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Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.

AD Ports Group 2024 revenue $4.70bn

The Group's EBITDA increased by 69 percent YOY.

Tesla sales tumble in Europe in Q1

The company suffered from boycotts against the policies of Elon Musk.

Ford’s US Q1 auto sales dip

But its Q1 figures exceed a forecast by Edmunds

Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

The property giant attributes loss to falling sales and shrinking profit.

Heathrow to resume some flights after power station fire

London's Heathrow Airport said it would resume "some flights" later Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes...
  • The electricity substation fire late on Thursday shut down the airport, leading to the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flight
  • Around 230,000 passengers use Heathrow every day -- 83 million a year -- making it one of the world's busiest airports

UN warns of ‘massive trauma’ for Gaza’s children amid renewed fighting

Sam Rose, the senior deputy field director in Gaza for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, highlighted the psychological...
  • James Elder, a spokesman for the UN children's agency UNICEF, said traumatized children usually only start to process their trauma when they begin returning to normalcy.
  • Humanitarians warned the situation has been made worse by Israel's decision earlier this month to cut off aid and electricity to Gaza over the deadlock in negotiations.

Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to ‘kill’ journalism

Rome, Italy -- In a world first, an Italian newspaper is printing a fully AI-generated edition for a month in...
  • Il Foglio, a daily broadsheet with an irreverent touch and a circulation of about 29,000, says it is the first newspaper in the world to print entire editions created through AI.
  • The newspaper's 20-odd journalists ask a version of ChatGPT to write a story on a specific subject in a specific tone, and it produces a text using information scraped off internet

Chinese electric car maker BYD aims for Europe boost

Chinese carmaker BYD on Thursday vowed to conquer Europe with a new compact electric model and super-fast charging capability to...
  • The group has launched major advertising campaigns including sponsorship of last year's European Championships in football
  • The European Union has imposed a 17-percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to make up for Chinese state subsidies

EU skewers Google, Apple over tech rules – despite Trump threats

The European Union defied US threats of retaliation Wednesday by accusing Google of violating its digital rules -- which could...
  • The moves risk opening up a new front in the already fraught relationship between the EU and President Donald Trump,
  • Apple and Google responded that the EU risked European users' security and its moves would hinder innovation

Jet skis in the desert: winter lake creates Saudi watersports oasis

Az Zulfī, Saudi Arabia -- The ear-splitting roar of his jet ski fills the air as Hamza al-Hamm thunders past,...
  • Zulfi's lake, more than 200 kilometers northwest of Riyadh, appears every winter, giving desert-dwellers the chance to take part in a sport usually associated with seaside resorts.
  • When it forms, the lake offers a welcome respite in a country where intense heat limits outdoor activities for much of the year.

Deepfakes can clone your voice in 5 seconds, tech firms mount defense

Las Vegas, United States -- Tech firms are fighting the scourge of deepfakes, those deceptively realistic voices or videos used...
  • Hong Kong police recently revealed that a multinational firm employee was tricked into wiring $26m to crooks who staged a videoconference with AI avatars of his colleagues.
  • A recent study by identification start-up iBoom found that a scant tenth of one percent of Americans and Britons were able to correctly tell when a picture or video was a deepfake.

Netanyahu says Gaza strikes ‘only the beginning’, future negotiations ‘only under fire’

Hamas has not responded militarily so far, and in a statement urged friendly countries to "pressure" the United States to...
  • The strikes, by far the largest since a truce took effect in January, killed more than 400 people across the Gaza Strip
  • Netanyahu said in a video statement on Tuesday evening "Hamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours

Trump, Putin agree halt to Ukraine energy attacks but no ceasefire

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday on a halt in Russian attacks against Ukrainian energy targets -- but fell...
  • The US and Russian leaders spoke for more than an hour and a half and both expressed hopes for repairing relations between the countries
  • However, there was no agreement from the Russian president for Washington's proposed full 30-day ceasefire in Russia's invasion of its pro-Western neighbor

Geopolitical tensions buffet markets, gold and oil prices climb

Gold and oil prices climbed on fears of escalating tensions in the Middle East after Israel launched its most intense...
  • Wall Street opened lower but European stocks rose in afternoon trading as investors prepared for German lawmakers to vote on a massive spending boost for defense and infrastructure
  • Investors are eyeing this week's policy decisions from the US Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and Bank of England, with all three forecast to stand pat on interest rates.

Trump’s sweeping tariffs spark fears of trade war, recession, and global economic instability

The threat of a trade war has caused increasing political ructions, with Canada's looming general election on April 28 set...

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Film stars blast Academy for ‘failing to defend’ Palestinian filmmaker

Los Angeles, United States - Movie stars including Joaquin Phoenix, Penelope Cruz and Richard Gere have blasted the Academy of...

Goldwind 2024 revenue up 12.5%

The clean energy giant posted $7.8bn in revenue for 2024.

Pro-Palestine rallies held in many countries on Quds Day

Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations were launched in 1979 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic, which has...

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Iran says it has responded to Trump’s nuclear talks letter

Iran has sent a response to a letter from US President Donald Trump that called for nuclear talks and warned...
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked by reporters on his plane over the Caribbean whether the US has received the letter, said: "I'm not going to comment on that yet."
  • He said that the United States had expected there to be a response and "obviously at that point, the president will decide what steps if he any he wants to take next".

Lawyer complains Turkish student held in US ‘abducted’

A lawyer representing a Turkish university student detained in the United States and facing deportation said Thursday that his client...
  • Earlier this week, a video surfaced on social media showing 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by masked, plain-clothed figures near Tufts University in Massachusetts
  • The video quickly went viral as a symbol driving the fear and anger gripping US campuses as President Donald Trump clamps down on students accused of holding extremist views

Palestinian sources say Hamas, mediators in new talks to revive Gaza truce, hostage release deal

Negotiations between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Egypt along with Qatar and the United States, have been deadlocked for weeks...
  • Talks are focusing on the possibility of implementing a truce during the Eid al-Fitr and Jewish Passover holidays
  • A Palestinian source close to Hamas said that despite the discussions, "no breakthrough" had been achieved so far