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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.

Macron hosts European leaders to discuss Ukraine’s security amid ceasefire talks with Russia

The meeting is seeking to set out what security guarantees Europe can offer Ukraine once a ceasefire deal is agreed,...
  • Speaking alongside Zelensky in Paris on Wednesday ahead of the talks, Macron said this was now a "decisive phase to put an end to the war of aggression"
  • Macron also announced a new French two billion euro ($2.2 billion) military aid package for Ukraine, with Paris ready to rapidly ship existing hardware from its stocks

Over a billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways: study

Washington, United States -- By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 1.33 billion pounds (602,000 metric tons) of...
  • Coca-Cola ranks as the world's top branded plastic polluter, followed by PepsiCo, Nestle, Danone, and Altria, according to a 2024 study published in Science Advances.
  • Oceana's estimate is based on Coca-Cola's publicly reported packaging data from 2018 to 2023, combined with sales growth forecasts to create a "business-as-usual" scenario.

Japan’s Masaki Kashiwara wins Abel Prize for mathematics

Oslo, Norway -- The prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics was on Wednesday awarded to Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara a specialist...
  • The 78-year-old mathematician was honored for "his fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory.
  • D-modules provided a "new basis for studying systems of linear differential equations", according to the jury.

Turkey protesters defiant despite nearly 1,500 arrests

The protests erupted on March 19 after the arrest of Istanbul opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a graft...
  • Those detained include AFP journalist Yasin Akgul, who the Paris-based agency says was doing his job covering the protests.
  • President Recep Erdogan, who has repeatedly denounced the protests as "street terror", stepped up his attacks on the opposition.

Russia, Ukraine agree to halt Black Sea strikes in US-brokered talks in Saudi Arabia

With President Donald Trump pushing for a rapid end to the war that has killed tens of thousands of people,...
  • The United States said it would also look for ways to enforce a ban on strikes on energy infrastructure in the two countries
  • Zelensky told a news conference in Kyiv that the talks also discussed bringing in third parties to oversee a future truce

Syria slams ‘flagrant’ Israeli violation after deadly bombardment

Syria slammed Israeli attacks as a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty after deadly bombardment Tuesday in the country's south, where...
  • The violence near the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights followed Israeli air strikes in central Syria, the latest in a string of attacks on military sites
  • Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on military sites since Assad's fall in December, saying it wants to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of jihadists

Houthi PC small group’ leak: Probe underway after sensitive info exposure

The breach became public on Monday after The Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published an article recounting how he was...
  • On March 14, messages in the group indicated that a US strike was being prepared against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
  • The militant group has been trying to interrupt trade via the Red Sea and have targeted US military vessels several times in recent months.

Trump admin sent journalist classified US plan for Yemen strikes

A US journalist was inadvertently included in a group chat in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance...
  • The Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that he had hours of advance notice of Yemen strikes via the group chat on Signal
  • Defence Secretary Hegseth, a former Fox News host with no experience running a huge organization like the Pentagon, took no responsibility for the security breach

US, Russia negotiations on partial Ukraine ceasefire end after 12 hours in Saudi Arabia

The US-Ukraine and US-Russia talks were originally planned to take place simultaneously to enable shuttle diplomacy, with the United States...
  • With Ukrainian negotiators waiting nearby, a day after they sat down with the US team, the Americans and Russians met in Riyadh with a Black Sea ceasefire top of the agenda
  • US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and hopes the latest round of talks will pave the way for a breakthrough

Israel PM accuses security chief of investigating minister without his consent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Israel's internal security chief, whose dismissal was blocked by the supreme court, of...
  • "The claim that the prime minister authorised Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to gather evidence against Minister Ben Gvir is yet another exposed lie," Netanyahu said
  • He was responding to a report that Bar's agency had spent months investigating far-right infiltration of the police and its links to Ben Gvir

US university calls for release of detained Turkish student

New York, United States - Tufts University on Wednesday publicly backed its student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national detained by...

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Turkey opposition pushes for early polls as Swedish reporter jailed

Istanbul, Turkey --  The Turkish opposition on Sunday worked to keep up the momentum of the protest movement triggered by...

‘Day of funerals,’ Gazans mark grim Eid under Israeli strikes

At dawn, many Gazans gathered across different parts of the territory to offer traditional morning Eid prayers, an AFP correspondent...

First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes seconds after blast-off

Oslo, Norway -- The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched...

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Trump says Iran faces ‘bad, bad things’ if no nuclear deal after Tehran responds to a letter from him

"I sent them a letter just recently, and I said: you have to make a decision, one way or the...
  • Trump in 2018 pulled the United States out of an agreement to relieve sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program
  • Tehran has refused to negotiate directly with Washington under these circumstances, but has held out the possibility of indirect talks

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...
  • Crowds gathered in the streets of Tehran after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Iranian people to protest against "the enemies' tricks".
  • Thousands also gathered in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in demonstrations described by the rebels' TV channel as "the largest in the Arab Islamic world".

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".