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Chinese EV giant BYD overtakes Tesla with annual sales topping $100 billion US
Tesla’s Chinese competitor BYD recorded a 73 per cent jump in fourth-quarter profit on Monday and said its annual revenue for 2024 crossed the $100 billion US mark, surpassing the U.S. automaker. The Chinese electric vehicle maker logged a record 777.1 billion yuan ($107 billion US, or $153 billion Cdn) in revenue last year as its sales of battery electric and hybrid vehicles jumped 40 per cent. In comparison, Tesla’s 2024 revenue was nearly $97.7 billion US ($140 billion Cdn). The…
Russia Sues Shell for $1.6B Over Unpaid 2022 Gazprom Supplies
Russia is suing Shell for 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) over allegedly unpaid gas supplies to the state energy giant Gazprom in 2022, the British-Dutch company said in its annual report published Tuesday. Shell announced in early 2022 that it would sever ties with Gazprom, halt Russian crude oil purchases and withdraw from Russian energy markets in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the company’s annual report, Russian prosecutors filed a claim in a Moscow court on…
Kremlin says Iran has right to nuclear energy, acting in line with international law
“Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear energy and is acting in line with international law,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Peskov said Moscow accepted Iran’s statements that it has no intention of obtaining nuclear weapons. Iran was one of the topics discussed in a long phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, after which the White House said the two leaders “shared the view that Iran should never be in a…
News from Russia: Kiev blew up metering station for EU-bound gas
The destruction of the border energy facility is the latest provocation by Ukraine, the Defense Ministry has said. Ukrainian forces retreating from Russia’s Kursk Region have destroyed the Sudzha gas metering station, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. The incident took place early on Friday, roughly 20 minutes after midnight, the ministry said in a statement. The facility had been previously used to deliver fuel to consumers in European nations.
Russian Strikes Cut Power In Odesa During Visit By Czech President Petr Pavel
Russian drone strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, leaving at least three people injured and several districts of the city battling power cuts while Czech President Petr Pavel was visiting for talks with officials. The head of the Odesa region’s military administration Oleh Kiper reported on March 21 that minors were among the three known injured in the strikes that sparked fires in various parts of the city. The ASTRA Telegram channel, citing information…
London’s Heathrow shut after power outage
A loss of power forced London Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest, to shut down on Friday morning, prompting chaos and disrupting travel for tens of thousands of air passengers. In a post on social media website X, the airport blamed a fire at an electrical substation in North Hyde in Hayes, west London, for the power outage and said it did not expect to reopen until early on Saturday. Aviation analyst Alex Macheras told Al Jazeera the knock-on…
Delta flight to New York makes emergency landing in Ireland
A Delta Airlines aircraft en route to New York’s JFK Airport declared an emergency after finding a ‘mechanical issue with flight deck window heat,’ and reversed course over the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday afternoon. The flight DAL4 departed from London Heathrow Airport at 4.24pm local time on Tuesday, with an anticipated arrival at New York City at 9.23pm eastern time, as per FlightAware data. The Boeing 767-400, carrying 129 passengers, three pilots and nine cabin crew members, was redirected to…
Norway sanctions Russian judges, prosecutors responsible for repression
Norway’s sanctions on March 14, 2025, targeted 19 individuals, including judges, prosecutors, and judiciary members involved in serious human rights violations. Notably, those implicated in the imprisonment and death of Alexei Navalny, as well as the politically motivated sentencing of human rights defender Oleg Orlov and artist Aleksandra Skochilenko, were sanctioned.
Kamala Harris’ husband tells people she is the party leader now but where is she?
Dem donors fret that Kamala Harris is missing in action even months after the election loss. California governor Gavin Newsom has started a new podcast hosting prominent supporters of President Donald Trump puzzling his followers about what Newsom plans to do as his tenure as the governor comes to an end. But at least Newsom is doing something unlike former vice president Kamala Harris, who is one of the frontrunners to be the next California Governor if she considers to…
US and Germany are torching Tesla cars, US also burning Tesla charging stations and shooting up Tesla dealerships
1. Germany Several Tesla vehicles were set on fire in Germany on Friday, as protests against Elon Musk’s car company continue across the world. German police said that four vehicles were set ablaze in the Plänterwald and Steglitz neighborhoods of Berlin, and that political motives could not be ruled out. Newsweek reports: Tesla sites have been targeted by protesters around the world following Musk’s appointment as head of the Department of Government Efficiency in President Donald Trump’s administration. The electric…
Putin’s Reply to Cease-Fire Talks, Conditions
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin suggested tentative support for a cease-fire proposal from the United States and Ukraine but outlined several conditions that could significantly delay or prevent its implementation. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Putin publicly addressed the cease-fire for the first time as U.S. officials arrived in Russia to discuss the plan already approved by President Zelensky. Putin: “The concept itself is correct, and we certainly support it, but important issues must be thoroughly discussed…
French nuclear attack submarine “Barracuda” surfaces in Canada
A curious discovery in Canadian waters. A French attack submarine , the FS Tourville, appeared Monday in the port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, a Canadian province. Photos of the vessel were posted on social media, fueling speculation amid geopolitical turmoil . Some see it as evidence of a show of force by the European Union in the face of Donald Trump’s multiple provocations. The submarine is owned by French Naval Group, the European leader in the sector. It made its first Atlantic crossing on Monday as a test, as Canada prepares to renew its submarine fleet. Last February, the French naval group responded to a request for information from Ottawa, which aims to put 6 to 12 new submarines into service from 2035.
News from Russia: Bosnia issues arrest warrant for Bosnian Serb leadership, Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik
Bosnian prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for the president, prime minister, and parliament speaker of Republika Srpska, the predominantly-Serb region within Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are accused of having launched an “attack on the constitutional order” by enacting laws that restrict the operations of Bosnia’s state-level judiciary and law enforcement agencies. Following a brutal civil war that pitted the former Yugoslav region’s ethno-religious groups against one another, Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into two self-governing entities, the ethnically Serbian Republika Srpska…
News from Russia: US statements on readiness to negotiate with Iran are hoax -Khamenei
Statements made by the United States about its willingness to negotiate with Iran are a deception of the global public opinion, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday.
“Statements that the US president is ready to hold negotiations and invites to the negotiating table are the deception of the global public opinion,” the ISNA news agency quoted Khamenei as saying. “We have been sitting at the negotiating table for several years, and this very same person cast aside a completed and signed document tearing it up. What kind of negotiations we must hold if we know well that they will not work? This is why all calls and statements about negotiations are the deception of the public opinion,” he added. US President Donald Trump announced on March 7 that he had sent a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.
News from Russia: Israeli jets attack military airfield in southern Syria
Israeli warplanes attacked the Khalkhalah military airfield, located in the vicinity of the administrative center of the province of Suwayda in southern Syria. According to the Syria TV channel, several explosions were heard in the area of the former Syrian air base. The consequences of the attack are unknown. On March 10, Israeli planes attacked the area of the 89th artillery regiment of the former Syrian army in the southern province of Deraa. The base of the 12th Armored Division was also bombed. The command post, ammunition depots, and fuel storage were destroyed. / End of Content /
