Foxconn to switch to cars making
Foxconn, or Hon Hai Technology Group as it is officially known, started off in 1974, making knobs for TVs. Now it is one of the world’s most powerful technology companies, with an annual revenue of $200bn (£158.2bn). It is best known for making more than half of Apple’s products from iPhones to iMacs but it
Spotify ends Harry and Meghan Podcast deal
The contract was estimated to be worth $25m (£18m) in late 2020 and The podcast deal was one of the major commercial agreements the couple entered into after quitting royal duties and relocating to the US in 2020. When the agreement with Spotify was first announced, it was billed as a relationship which would produce
Russian to deliver nuclear weapons to Belarus
The deployment is Moscow’s first move of such warheads shorter-range less powerful nuclear weapons that could potentially be used on the battlefield outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. President Alexander Lukashenko has confirmed that Belarus is taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more
Kiev has declared its intention to retake the peninsula and has subjected targets there to regular attack. Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, long before the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Ukrainian general staff in Kiev said the counteroffensive to retake territory was focusing on the Bakhmut area in the
“abandoning” African fathers in old age
The provision of special care for the elderly in old age differs from country to country and clime to clime. For example, Africans and Europeans are not similar in culture; as each family in Africa caters for their own elderly people in their space, Arecent finding has shown that about 75 percent of fathers in
Total ban on gender reassignment surgery in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly used attacks on transgender rights, as well as LGBTQ people in general, to claim that the West has lost its moral compass and to further justify its aggression against Western-backed Ukraine. A new bill prohibiting gender reassignment has passed its first reading in the Russian lower house. It’s a
Development of long-range missiles by Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky has been asking his Western allies to supply Ukraine with missiles that could hit longer-range targets for most of the war, yet few have sent the weapons. The worry would be that supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with weapons that could be used in an offensive capacity against Russia might spark escalation from
Google digital ad business competition concern in Europe
Brussels has previously hit Google with more than 8 billion euros (now $8.6 billion) worth of fines in three separate antitrust cases, involving its Android mobile operating system and shopping and search advertising services. European Union antitrust regulators took aim at Google’s lucrative digital advertising business in an unprecedented decision, saying Wednesday that the tech
Warsaw pushes for Ukraine-NATO membership
Polish President Andrzej Duda has called on NATO member states to give Kiev a clear roadmap to joining the defence alliance. He said that was the expectation of the Ukrainian leadership and the soldiers defending Ukraine from Russia’s full-scale invasion. Duda added that he hoped the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania in July would
China to support Uganda against the west
China which has made huge investments and become a major partner in the development of Uganda’s key sectors like infrastructure, manufacturing and energy, says ties with Uganda do not involve political strings and interference in internal politics.Uganda’s western allies have threatened to impose sanctions following the coming into force of the law on May 26