France launched its first factory for electric vehicle batteries on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China.. - 'Battery Valley' - Europe is racing to step up its production of batteries and electric vehicles as the European Union has set a 2035 deadline to phase out the sale of new fossil fuel cars.
From tiny quadcopters buzzing over front-line trenches with cameras and grenades to flying bombs lugging warheads weighing dozens of kilogrammes (pounds) into Kyiv and Moscow, drones have marked the Ukraine war like none before it.. - Front lines - The vast majority of drones are smaller models used on the front lines for both reconnaissance and attack.
Global leaders should be working to reduce "the risk of extinction" from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday.. Several of the signatories, including Geoffrey Hinton, who created some of the technology underlying AI systems and is known as one of the godfathers of the industry, have made similar warnings in the past.
Global leaders should be working to reduce "the risk of extinction" from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday.. Several of the signatories, including Geoffrey Hinton, who created some of the technology underlying AI systems and is known as one of the godfathers of the industry, have made similar warnings in the past.
Stock markets wobbled Tuesday as a deal to hike the US debt ceiling and avoid a painful default goes to a vote in Congress this week.. "A deal may have been struck on the debt ceiling, but it's not fully calmed nervousness on financial markets," noted Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, will from now on vote against the nomination of all-male boards in Japanese companies, a senior fund official said Tuesday.. In March, the fund already voted against the nomination of the chairman of the board of electronics group Canon.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, will from now on vote against the nomination of all-male boards in Japanese companies, a senior fund official said Tuesday.. In March, the fund already voted against the nomination of the chairman of the board of electronics group Canon.
Turkey's economy is in a double bind: analysts see its current policies leading to imminent peril and the prescriptions incurring massive pain.. Turkey's once-vibrant economy -- driven by relatively cheap labour and a well-oiled banking system -- is confronting a self-inflicted problem few other countries have faced.
Turkey's economy is in a double bind: analysts see its current policies leading to imminent peril and the prescriptions incurring massive pain.. Turkey's once-vibrant economy -- driven by relatively cheap labour and a well-oiled banking system -- is confronting a self-inflicted problem few other countries have faced.
After the sun sets in Harare, the streets of Zimbabwe's capital suddenly burst to life. . Street trade gets busier after dark because there is less police to go around.
