In der 4×4-Version befindet sich der Fahrerknopf auf der Mittelkonsole, mit dem Sie zwischen Straßen-, Berg- und Schneestraßen wählen können. Das ändert neben dem Allradantrieb auch die Lenkung, den Gaspedalcharakter und die Schaltstrategie der Automatik. Es funktioniert gut und wir haben es letzten Winter am Berg getestet. Das passt natürlich perfekt zusammen: 4×4 und der Berg, dazu Schnee als Basis. Allradantrieb bringt den Qashqai sicher um Kurven und in Schneeverwehungen von mehr als einer halben Höhe....

More than 30 years later, her interest in traveling to Taiwan presents a powerful diplomatic capstone. It has also contributed to tensions at the highest levels in Washington and Beijing among officials who worry a trip could prove provocative. As the U.S. balances its high-stakes relations with China, whether Pelosi will lead a delegation trip to Taiwan remains unknown. But what is certain is that Pelosi’s decision will be a defining foreign policy and human rights moment for the U....

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Contracts signed to buy existing homes fell 20 percent in June compared with the same month a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. That’s the slowest pace since September 2011, with the exception of the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, when sales dipped briefly and then rebounded sharply. On a monthly basis, pending home sales fell a larger-than-expected 8....

The mass will be broadcast on large screens outside the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica and on the Plains of Abraham at 10 a.m., as well as in a number of movie theatres in the province. The basilica, a national shrine with high, vaulted ceilings, sits near the shores of the St. Lawrence River, 35 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. St. Anne, by religious tradition the grandmother of Jesus, is particularly significant to Innu communities as grandmothers often deliver messages between households, said Andrée Paul, who is Innu from Pessamit in Quebec’s North Shore region and has been volunteering at the basilica for almost 30 years....

Dank See-Through View können Sie Ihre Umgebung auch mit dem PSVR 2-Headset auf dem Kopf sehen. Sony hat einige neue Details zur kommenden PlayStation VR 2 veröffentlicht, die sich auf die Benutzererfahrung konzentrieren sollen. Mit Passthrough haben die VR-Brillen endlich ein nützliches Feature, das die Meta Quest, früher bekannt als Oculus Quest, bereits hat. Aber auch an einigen anderen Ecken wurde gearbeitet. Das ist neu in PSVR 2 In einem Blogeintrag stellt Sony die neuen und verbesserten Features genauer vor....

More than 40,000 rail workers belonging to the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are taking part in a further day of nationwide strike action, following three days of strikes in June. RMT members at more than a dozen train companies and at Network Rail will strike for 24 hours, affecting the rail network across England, Scotland and Wales, while parts of London’s transport network will also be disrupted. What Network Rail calls a “very limited timetable” will be in place, as only about a fifth of rail services will be running, while some parts of the country will have no service at all....

Only around one in five trains were running on Wednesday, around half the network, with some areas having no trains all day. Picket lines were set up outside stations as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 14 train operators went on strike. Average motorway speed drops by up to 14mph – rail strikes live The lack of rail services has forced more people to take to the motorways – with average speeds on the M1 falling by up to 14mph, according to traffic website Waze....

Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan. A person familiar with the matter said the US government has offered to trade convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner. Speaking on a visit to Uzbekistan, Lavrov said his ministry had received an official US request for a summons following Blinken’s statement. Russia’s top diplomat said he would be ready once he returned to Moscow and that the timing of the call was being worked out....

The Ottawa e-commerce company’s CEO, Toby Lutke, said in a blog post that most of the staff was affected by the job cuts in recruiting, support and sales. Shopify will also eliminate “over-specialized and duplicative” roles as well as teams that Lutke said were “convenient to have but too far away from building products.” Shopify did not share the total number of employees affected by the cuts, but its most recent management information circular shows it closed 2021 with 10,000 employees and contractors, including 3,000 added last year alone....

“Prospective adopters did not share their negative views of Leiland-James and there was no awareness of the nature of the private text messages shared between the prospective adoptive mother and father.” The review, published on Thursday, said social workers and other professionals were too happy to take what the Castles said at face value and there needed to be “improved direct questioning of other children living at home to listen to the daily their experiences and to understand what life is like for them....

31.7.2022 2:06 Uhr In einem sind sich die Ampelparteien einig: Deutschlands Bürger müssen weiter entlastet werden. Sie sehen jedoch unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten, steigende Inflation und Gaspreise zu dämpfen. Vor allem die Fahrtkostenpauschale ist umstritten. SPD-Chefin Saskia Esken hat sich gegen die von Bundesfinanzminister Christian Lindner vorgeschlagene Erhöhung der Reisekostenpauschale ausgesprochen. „Geringverdiener profitieren wenig oder gar nicht von solchen Steuervergünstigungen, Gut- und Besserverdiener mehr, obwohl sie unsere Hilfe nicht brauchen“, sagte Esken der Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung....

