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Toyota, Mazda announce tie-up over electric vehicles, US factory

Japanese auto giant Toyota and smaller rival Mazda said on Aug. 4 that they agreed a capital tie-up to focus on joint development of electric vehicles, while building a $1.6 billion factory in the United States which will create up to 4,000 jobs.

The move comes as the automotive industry is faced with a major shift towards greener transport and greater use of information technology.

Concerns raised over military presence, nukes stored in Turkey

The U.S. should move its nuclear weapons from Incirlik Air Base and start looking for alternatives to the longtime military hub in Turkey, a country that can no longer be fully relied on, analysts and former military officials said.

The U.S. military maintains about 50 nuclear warheads at Incirlik, according to nuclear watchdog organizations.

The Tunguska Event: the most powerful explosion in documented history that still remains a mystery

The Tunguska event was a large explosion that occurred near the Stony Tunguska River, in Yeniseysk Governorate in Russia. On June 30, 1908, a fireball was seen streaking across the daytime sky and within moments something exploded in the atmosphere.

If a nuclear bomb is dropped on your city, here’s where you should run and hide (Infographs+Photos)

President Trump has egged on a new arms race. Russia violated weapons treaties to upgrade its nuclear arsenal. North Korea is developing long-range missiles and practicing for nuclear war — and the US military is considering preemptive attacks on the isolated nation’s military facilities.

Meanwhile, nuclear terrorism and dirty bombs remain a sobering threat.

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