TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday both the president and chairman of Daihatsu Motor will step down almost a year after the small-car unit said it had rigged collision safety-tests. The departures are among the most drastic changes Daihatsu has made so far, as Toyota seeks to return the brand to its roots […]
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Kinskey replaces Nethercott as Senate Appropriations Committee chairman
Feb. 12—CHEYENNE — In an unusual vote Monday state senators voted for Sen. Dave Kinskey, R-Sheridan to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee, replacing Sen. Tara Nethercott, R-Cheyenne. After Senate President Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, named Nethercott as Senate Appropriations chair on Monday, Sen. Cheri Steinmetz, R-Lingle, objected and appealed the president’s decision. Steinmetz referenced Senate […]
Munich Security Conference Chairman: Russia might attack NATO
Munich Security Conference Chairman Christoph Heusgen has said it is possible that Russia might attack a NATO member-state. Source: European Pravda, with reference to dpa, a German news agency Details: When asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin could order an attack on a NATO state, Heusgen replied: “Of course. After all, Putin said on multiple […]
Republican China committee chairman Gallagher retiring from US Congress
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher, who chairs the House select committee on competition with China, said on Saturday he will not run for re-election, four days after he was one of only four House Republicans to buck party leadership and vote against impeaching President Joe Biden’s top border official. Gallagher, […]
Toyota’s chairman doubles down on his electric car skepticism, forecasting that EV adoption will peak at just 30%
Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor’s chairman, has never been a huge fan of battery electric vehicles. Last October, as global sales of EVs starting to slow down amid macroeconomic uncertainty, Toyoda crowed that people are “finally seeing reality” on EVs. Now, the auto executive is doubling-down on his bearish predictions, boldly predicting that just three in […]
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief speaks with NATO Military Committee Chairman prior to NATO-Ukraine Council meeting
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke with Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, prior to the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in a military format. Source: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram Quote: “I briefed Admiral Bauer on the situation at the front. Within this […]
Florida Republican Party ousts Christian Ziegler as chairman after rape allegation
The Republican Party of Florida on Monday removed Christian Ziegler as its chairman as he faces allegations of rape and video voyeurism. The vote, which came during an emergency meeting in Tallahassee, was largely expected after the Sarasota Police Department’s rape investigation into him became public last month. The party selected Evan Power, its former […]
Florida Republicans replace party chairman under rape investigation
(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Party on Monday ousted their chairman as police investigate a rape accusation against him, switching leaders a week before Governor Ron DeSantis faces his first test in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination. The Florida GOP said in a post on X that it elected Evan Power as its chair. […]
Florida Republicans vote on removing party chairman accused of rape as DeSantis pins hopes on Iowa
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida is scheduled to hold a special meeting Monday to vote on removing Chairman Christian Ziegler and select a new leader as police investigate a rape accusation against him, a vote that comes the week before Gov. Ron DeSantis competes in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucus. The party […]
Candidates lining up for top job — as soon as Florida Republican Party ousts its current chairman
With the ouster of Florida Republican Chairman Christian Ziegler all but guaranteed, the state party executive committee’s next task is selecting someone to take over through the 2024 elections. A new chairman, who could be selected on Monday — immediately after a planned vote to remove Ziegler, who is under police investigation after a woman […]
Fishway funding underway; Yuba County Supervisor Messick appointed YWA chairman
Jan. 2—The Yuba Water Agency Board of Directors unanimously approved a $30 million grant agreement with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday for the design of a fish channel at Daguerre Point Dam. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Chuck Bonham previously said that Daguerre Point Dam is a difficult barrier […]
‘I will not resign,’ Arkansas Board of Corrections Chairman holds special meeting late Friday during ongoing prison bed controversy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Board of Corrections are not letting up taking big swings at each other. It has now been more than a week of legal battles between the board and the state- all stemming from the governor and secretary of correction’s push to add more prison […]