Car Tech
Toyota getting in gear with smart cars
Toyota on Friday announced plans to invest $50 million into building artificial intelligence into cars, an indication it could be joining the race to develop driverless vehicles.
Car Tech
Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the future
Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan on Thursday, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments.
Legacy Reports
Toyota says new fuel-cell car can go further on single tank
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that its new hydrogen powered fuel-cell car had successfully completed a long-distance road test and was shown to be 25 percent more fuel efficient than earlier versions.
Car Tech
Toyota, Nissan cut China output over island row
Japanese auto giants Toyota and Nissan said Wednesday they would cut production in China because demand for Japanese cars has been hit by the bitter diplomatic row over disputed islands.
Shake And Blow
Toxic gas fears as Canary Islands volcano lava nears sea
A vast river of molten lava from a Canary Islands volcano was edging towards the sea on Tuesday, destroying everything in its path and provoking fears it will generate clouds of toxic gases when it hits the water.
Froth And Bubble
Toxic liquid leaks into Paris river from cement plant
Hundreds of litres of toxic wastewater have leaked into Paris' Seine River from a plant belonging to Franco-Swiss cement giant Lafarge-Holcim, local reports said, sparking outrage from French officials.
Fire Storm
Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires
The fires that tore through Los Angeles nine months ago didn't destroy Karen Girard's home.
Froth And Bubble
Toxic coal ash a source of concern in China: Greenpeace
China's coal-fired plants produce enough toxic ash to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every two and a half minutes, creating contaminants that travel far and wide, Greenpeace said Wednesday.
Africa News
Tourists ‘not going to let quake’ stop Morocco trip
Marrakesh's ancient medina was nearly empty on Sunday after a deadly earthquake that hit Morocco, but it did not stop some tourists who told AFP they chose to stay on.
Civil Nuclear
Tourists flock to Chernobyl radiation zone
Yellow Geiger counter in hand, the guide announces that radiation levels are 35 times higher than normal.
Shake And Blow
Tourists evacuate as Category 5 Hurricane Irma nears
Officials in Florida's Key West and popular Caribbean tourist islands ordered people to evacuate on Tuesday as Irma, a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five hurricane, was set to make landfall.
Del.icio.us
Tourists flee Hurricane Jimena in Mexico
Hurricane Jimena sent tourists fleeing Tuesday as it bore down on Mexico's Baja California, while fishing communities on the sparsely populated peninsula toughed it out.
Shake And Blow
Tourists flee volcano at popular Indonesia hiking spot
Hundreds of tourists have fled a volcanic eruption at a popular Indonesian hiking destination, an official said Wednesday, expressing fears some may have stayed behind to document the natural wonder.
Del.icio.us
Tourist faeces ‘killed off rare Ayers Rock shrimp’: report
Tourists may have killed off a rare species of shrimp by relieving themselves on Australia's iconic Uluru, or Ayers Rock, a report said on Tuesday.
Trade Wars
Tourism bright spot in global economy: UN body
Global tourism has adapted well to the economic crisis, with international arrivals expected to rise by nearly four percent this year, the head of the UN World Tourism Organisation told AFP.
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Tourism areas feared ‘devastated’ by Samoan tsunami: officials
A Samoan resort area popular with foreign tourists has been "devastated" by a deadly tsunami that ripped through the tropical Pacific island nation, the country's deputy prime minister said.