With its innovative plotlines and steampunk airships, video game franchise Final Fantasy has delighted fans and critics for 35 years.. Other poorly rated Final Fantasy films followed -- but one better-received adaptation was a traditional kabuki theatre version of the 10th game, performed in Tokyo this year.
Four people have died after lithium batteries for e-bikes sparked a fire in a New York building, officials said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing number of such incidents.. "It is very clear that this was caused by lithium ion batteries and e-bikes," she said, adding that the store had previously been cited for safety violations.
Deep-sea thrill-seeker Stockton Rush founded OceanGate in 2009 with the hopes of advancing submersible vehicle technology and taking travelers into the darkest depths of the ocean. . Rush has downplayed the risk of going to the depths of the ocean, saying that he was more concerned by the unexpected.
The UK will back Ukraine's economy to the tune of $3 billion over the next three years while it fights back against Russian forces, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday. . Downing Street said Ukraine's GDP has taken a 29-percent hit since the start of the invasion in February last year, with Russia targeting the economy as well as its towns and cities.
While the fashion world braced for the celeb juggernaut of Pharrell Williams's first show in Paris on Tuesday, a young designer was making his own modest splash with a debut below his own home. . For now, his Paris apartment doubles as his workshop, with a bedroom cluttered with designs.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's influential partner in his ruling coalition warned Tuesday the government needs to take "painful" economic recovery measures that include interest rate hikes.. Both have promoted conventional policies that include interest rate hikes to combat inflation -- the opposite of the approach long backed by Erdogan.
Barely making a buzz, a two-seat helicopter powered by an electric battery landed softly on the tarmac at the Paris Air Show after a 15-minute flight.. Electric motors help drastically reduce maintenance costs compared to regular helicopters, said Goldstein, who rejected the idea that air mobility should be reserved for the rich, a criticism often addressed at eVTOLs. Less maintenance requirements not only reduces costs but allows for more flights per day, meaning the price for consumers is lower.
Turkish defence manufacturers are out in force at this week's Paris Air Show, the first in four years during which conflicts including Russia's invasion of Ukraine have spotlighted the country's now-coveted weapons.. The drone basked in the media spotlight last year for its role in the earliest stages of Ukraine's defence against the Russian invasion and has been bought by a dozen militaries according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance.
With eight countries sharing the Amazon, the Inter-American Development Bank wants to play a central role as an "umbrella" organisation coordinating climate-related projects in the vulnerable rainforest.. Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela share the remainder of a tropical rainforest which has shrunk some 20 percent over the past 50 years, prompting a gamut of damage-limiting projects.
Brussels on Tuesday asked EU member states to back a 50-billion-euro ($55 billion) package to support Ukraine over the next four years, as part of a boost to the bloc's budget. . As part of its budget review, Brussels is also asking for 15 billion euros more to help manage immigration and 10 billion euros to subsidise key industries.
