At a sprawling vehicle test centre in the English countryside, a hydrogen-powered Grenadier 4×4 made by Ineos Automotive grips steep and rugged tracks, showcasing its off-road capabilities. Making the demonstrator car was “a really obvious thing” to do, the company’s chief executive Lynn Calder told journalists at the unveiling this week. The young, fast-expanding company … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with AFP on Friday warned Russia could intensify its offensive and said Kyiv would only accept a “fair peace” despite the West’s calls for a quick solution. Zelensky also repeated pleas for allies to send more air defence and fighter jets and said the “biggest advantage” for Russia … Read more
A view of Sydney harbor Pixabay As the world reeled under a record-breaking heat last month, Australia had the coldest April in nearly a decade. Normally, Australia can be the hottest in the world as the summer peaks, but in April 2024 the country experienced abnormally cold weather even as globally the heat reached record … Read more
Nina Kozyr looked around the courtyard of the evacuation centre in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, hoping for news of her parents. Aged 87 and 92, they had initially refused to flee their bombed-out village in Ukraine’s northeast, where Russian forces launched a major ground assault last week. “I’m all swelled up from crying every … Read more
The former president of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA), Canadian Dick Pound, launched a fierce attack on the United States anti-doping body USADA on Friday, accusing them of “lies and distortions” and seeking to undermine WADA. Pound’s comments came during an extraordinary meeting of the WADA Foundation Board, held online, to discuss the fall-out … Read more
Golf world number one Scottie Scheffler was handcuffed and arrested by police early Friday after allegedly trying to drive around traffic controls outside the PGA Championship at Valhalla. In one of the strangest scenes ever at a major tournament, Scheffler was taken into custody by police, booked with a mugshot taken in an orange jumpsuit, … Read more
Russian forces were pressing ahead Friday with their offensive in north-east Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin said there were no current plans to occupy Kharkiv city, the regional capital. On a trip to China, Putin said the latest assault was direct retaliation for Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s border regions and that Moscow was trying … Read more
In a hip coffee shop in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, 21-year-old Tekla Jailava is serving her last few cappuccinos before heading for a third night of protests against an anti-NGO law she fears will ruin the Black Sea country’s ties with the West. Growing up in the 2010s, the barista always dreamt Georgia would one day … Read more
Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks rallied Friday after China unveiled its most wide-ranging measures to support the country’s battered property sector, sending real estate firms soaring. The move provided some hope for the world’s number two economy, which has been dragged by a long-running debt crisis among major developers. However, the news was not enough … Read more
Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te, a staunch defender of the island’s democracy, will be sworn into office Monday as Beijing ratchets up military and diplomatic pressure on Taipei. China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has branded Lai a “dangerous separatist” who will bring “war and decline” to the self-ruled island. Lai will succeed … Read more
