The world’s oldest person has died at the age of 116, Guinness World Records has said. Tomiko Itooka died on 29 December at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan, according to staff. A funeral service was held with family and friends. Ms Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavoured Japanese drink called
More than 6,000 prisoners have been released in Myanmar as part of an amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain. The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesties for 5,864 prisoners from the Southeast Asian country, as well as 180 foreigners who will now be deported, state-run media said.
The King is deeply saddened by the death of a British man who was killed in the attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day – amid reports he was the stepson of an ex-royal nanny. Edward Pettifer, from Chelsea, west London, was fatally injured in the tragedy, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Sky News understands
A soldier who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas left notes saying the New Year’s Day explosion was a stunt to serve as a “wake-up call” for the country’s ills, investigators have said. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, also wrote in notes left on his phone that he needed to “cleanse”
Drive an hour outside China’s commercial capital Shanghai, and you’ll reach Elon Musk’s Tesla gigafactory. It manufactures almost one million Tesla cars a year and produces more than half of all its cars worldwide. But with US president-elect Donald Trump preparing to move into the White House, the relationship between his best buddy Elon Musk
Although Toyota bZ4X sales nearly doubled last year, the auto giant is still falling behind in the US EV market. Overseas rivals like Hyundai and Kia are lapping Toyota. Even other Japanese automakers, including Honda and Nissan, are selling more EVs in the US than Toyota. Toyota bZ4X sales lagged behind US EV rivals in
Jan 3, 2025, 06:22 PM Open Extended Reactions England and Argentina most recently collided in the bronze-medal match at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Dan Mullan/Getty Images Argentina’s Pumas are set to host England and Uruguay in a series of matches this July, the team confirmed on Thursday, marking the return of the English side to
Honda’s electric SUV is taking the US by storm. After another record month in December, Honda Prologue sales in the US reached over 33,000 in total in 2024. Honda Prologue US sales reach over 33,000 in 2024 Honda set new SUV, hybrid, and EV sales records in the US in 2024. Its first electric SUV,
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Vice Chair and President at Microsoft, Brad Smith, participates in the first day of Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 12, 2024. The largest technology conference in the world this year has 71,528 attendees from 153 countries and 3,050 companies, with AI emerging as
After its best EV sales quarter ever in the fourth quarter, Ford is extending its “Power Promise” program, which includes a free home charger. Ford looks to keep the momentum going this year after the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E set new sales records in 2024. Ford set a new EV sales record in Q4
Flow regulator valves at a natural gas measuring station in Moldova. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has been thrust into a profound energy crisis following the termination of a five-year gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people in the mainly Russian-speaking territory of Transnistria
2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 (Source: Hyundai) South Korea’s auto giants, Hyundai and Kia, are making their presence known in the US after another record sales year in the US in 2024. With new EVs launching in key segments, Hyundai and Kia expect even more growth this year. Here’s what to expect in 2025. Hyundai and
Israel has confirmed it is holding the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza following reports of his arrest last week. Dr Hussam Abu Safiya was held along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation centre during a raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital on 27 December. The
Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 10:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Locked in a defensive struggle in which neither team gained 300 yards, Georgia coach Kirby Smart made an aggressive but ill-fated decision late in the first half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Right after Notre Dame took a 6-3 lead on
The NKT Victoria cable laying ship operates off the coast of Marske by the Sea as it lays cable as part of the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm project on August 17, 2024 in Marske By The Sea, United Kingdom. Ian Forsyth | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday called
Elon Musk has made “misinformed” and “misjudged” comments about the government’s response to grooming gangs in the UK, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting also urged the tech billionaire and owner of X to “roll his sleeves up” and help the government tackle child sex abuse and exploitation online. Mr Streeting was asked about
Donald Trump has said the UK is making “a very big mistake” in its fossil fuel policy – and should “get rid of windmills”. In a post on Friday on his social media platform, Truth Social, Mr Trump shared news from November of a US oil producer pulling out of the North Sea, a major
International shipping giants DHL partnered with autonomous software company Oxa to deploy a self-driving car in live airport traffic at Heathrow, safely completing more than 800 miles of fully autonomous driving in just 14 days. DHL has been a leader in decarbonization and new technology for years, and have maintained a Strategic Partnership with London
Adriana Garcia Jan 2, 2025, 08:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Constant transfer speculation is giving Real Betis midfielder Johnny Cardoso extra motivation to play at his best, according to the United States international. Cardoso, 23, has thrived with Betis since joining the LaLiga club a year ago from Brazilian outfit Internacional. Tottenham, AC Milan
A Tesla Cybertruck caught on fire in the lot of a Tesla store in North Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. The local fire authorities suspect a battery fire. The incident went mostly unreported because it happened just a few hours before the highly publicized Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on
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