A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his…
Sweden-based car maker Volvo Cars says it will cut around 3,000 jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures. The firm says the layoffs will mainly impact office-based positions in Sweden, representing about 15% of its white collar workforce. Last month, Volvo Cars, which is owned by Chinese group Geely Holding, announced an 18 billion Swedish…
Four people are still “very, very ill in hospital” after a car ploughed into fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory, the city’s metro mayor has said. A 53-year-old British man from the Liverpool area, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, was arrested after the “horrific” incident in Water Street in the heart of…
North Korea has criticised the US’s plan for a futuristic “Golden Dome” missile shield, saying it could “turn outer space into a potential nuclear war field”. The defence system, which President Donald Trump plans to unveil by the end of his term, is aimed at countering “next-generation” aerial threats to the US, including ballistic and…
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi became the world’s third-largest phone maker by selling devices that critics said were iPhone copycats. The company is now becoming a force in the electric vehicle market, a feat Apple never managed. Xiaomi released its much anticipated YU7 crossover on Thursday, a vehicle that some have said could be China’s first…
Over that period, the research team watched as the south polar region darkened going into winter and the north polar region brightened as summer approached. By observing the planet at four different points in time, years apart, they could see how the gradual shifting of the seasons affected the planet. The top row shows how…
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into law enforcement officers without them being trained….
Toyota is reportedly planning to move some production of one of its Corolla sports models to the UK to take advantage of excess capacity there, and reduce delivery times for the vehicle in North America. The Japanese car maker is to shift some production of its GR Corolla sportscar from Japan to a new dedicated…
The former head of India’s wrestling federation has been cleared in a sexual harassment case filed by a minor female wrestler. A court in the capital, Delhi, accepted a Delhi police report, recommending the cancellation of the case against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. A former MP from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Singh still…
Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News, Toronto Watch: Why King Charles III’s trip to Canada is more than just a royal visit The pomp and pageantry were on full display when King Charles arrived in Canada on Monday, on his first trip to the country since his coronation. He is due to deliver the Speech from…
