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Electric demand reaches record high in January but misses target – SMMT data

Demand for electric vehicles accelerated in January, with fully battery-powered cars outperforming an overall contraction in the car market that the industry blames on...

World

Manhunt after shooting at Brussels underground station

Belgian police have launched a manhunt after a shooting near an underground station in the capital. Nobody was injured in the shooting, which happened...

What you need to know about Donald Trump’s Gaza plan

Donald Trump’s announcement that he wants to “develop” Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been described as “absurd”...

World

What you need to know about Donald Trump’s Gaza plan

Donald Trump’s announcement that he wants to “develop” Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been described as “absurd”...

World

Orebro shooting: Sweden gunman ‘had access to weapons and had major problems at school’

A gunman who shot dead 10 people at an adult education centre had access to several weapons and had “major problems” at school, Swedish...

Environment

TotalEnergies posts 21% drop in annual profit, targets buybacks of $2 billion per quarter in 2025

Poster and logo on the Coupole Tower, compagny Total’s head office renamed TotalEnergies in 2021 in the La Defense business district west of Paris...

TotalEnergies posts 21% drop in annual profit, targets buybacks of billion per quarter in 2025

World

Trump says US will take over ‘demolition site’ Gaza and make it the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

The US will take over Gaza and “own it”, Donald Trump has said. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House,...

Technology

USPS temporarily suspends some inbound packages from China, Hong Kong

A United States Postal Service worker pushes a cart of packages in New York City, on Dec. 4, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The...

Sports

Ichiro snubber still a mystery after ballot reveal

Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Hall of Fame voter who declined to select Ichiro...

Sports

Sources: Yanks, reliever Hill reach $2.85M deal

Jorge CastilloFeb 4, 2025, 01:53 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from...

Sources: Yanks, reliever Hill reach .85M deal

Sports

Cubs deepen bullpen, trade for Dodgers’ Brasier

Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Cubs acquired right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, deepening their bullpen...

Technology

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons, surveillance

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, April 3, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty...

Lucy Letby: Defence calls for miscarriage of justice investigation as medics give alternative causes of death

A panel of international medical experts has given alternative causes of death in several cases against child serial killer Lucy Letby. It comes as...

Actor and comedian Brian Murphy dies aged 92

Actor and comedian Brian Murphy has died aged 92. He was known for his role in the 1970s sitcoms Man About The House and...

World

Worst mass shooting in Sweden’s history with 11 killed at adult education centre

Swedish police have said 11 people have been killed at an adult education centre, in what the country’s prime minister said is the worst...

Sports

Sweden selects Rakell as 4 Nations injury sub

Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sweden selected Rickard Rakell of the Pittsburgh Penguins to its roster for the...

Technology

White House crypto czar David Sacks says first priority is stablecoin legislation

AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks speaks with President Donald J Trump as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White...

Sports

Knowles: Penn State ‘so close’ to national title

Jake TrotterFeb 4, 2025, 01:39 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked...

Sports

Terps make veteran NFL coordinator Hamilton OC

Adam RittenbergFeb 4, 2025, 04:53 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Maryland has...

World

Trump’s Gaza solution betrays his ignorance of history – and could make the conflict worse

For a man ignorant in the history and ways of the Middle East, it makes perfect sense. The people of Gaza do not have...