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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers walk off a train at the Richmond station on March 15, 2023 in Richmond, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesCommuters in and around San Francisco rode into work for free on Tuesday morning due to an outage in the Clipper card system, which is used to handle payments for train, bus and ferry rides.”ATTENTION: The Clipper system is experiencing an outage on all operators this morning,” the Bay Area Clipper account wrote in a post on X. “Please be prepared to pay your fare with another form of payment if required by your transit agency.”Many…
Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal sent English giants Manchester City crashing out of the Club World Cup on Monday, snatching a shock 4-3 victory in extra time in the biggest upset of the tournament so far. The match finished 2-2 at full-time but at the end of an eventful extra-time Marcos Leonardo grabbed the winner and pulled off one of the greatest wins in Middle Eastern football history. The Saudi club advances to the quarter-finals where they will face Brazilian club Fluminense, ensuring a non-European team will reach the last four. City had taken the lead in the ninth minute…
U.S. infrastructure is barely getting a passing grade, and one of the fastest growing problems is climate change. Airports are flooding, bridges are melting from extreme heat, and telecommunications are getting slammed by increasingly extreme weather.In 2023, at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, historic rainfall turned runways into rivers, shutting down operations and stranding passengers. In New York City last summer, extreme heat caused metal on a bridge over the Harlem River to expand so much that the bridge got stuck open.Every single category of U.S. infrastructure is at growing risk from climate change — a finding by the American Society…
Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova survived a stiff examination from promising 20-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala before finding her groove to triumph 3-6 6-2 6-1 on her return to Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Tuesday. Czech Krejcikova, a shock winner as 31st seed last year and seeded 17th this time, came into the tournament short on form after a succession of injuries and initially had no answer to the confident, free-swinging Eala, who is the first woman from the Philippines to play at Wimbledon. Eala turned 20 in May and was making her first Wimbledon appearance, but she immediately looked at home in…
An aerial drone photo taken on July 1, 2025 shows a cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River, which is 522.3 meters in length, was successfully joined together on Tuesday.As part of a 172.9 km grand bridge linking Nantong, Taizhou and Yangzhou cities in east China’s Jiangsu Province, the cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River is also a key project along the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu High-speed Railway. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)An aerial drone photo taken on July 1, 2025 shows a cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally submitted detailed concerns to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), accusing India of weaponising Western Rivers’ watersa serious breach of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Islamabad says. According to the 32 Supplemental Award on the competence of the Court of Arbitration, which is currently examining Pakistan’s complaint under the IWT, Islamabad has highlighted alarming shifts in Indian policy since April 23, 2025. “Pakistan maintains that ‘India’s policy of “abeyance” since 23 April 2025, together with public rhetoric, has stoked the threats and perhaps the realisation of its new approach: to use dams to manipulate or deny…
An image of a Quantix drone made by AeroVironment.David Mcnew | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAeroVironment shares fell 7% Tuesday after the defense contractor said it plans to offer $750 million in common stock and $600 million in convertible senior notes due in 2030 to repay debt.The drone maker said it would use leftover funding for general purposes such as boosting manufacturing capacity.AeroVironment shares have soared 85% this year, ballooning its market value to about $13 billion. Last week, shares of the Arlington, Virginia-based company rallied on strong fourth-quarter results, lifting higher as CNBC’s Jim Cramer called it the…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate floor as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters”I believe we do,” Thune said, when asked by reporters if Republicans have reached a deal, following days of evolving negotiations and last-minute additions to convince skeptical GOP lawmakers to back the megabill.Thune did add, however, that he is “always a bit of a realist.”Republican leadership has worked around the clock for days to secure enough votes in the upper chamber…
Ford sales rose 14.2% during the second quarter over the year-earlier period, about 10 times the estimated 1.4% industry increase, the automaker said Tuesday.New vehicle sales for the second quarter totaled 612,095, led in part by gains in its F-Series trucks and “electrified” vehicles, which includes hybrids and EVs.F-Series trucks saw their best second quarter since 2019, climbing 11.5% to 222,459. New pickup sales overall totaled 288,564 for the quarter, Ford said.Sales of Ford electrified vehicles totaled 82,886 during the second quarter, up 6.6% from 2024. But of those “electrified” vehicles, pure EVs saw a 31.4% drop, while hybrids were…
Passengers wait for trains in Tianjin West Railway Station in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, July 1, 2025. A new train schedule took effect in China on July 1, 2025, starting this year’s 62-day summer travel season, according to the railway operator. (Xinhua/Li Ran)Passengers check in at Tianjin West Railway Station in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, July 1, 2025. A new train schedule took effect in China on July 1, 2025, starting this year’s 62-day summer travel season, according to the railway operator. (Xinhua/Li Ran)Passengers walk in Shanghai South Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, July 1, 2025. A new train…