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Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
by  AFP

A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars. The lightweight six-propeller aircraft under construction take off vertically and fit into a large car, to create the "Land Aircraft Carrier" -- a modular flying vehicle made by Aridge, an arm of Chinese EV maker XPeng.

Air travel disrupted over Airbus A320 software switch
Air travel disrupted over Airbus A320 software switch
by  AFP

More airlines around the world announced delayed or cancelled flights Saturday following an Airbus alert that up to 6,000 A320 aircraft may require upgrades. Its competitor, American Airlines, said it had already begun updating software following Friday's alert, and expected "the vast majority" of approximately 340 affected aircraft to be serviced by Saturday.

How successful has OPEC+'s oil output policy been in 2025?
How successful has OPEC+'s oil output policy been in 2025?
by  AFP

Ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied nations (OPEC+) are unlikely to make changes to their oil output strategy when they discuss production at an online ministerial meeting on Sunday.