a relationship with her. She follows just 957 people, including Defoe. Defoe, who wed Donna last summer, spent Christmas on the Caribbean island of St Lucia while Donna was back in freezing Glasgow. Just weeks after his marriage Defoe was said to have contacted the nurse, a 40-year-old mother, via Instagram and invited her to join him in his Range Rover.

As this remains an issue, though belated, Parliament could seek a delay in holding local council elections. And now, within the SLPP opinion is divided over whether there should be local council elections. EC Chairman Punchihewa in a Q & A to the Sunday Times explained his institution’s position vis-à-vis the local council elections. Here are edited excerpts:CONDUCT OF LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: The Local Government poll is one of the main public elections. For the current week, the public attention will largely be on the local council elections.

Naturally weighed down by the pressure of its newcomer voters from Sri Lanka, Canada’s political leadership has, by all accounts, abandoned basic Commonwealth principles of good governance for domestic political expediency. It is true that Sri Lanka has been far too slow in addressing accountability issues raised internationally over alleged violations of International Human Rights Law during that military campaign. Its statement on Sri Lanka is not without a little irony peppered into it. It says they have given 3 million dollars for the UN’s humanitarian assistance for starving Sri Lanka. The Ontario state legislature listed Sri Lanka as a country where ‘genocide’ occurred.

(AP) — Four teams get the NFL’s postseason started on Saturday, featuring four quarterbacks making their postseason starting debuts. Seven of the 14 teams in this year’s playoffs didn’t make the field last season, giving the NFL’s upcoming wild-card weekend a mix of traditional powerhouses and underdogs. 5 during the wild-card weekend. The NFL re-seeds teams after each playoff round. The cancellation of the Bills-Bengals game because of Hamlin’s injury could lead to one big change to the AFC playoff format.

Hundreds of millions of light-years away in a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a supermassive black hole is being violently ripped apart under the black hole's immense gravitational pull. According to Wevers, having the opportunity to study a partial TDE gives unprecedented insight into the existence of supermassive black holes and the orbital dynamics of stars in the centers of galaxies. "When the core returns to the black hole it essentially steals all the gas away from the black hole via gravity and as a result there is no matter to accrete and hence the system goes dark," Pasham says. If the star collided head-on with the black hole and passed the event horizon -- the threshold where the speed needed to escape the black hole surpasses the speed of light -- the star would be consumed by the black hole. "This study outlines methodology to potentially predict the next snack times of supermassive black holes in external galaxies," says Pasham.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 08: Tate Pollmeier competes during the PBR Unleash The Beast event at Madison Square Garden on January 08, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)ROSEMONT, Ill. (NewsNation) — PBR’s “Unleash The Beast” tours are invading cities across the nation. The Windy City’s Allstate Arena is the latest stop during the tour’s seventh installment of the 2023 season. Eventgoers will watch on as riders vie for early points in the race to be crowned the 2023 PBR World Champion. Meanwhile, the bulls are often times more popular than the riders as they sell more merchandise than the riders.

Minister of Power and Energy Mr. Kanchana Wijesekera stated in a tweet that the Cabinet approved the revision of the general policy guidelines for the electricity industry. It further states that the Cabinet approved the implementation of cost-reflective electricity tariffs to be implemented from January 2023 onwards.

(NewsNation) — Forget about calling Uber or Lyft for a regular ride; now companies are competing to invest in air taxis. Auto giant Stellantis is the latest, announcing a major investment in air taxis. The maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and others will mass-produce Archer Aviation’s electric air taxis as part of a $150 million deal. There’s a lot of global competition to put battery-powered air taxis in the sky for short-distance, back-to-back trips from city centers to airports. Air taxis may be few years away, but people are already wondering how much a ride in one will cost.

(NewsNation) — The NFL season came to an end for 18 teams Sunday, and two head coaches were fired the day after in what is traditionally known as “Black Monday.”The Houston Texans fired Lovie Smith after just one year, while the Arizona Cardinals parted ways with Kliff Kingsbury who had been with the team for four seasons. Three other teams fired their coaches in the middle of the season — Denver, Indianapolis and Carolina. Andrew Brandt, executive director of the Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law, joined “Rush Hour” Monday to discuss the firings and other headlines from around the league. Watch his interview above.