A budget electric vehicle (EV) selling in China for $4,500 (£3,200) is now outselling Tesla’s more upmarket cars. The compact car is proving a big hit for state-owned SAIC Motor,…
New Zealand: Man survives 14 hours in Pacific Ocean ‘clinging to sea rubbish’
A sailor who fell overboard survived by clinging to a “piece of sea rubbish”, his son has revealed. Vidam Perevertilov spent 14 hours in the water after he fell off…
USA: Hit TV show Frasier to get a 2nd life after 20 years
The hit 1990s US TV show Frasier, which starred Kelsey Grammer as a pedantic psychiatrist with his own radio show, is set to return. Grammer confirmed the show’s revival saying:…
USA: Goldman Sachs boss rejects work from home as the ‘new normal’
Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon has rejected remote working as a “new normal” and labelled it an “aberration” instead. Mr Solomon said the investment bank had operated throughout 2020 with…
Australia: Law to make Google and Facebook pay for news passed
Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. The news code legislation had been fiercely opposed by the US…
Syria torture: German court convicts ex-intelligence officer
A German court has sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to four-and-a-half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity. Prosecutors in Koblenz successfully argued that Eyad al-Gharib, 44,…
USA: Bruce Springsteen fined $500 over drinking charge
Bruce Springsteen has been fined $500 (£355) after pleading guilty to consuming alcohol in a New Jersey national park where drinking is banned. The 71-year-old rock star admitted drinking two…
Italy : Landslide pushes hundreds of coffins into the sea
Hundreds of coffins tumbled from their resting place in north-west Italy when a landslide destabilised a 100-year-old cliffside cemetery on Monday. Video showed emergency workers in boats searching for the…
The Drug Bust: Cocaine ‘worth billions’ seized in record Germany and Belgium haul
Customs authorities in Germany and Belgium have seized a record of more than 23 tonnes of cocaine that was destined for the Netherlands. German officials discovered 16 tonnes of the…
Italy: Mount Etna at it again
Mount Etna is erupting again, and its hot lava fountains are illuminating the Sicilian sky. The eruption began earlier this week, and Etna has since been spewing massive orange plumes…