The logo of German car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured at Volkswagen’s transparent factory in Dresden, Germany, on May 14, 2025. (AP-Photo) Volkswagen is considering closing four factories in Germany and increasing planned job cuts to as many as 1,00,000 (1 lakh) in what could become the biggest restructuring in the company’s history as the automaker…
Paris recorded a June high of 40.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Health authorities across Europe remained on high alert Friday as an unprecedented heatwave continued to sweep across the continent, forcing governments to introduce emergency measures ranging from alcohol restrictions and event cancellations to transport advisories.Scientists described the spell of extreme weather, which began on…
Indian woman Amitoj Kaur was the sole casualty of the fire that caught her apartment in Nova Scotia, Canada, earlier this month 24-year-old Amitoj Kaur was identified as one of the victims of the tragic fire that caught a residential building in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, earlier this month. Kaur came to Canada to study and…
Indian man claims his friend, by mistake, crossed to the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls and got detained by CBP on the US border. A social media post claimed that an Indian man got detained by the CBP at the US-Canada border after he crossed the border by mistake and went towards the Canadian…
An Uber spokesperson said Prabhjeet Singh is leaving the company to pursue another leadership opportunity. Uber India and South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh has stepped down after more than a decade with the ride-hailing company, the company confirmed on Thursday, PTI reported.An Uber spokesperson said Singh is leaving the company to pursue another leadership opportunity.“We…
UK-based comedian of Indian-origin Hardeep Singh Kohli is accused of 20 charges, including multiple counts of rape and sexual offences involving five women, and is to face trial after pleading not guilty. Kohli, 57, entered his pleas through his legal team during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow. The trial is scheduled to…
Residents in Dubai received an incoming missile alert on Friday, only to be told shortly afterward to “disregard” the warning.The brief text message from the UAE’s Interior Ministry, sent shortly after 5.:5 pm local time, was the first such alert issued during the Iran war.The warning appeared to have been sent in error, though it…
Among the biggest drags was Micron Technology, whose shares fell 5.5%. The memory-chip maker has been one of Wall Street’s biggest winners this year, with its stock roughly quadrupling as AI-driven demand boosted sales. Wall Street slipped on Friday as another sharp selloff in artificial intelligence (AI)-linked stocks outweighed gains across much of the broader…
A powerful storm that swept through New York has led to an extraordinary discovery at one of the state’s oldest cemeteries. Strong winds uprooted a massive Norway maple tree at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester on June 18, unexpectedly revealing a gravestone that had been hidden beneath soil, roots and debris for more than a…
Piyush Goyal on Friday urged Indian and British businesses to look beyond incremental gains from the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), saying the pact should become a catalyst for “transformational growth” when it comes into force on July 15. Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged Indian and British businesses to look beyond incremental gains…
