Michael Phoch
20 years of experience in mass media
Even with the Life Cycle Impulse, the iX still looks radically different than any other BMW before it. Bavaria’s largest electric SUV has gone through a facelift, but the styling tweaks don’t necessarily align it with the other X models. It’s as polarizing as ever, although we would argue the styling changes at the front
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Tokyo, Japan, February 25, 2025 The Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) and the TOYOTA GROUP will launch the Music Way Project, a collaborative project aimed at supporting and driving the fundamental globalization and sustainable growth of the Japanese music industry. About the CEIPA & TOYOTA GROUP MUSIC WAY PROJECT CEIPA and the
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on February 21 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have to “get together” to end the nearly three-year-old war in Ukraine. “I think that President Putin and President Zelenskyy are going to have to get together. Because you know what? We want to stop killing
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Moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to potentially gut programs aimed at supporting election security are not sitting well with key state election officials
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More Israeli hostages were released Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees as part of a ceasefire deal as a body returned from Gaza Friday was confirmed to be that of hostage Shiri Bibas.
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European leaders held a crisis security meeting Monday in Paris after a blizzard of diplomatic interventions by Washington in recent days that have raised doubts over the U.S. commitment to the transatlantic alliance
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The Commission issued positive preliminary assessments of the Netherlands' payment request for €1.18 billion and Denmark's payment request for €128 million under NextGenerationEU
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The BMW M5 premiered last June, but the sports sedan didn’t go on sale until late 2024. The long interval between the official announcement and the start of deliveries was detrimental to the G90’s early reception
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BMW recently proposed equal tariffs for cars sold in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US)
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to swiftly end Russia’s war against Ukraine took a new twist when his envoy said the administration would like to see Kyiv hold elections, potentially this year and particularly if a truce is agreed. The remarks by Keith Kellogg brought a simmering, sensitive issue in Ukrainian politics to the fore
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