Kreml-freundlicher Rapper übernimmt Starbucks in Russland Nach McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Ikea und vielen anderen westlichen Namen zieht sich jetzt auch Starbucks aus Russland zurück. Die Vermögenswerte des Kaffeegiganten übernimmt ein russischer Rapper und Putin-Freund – und Ex-Kollege von DJ Antoine. Seit Moskaus Einmarsch in der Ukraine am 24. Februar gibt es kaum mehr westliche Produkte in Russland. Giganten wie McDonald’s, Ikea und Coca-Cola lösen ihre Vermögenswerte im Land auf. Diesen Schritt hat jetzt auch die globale Kaffeekette Starbucks vollzogen....

The two men have been battling for more than a year in long, failed rounds of on-and-off negotiations over President Joe Biden’s big rebuilding package for America. But the talks had stalled — again. With the midterm elections looming, control of Congress at stake, the president and his party were at the end of the line. Just four days earlier, Manchin had issued his latest ultimatum: Either scale back the ambitious proposal by dropping the climate change provisions so important to Biden and his party, or wait until September to try to pass any legislation , giving the economy a staggering 9....

The seizure of the Soviet-era coal-fired power plant at Vuhlehirsk in eastern Ukraine would be Moscow’s first strategic gain in more than three weeks in what it calls a “special operation” to demilitarize and “de-nitroze” its neighbor. Rising energy prices and a global wheat shortage threatening millions in poorer countries with starvation are among the far-reaching effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters....

The oldest patient to date has been cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for leukemia, researchers said Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now 66-year-old’s leukemia, doctors also sought a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, a mechanism that first worked to cure the “Berlin patient,” Timothy Ray Brown. , in 2007. The latest patient, the fourth to be treated this way, is known as a “City of Hope” patient from the US facility in Duarte, California, where he was treated, because he does not want to be identified....

LRT Photo by Jon Willing /Postmedia Content of the article OC Transpo announced technical problems with the O Train Saturday morning, less than a day after returning full service after four days of repairs from damage caused during a lightning storm last Sunday. Advertisement 2 This ad hasn’t loaded yet, but your article continues below. Content of the article Shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, OC Transpo released a brief message saying all service between St-Laurent and Cyrville stations will use the eastbound platforms....

“We should study them and learn to live with them”, Ms Markovic concluded, zapping the Hatte motion before advocating the cementing of holes in sewers’ ceilings and the use of contraceptive pellets and dry ice to gently push back the invading hordes. Hence the mascot, which has taken French social media by storm. (After all, the self-deprecating mascot of the 1984 New Orleans World Fair was Alton, the cockroach). But less than two years away, the prospect of the Olympics is no cause for smiles in Paris....

A group of soldiers can be seen in the video pinning a member of Ukraine’s armed forces to the ground, before using a knife to strip his clothes and mutilate him. It is unclear what happened to the Ukrainian soldier, but it is unlikely that he would have survived his injuries without immediate medical attention. The footage, which was initially shared on pro-Russian channels on the Telegram messaging app, has since been circulated on Twitter and pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels....

Shaun Mehta s’est senti mal lorsqu’il prenait place dans un vol de Barcelone à Toronto, le 10 juillet dernier. «Les derniers passagers étaient encore en train d’être embarqués lorsque j’ai été pris de vertiges et de nausées. Je me suis évanoui dans mon siège», a-t-il déclaré au média. Après avoir reçu les premiers soins des agents de bord et d’un passager qui était médecin, des ambulanciers espagnols ont testé ses signes vitaux et l’ont autorisé à prendre l’avion....

Tobias Oberdorfer, Kommandant der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Stall, sagt: „Unsere Kameraden mussten einen Fahrer aus dem Auto befreien. Er stand unter Schock.“ Kein Wunder: Der Murgang ist riesig. Oberdorfer: „Mit dem Bach ist viel Material den Berg heruntergekommen. Wir haben Glück, dass es keine Verletzten gab.“ „Das Auto steckt noch im Murgang fest“ © Straßenmeisterei Winklern/Land Kärnten/Dullnig Besonders betroffen war die Gemeinde Stahl. “Fünf Bewohner eines Wohnhauses mussten vor dem Murgang nach oben fliehen....