European car battery company Automotive Cells (ACC) said on Tuesday it is halting construction of two factories in Germany and Italy as it considers a switch to cheaper battery technology. The new ACC sites are among dozens of battery projects emerging in Europe as they look to reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturers that dominate the […]

Ukraine says it last lost more than 9 gigawatts of power plant capacity across the country due to missile and drone attacks after Russia’s massive invasion in 2022. “The situation is very serious,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Tuesday. Grid operator Ukrenergo is forced to carry out planned power

The family of a three-year-old boy who died in a car accident involving popular Ghanaian actor and musician Lil Win have said they are “determined to seek justice”. The child died after the crash on May 25 in a hospital in the city of Kumasi, local media report. Lil Win, real name Kwadwo Nkansah, was

Carnival Corp. will merge P&O Cruises Australia Carnival Cruise Line next year. The cruise line will discontinue the P&O Cruises Australia brand in March 2025, the company announced on Monday. “Despite Carnival Cruise Line’s capacity increasing by nearly 25% since 2019, including the transfer of three ships from Costa Cruises, guest demand remains incredibly strong.

PARIS (AP) — A multinational operation by Interpol and the FBI has cracked down on attempts in Moldova to sabotage one of the key tools of international policing, the Red Notice system, officials said Tuesday. Four people have been arrested in the Eastern European country. The joint sting, which also involved cooperation with French and

The daughter of a D-Day veteran who died while serving in the Second World War has said she is “immensely proud” of his service. Pte Cecil Mercer, from Kidderminster, was the first soldier from the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters regiment to lose his life after Allied troops landed in France on D-Day. Diana Talbot, from

More than a thousand people gathered in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of China’s violent suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protest, urging the Beijing regime to stop trampling human rights. The candlelight vigil marking the 35th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 tragedy was held in central Taipei on

Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has declared victory in India’s parliamentary elections. The country’s people had “expressed their confidence in his ruling coalition for the third time in a row,” Modi wrote on the X platform on Tuesday evening. After some of the votes are counted, his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian lawmakers met Tuesday for a vote on recognizing a Palestinian state. The The government has approved a motion to recognize a Palestinian state last week, sending the proposal to parliament for final approval, which is necessary for the decision to take effect. “We started talking to our allies about recognizing

Israel’s far-right police and security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has called for war with the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah. “All Hezbollah strongholds must be burned and destroyed. War!” Ben-Gvir asked in a video published on social media platform X on Tuesday. It was unacceptable that parts of Israel were attacked and people were evacuated while peace