Новости за 18.07.2016

Audi India launched the most powerful and fastest production Audi ever built – the next generation Audi R8 V10 Plus at a showroom located in Mumbai. The naturally aspirated 5.2 FSI quattro V10 mid-engine produces 610 hp (449 kW) of power and propels the car from 0 to 100 kmph in 3.2 seconds with a top […]

Who says face swaps are restricted to SnapChat alone? As these images reveal, they exist in the automotive realm as well, preferably in after-market circles. In case you’re done waiting for the all-new Toyota Fortuner to be launched in India, some one from Thailand has a potent, but slightly disturbing solution – swap the old Fortuner’s face with the new […]

Hyundai had announced its in-house, high performance N brand back in 2015 at the Frankfurt Motor Show with the outrageous N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo Concept (above), and the R15 Concept, a Veloster based hot hatchback. Also read: Hyundai showcases the RM16 N Concept at the 2016 Busan Motor Show And now we know (and take note) how […]

Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping, Nitin Gadkari visited the Tesla factory near San Francisco in USA on Saturday, 16-July, 2016 and offered to promote joint ventures between the electric car manufacturing company and the Indian automobile companies, especially in the commercial vehicle sector. Also read: Tesla Model 3 unveiled, starts from $35,000 (INR 23 Lakhs); bookings […]

Charleston is growing at warp speed, and much is at stake in the ongoing public conversation over hotels and high-rises. The debate goes well beyond "quality of life," penetrating to the very core of our city’s character.

Summer is here — and so is peak mosquito season, along with irritating bites and the threat of disease.

WASHINGTON — Neither the unanimous decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, nor China’s rejection of it, was surprising. The timing of it was, however, as serendipitous as China’s rejection is ominous. Coming as Republican delegates convene on Lake Erie’s shore, the tribunal’s...

Charleston is growing at warp speed, and much is at stake in the ongoing public conversation over hotels and high-rises. The debate goes well beyond "quality of life," penetrating to the very core of our city’s character.

I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough July 11 to read in the health section a story about the urgency of fighting childhood obesity.

Recently, Sen. Larry Grooms sent a letter to the Berkeley County School Board along with 50 other lawmakers to show their disappointment that they will not be reciting a Christian prayer before the School Board meetings. The S.C. Legislature has nothing better to do?

After seeing the tragedies happening in this country I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem seems to be a lack of proper conduct.

Dorchester County needs public libraries. Summerville’s library, the George H. Seago, Jr., branch, has warranted serious attention for a decade, though it still tries to serve.

We may not all like Donald Trump; certainly he can appear arrogant. However, he is not intimidated and he speaks his mind. And furthermore he has used his wealth to the benefit of many people.

On the same day we celebrated our nation’s freedom, David Quick’s excellent article on Steve Pulley’s advocacy for sobriety on college campuses reminded us that freedom comes in many forms.

My jaw dropped when I read the comments from the mother of one of the nine heroes who died doing his duty, trying to save lives and protect the community: "If they do one memorial, they should do the other." Fair enough.

The federal bureaucracy gets a black eye from the public for the officiousness and red tape that are sometimes part of dealing with it. Think of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Internal Revenue Service and the Transportation Safety Administration.

Before he leaves office President Barack Obama should call for international negotiations on a global clean air act to save lives and reduce global warming, particularly in the Arctic. If he does not, his successor should make it a top priority.

A Doctor on Call is closing its medical practice that was located on Isle of Palms.

‘Old age is not for sissies."

GREGORY, Carl Anthony, 62, of Mount Pleasant, an employee of the International Longshoreman’s Association and husband of Johnetta F. Gregory, died Sunday. Arrangements by Smith-McNeal’s Awendaw Chapel.