BBC News: At a launch event at Draper University in San Mateo, California, a start-up revealed how its flying car hopes to take off. Alef bills its still-in-development electric vehicle, the Model A, as the first true flying car – a vehicle that it hopes will look like a sleek electric car but be capable […]
BBC News: For years the headlines have covered the controversies over advanced Russian air defence systems heading to Iran. But now the arms traffic is very much in the other direction, writes Jonathan Marcus of the Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter. Iranian-supplied drones are being used by Moscow to terrorise Ukrainian civilians and […]
BBC News: Indian authorities have fined Google 13bn rupees ($161m; £144m) for using its Android platform to dominate the market. The country’s competition regulator has accused the tech giant of entering into “one-sided agreements” with smartphone makers to ensure the dominance of its apps. It has ordered Google to “cease and desist” from such practices. […]
BBC News: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for an immediate general election following the resignation of the prime minister. Sir Keir said the country “cannot have another experiment at the top of the Tory party”. Liz Truss resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in the job, claiming she “cannot deliver the […]
Reuters: SYDNEY, Oct 21 – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said he was concerned about any potential delays to the free trade deal with Britain arising from the political instability happening there. “I’m concerned about any delay that would occur to the Australia-UK free trade agreement,” Albanese told reporters. “I had discussed with […]
Reuters: KYIV/WASHINGTON-The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that has heightened geopolitical tensions. Ukrainian citizens endured the first day of nationwide scheduled power outages since the war began eight months ago […]
BBC News: A huge blaze has engulfed a train line and homes in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, after a fuel truck crash. Dramatic video of the fire went viral on social media, including aerial shots of black smoke blanketing a large area of the city. One video showed a cargo train hurtling through flames. Mexico’s El […]
Reuters: LONDON, Oct 20 – Russia said on Thursday that the West’s supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine were finding their way onto the black market and then into the hands of extremist and criminal groups in the Middle East, central Africa and Asia. Since Russia launched its war with Ukraine on Feb. 24, the […]
ABC News: LONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. Making a hastily scheduled statement outside her 10 Downing Street office, Truss acknowledged that “I […]
ABC News: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Farmers across New Zealand took to the streets on their tractors Thursday to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than many had expected. Lobby group Groundswell New Zealand helped organize more than 50 protests in towns and cities […]
