Russia’s main election authority has banned an anti-war candidate from standing in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Boris Nadezhdin, a local legislator in a town near Moscow, was required by law to gather at least 100,000 signatures in support of his candidacy. But the Central Election Commission said more than 9,000 signatures submitted by Mr
Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India keeps global crude prices affordable by buying oil from Russia, India’s energy minister said. “The world is grateful to India for buying Russian
A group of the Middle East’s football associations has asked world football chiefs to ban Israel over the war on Hamas in Gaza, according to a letter seen by Sky News. But the Israeli Football Association has urged FIFA to keep politics out of sport and allow them to continue trying to qualify for the
The caretaker prime minister of Pakistan has told Sky News there is no attempt to “target a specific party or group” amid claims of pre-poll rigging and candidate harassment. Speaking on the eve of the election, Anwar ul Haq Kakar did acknowledge they couldn’t totally guarantee free and fair elections. “Absolute is a very relative
Tesla has released the first major software update for the Cybertruck, and it improves the electric pickup’s handling, charging, and more. One of the main downsides of Cybertruck right now is software. Despite starting deliveries a few months ago, Tesla has yet to fully develop the electric pickup truck’s software, and it is still missing
Polling stations have opened in Pakistan in a general election which has already been marred by violence and allegations of fraud. On the eve of Thursday’s election, bombs struck two political offices in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 30 people. Tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed at polling stations to
Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 07:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Noel Acciari. The suspension was announced by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety after a disciplinary hearing. Dillon hit Acciari
The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup. After unveiling the new Puma on Wednesday, Ford said that the all-electric Gen-E model will be revealed later this year. Ford announced last October that it would be ending
Nigeria goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali saved two penalties in the shootout to guide his side to a 4-2 victory over South Africa following a 1-1 draw on Wednesday and earn a place in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Nigeria had lost five of their previous six semifinals at the continental finals but survived some nervous
Ed Dove, Special to ESPNFeb 7, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Close Ed Dove is a writer and scout who has a deep and enduring passion for African sport, politics and literature. Instagram: @EddyDove22, Facebook: @EddyDoveAfrica Open Extended Reactions Congo DR players opted to make a show of solidarity instead of singing their national anthem ahead
A US drone strike in Baghdad has killed three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, according to US officials. The drone strike hit a car in the Iraqi capital – and was in response to a drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan towards the end of January.
Tesla confirmed that it plans to restart production at Gigafactory Berlin next week after shutting it down due to supply issues. Several manufacturing companies in Europe have seen their operations affected by issues with cargo in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait due to the civil war in Yemen. Tesla is amongst
In this article PYPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A PayPal sign is seen at its headquarters in San Jose, California, on Jan. 30, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images PayPal reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results Wednesday, but issued guidance that was a bit below estimates. The shares slipped in extended
The world’s largest offshore wind developer has scaled back development targets and announced hundreds of job cuts as the renewable industry struggles under the pressure of rising costs. Orsted, the company developing the Norfolk coast windfarm, Hornsea 3, also suspended shareholder payments in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet. In common with the industry
Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. The small team consisted of “some of the best EV engineers in the world,” according to Ford’s CEO Jim Farley. It will be used to launch several new software-defined electric models. Ford is “secretly” developing a low-cost EV platform Following Tuesday’s
The California Highway Patrol has shared a video of a Tesla Semi electric truck handling a closed icy road. Electric semi trucks are still quite new and there are a lot of naysayers about them. Bill Gates was one of them. He didn’t believe that a battery-electric truck could travel 500 miles, but he was
Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025. Next year, Ford is wrapping up production of the Focus
BMW is launching its first all-electric luxury wagon, the i5 Touring, with up to 348 miles (560 km) WLTP range. The luxury BMW wagon is more advanced than ever. It’s now more sporty, has new features, and is available in an all-electric form for the first time. Meet the BMW i5 Touring, an all-electric luxury
Tesla is seemingly preparing for a round of layoffs as it asks its manager to identify critical members of their teams. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Tesla has asked all managers to identify “critical” members of their teams: US managers had to make the binary assessment of their deputies’ roles in recent days,
More than 100 dead cats have reportedly been discovered in a freezer or buried in a garden at a “house of horror” in southern France. Sixty-seven feline corpses were found in a chest freezer in a chalet next to the home and on the same grounds, it is believed. An animal protection group, called AEPA,