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Auto Execs Are Coming Clean: EVs Aren't Working

Auto Execs Are Coming Clean: EVs Aren't Working : Among those hand-wringing is GM's Mary Barra, historically one of the automotive industry's most bullish CEOs on the future of electric vehicles. GM has been an early-mover in the electric car market, selling the Chevrolet Bolt for seven years and making bold claims about a fully electric future for the company long before its competitors got on board.

Kanye West and Adidas: How Misconduct Broke a Lucrative Partnership - The New York Times

Kanye West and Adidas: How Misconduct Broke a Lucrative Partnership - The New York Times : The shoes took in about $437 million in sales through June, according to the most recent figures available. Crediting the recent Yeezy drops, along with its other products, Adidas has significantly improved its forecast for the year, revising an earlier projected operating loss of more than $700 million to about $100 million.

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Marshall Islands sues nine nuclear powers over failure to disarm | Non-proliferation treaty (NPT) | The Guardian

Marshall Islands sues nine nuclear powers over failure to disarm | Non-proliferation treaty (NPT) | The Guardian : In the unprecedented legal action, comprising nine separate cases brought before the ICJ on Thursday, the Republic of the Marshall Islands accuses the nuclear weapons states of a "flagrant denial of human justice". It argues it is justified in taking the action because of the harm it suffered as a result of the nuclear arms race.

Video emerges of Vladimir Putin in shell suit on 1990s Finland trip | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian

Video emerges of Vladimir Putin in shell suit on 1990s Finland trip | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian : In%20the%201990s%2C%20Putin%20was%20a%20frequent%20visitor%20to%20Finland.%20His%20later%20appearances%20as%20Russia%u2019s%20prime%20minister%20and%20president%20have%20been%20carefully%20controlled.%20YLE%20said%20the%20video%20was%20a%20%u201Cfar%20cry%20from%20the%20macho%2C%20dictatorial%20image%20that%20Putin%20has%20since%20hewn%20for%20himself%u201D.

Think before shouting at your child: to them, words can be as harmful as physical blows | Peter Fonagy | The Guardian

Think before shouting at your child: to them, words can be as harmful as physical blows | Peter Fonagy | The Guardian : It%20is%20in%20fact%20not%20until%20almost%20the%20second%20decade%20of%20life%20that%20children%20learn%20to%20understand%20irony%2C%20that%20adults%20may%20not%20literally%20mean%20what%20they%20say.%20They%20do%20not%20get%20the%20joke%20behind%20a%20phrase%20such%20as%20%u201Cyou%20stupid%20boy%u201D%20or%20%u201Cyou%20wicked%2C%20wicked%20girl%u201D.%20Considerable%20brain%20development%20is%20needed%20for%20a%20child%20to%20fully%20understand%20an%20adult%u2019s%20intention%20that%20these%20and%20similar%20verbal%20putdowns%20are%20intended%20not%20to%20shame%20and%20humiliate%2C%20but%20are%20intended%20as%20educational%20devices%20to%20correct%20and%20shape%20their%20behaviour.%0A%0A