Category: International

Elon Musk pulled off a classic move again amid Tesla facing some big challenges. Musk — who is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla — unveiled his “new” vision for the electric vehicle manufacturer on the earnings call.  Tesla is currently concentrating on developing an AI-powered fleet of robotaxis for ride-hailing, made up of both new “Cybercabs” and pre-existing autonomous vehicles that Tesla owners can dispatch whenever they like, according to Gizmodo. “Think of it as a combination of Airbnb and Uber,” said the 52-year-old said on Tesla’s earnings call Tuesday. …

STOCKHOLM: The global military spending witnessed a significant 7% hike to reach $2.43 trillion in 2023 amid various ongoing conflicts that continue to fuel the demand for military hardware. According to the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States (US) and China reported the highest military expenditure last year. Nan Tian, a senior researcher at SIPRI’s Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme, has warned that nations remain at the risk of an “action-reaction spiral” in the prevailing geopolitical, security turmoil despite the steps taken towards prioritisation of military…

The well-known TikTok bishop who was viciously stabbed while preaching in Australia advised the rioters to calm down and further declared that he had already forgiven his teenage attacker on Thursday. He even referred to the alleged terrorist as his “son”, according to New York Post. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel addressed the crowds that had taken to the streets of Sydney in the wake of the horrific attack that was seen on camera and that authorities have referred to as “a terrorist incident” in his first public address since the stabbing,…

Following intense rains that covered the region in less than a day, the city of Dubai has almost come to a complete standstill. Due to subterranean parking lots flooding, schools have been closed and staff members have been told to work from home. Following two days of rain, there were also problems with the metro services. Moreover, one of the biggest airports in the world, Dubai International, is experiencing major delays, with planes being delayed or diverted for many hours. Numerous media sources linked Dubai’s routine cloud seeding operations to…

Mohammed Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, will house a city of nine million people, where people imagine that there will be no cars or streets but flying taxis. A giant fake moon, animatronic dinosaurs, and an army of robots to harvest food, cook and clean for the pampered population will also be there and as for carbon emissions, they will be zero, according to Daily Mail. There would be nothing like this city named Neom anywhere, at least on this planet, as fantastical concept pictures showed. However, as…

Tragedy struck in the southern Turkish province of Antalya as one person lost their life and ten others sustained injuries in a cable car accident, confirmed by the interior ministry. The incident occurred when a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole on Friday afternoon, leaving twenty-four cabins suspended in the air. Despite continuous rescue efforts, over sixty individuals remained stranded in nine cabins even sixteen hours later, with a total of 112 individuals ultimately rescued. Chairman Okay Memis of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority assured reporters that…

Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s dream project, ‘The Line’, is still a work in progress, but it has already caught the eye of many foreigners. They are not just watching from the sidelines; they are eager to call it home. Global property consultancy Knight Frank’s inaugural Destination Saudi report reveals that nearly a third of expats based in Saudi Arabia are interested in buying a home in Neom, the trillion-dollar megacity that is the brainchild of the Crown Prince. This futuristic project has emerged as the top choice for expats. Neom…

England has witnessed a record-breaking amount of rainfall over the past 18 months, from October 2022 to March 2024, according to new figures issued by the UK’s Met Office.   A whopping 1,695.9mm of rain has fallen, making it the wettest 18-month period since records began in 1836 in the country. This is more rain than any 18-month period since England started keeping track in 1836.  The record beats the previous one set just a month earlier, which saw 1,680.2mm of rain from September 2022 to February 2024. The third highest…