Since Monday, a camp has been set up near the Tesla grounds at its Brandenburg plant, with participation increasing since Wednesday and peaking on a German bank holiday Thursday, police said. Protest gatherings were planned for Friday, one stationary near the Tesla factory grounds and another involving a procession from the camp, the Brandenburg police…
A shooting outside Drake’s Toronto mansion early Tuesday seriously injured a security guard, police said. The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. at a residence on Park Lane Circle, police said in a post on X. A representative for Drake, the Toronto-born rapper who has made headlines recently over a rap beef with Kendrick Lamar,…
SHENZHEN, China — On the long list of disputes between the United States and China, electric vehicles enjoy an increasingly prominent role. Growing stars of the auto world, EVs are also now the subject of intense commercial competition and national security concerns for the world’s two largest economies. And this metropolis known as China’s Silicon…
Security forces in Georgia used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a “foreign agents” bill which is viewed by the opposition and Western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired. Reuters eyewitnesses saw some police officers physically attack protesters, who threw eggs…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday he will continue in office “even with more strength” after days of reflection. Sánchez shocked the country last week, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. “I have decided to continue…
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday described domestic violence as a “national crisis” after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women. Thousands protested in cities around Australia on Sunday to draw attention to the deaths of 27 women so far this year allegedly caused by acts of gender-based violence…
Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday rather than face a no-confidence vote just days after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change. Yousaf, whose Scottish National Party has been weakened by a campaign finance scandal and divisions over transgender rights, stepped down after failing…
Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. The U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s climate agency, Copernicus, said in a joint report that the continent…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Leaders of the United Methodist Church are holding their first international conference in nearly a decade this week, tackling such divisive issues as gay marriage, ordaining LGBTQ pastors and a dwindling membership. Many congregations have fled church over the more liberal direction the once-conservative institution has taken in recent years on LGBTQ…
The priestess keeper of the fire, known as the Hestiada, then takes the flame in an urn to the ancient stadium at Olympia, where it is given to the first torchbearer along with an olive branch, symbolizing peace. That first torchbearer will be Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos, who will receive the flame at the…
