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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla Inc will build a factory in Shanghai to make the Megapack energy storage product, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported on Sunday. Elon Musk’s automaker will break ground on the plant in the third quarter and start production in the second quarter of 2024, Xinhua reported from a signing ceremony in Shanghai. Complementing a huge existing Shanghai plant making electric vehicles, the new factory will initially produce […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is aware of news reports about a leak of several classified U.S. military documents and it plans to discuss “issues raised” as a result of the leak with the United States, a South Korean presidential official said on Sunday. Several classified U.S. military documents have recently been posted on social media offering a partial, month-old snapshot of the war in Ukraine, three U.S. officials told […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Police in the German city of Hamburg warned locals on Sunday of possible toxins in the air after a fire at a storage facility. Some 140 people have been evacuated, and it is not yet possible to say how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said. Authorities said the fire was in Rothenburgsort, just a few kilometres southeast of central Hamburg, and that the smoke cloud was […]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc will build a gigafactory in Shanghai to make the Megapack energy storage product, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported on Sunday. Elon Musk’s automaker will break ground on the plant in the third quarter and start production in the second quarter of 2024, Xinhua reported from a signing ceremony in Shanghai. The factory will initially produce 10,000 Megapack units a year, equal to around 40 […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Police in the German city of Hamburg warned locals on Sunday of possible toxins in the air after a fire at a storage facility. Some 140 people have been evacuated and it is not yet possible to say how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said. (Reporting by Tom Sims; Editing by Hugh Lawson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Police in the German city of Hamburg warned locals on Sunday of possible toxins in the air after a fire at a storage facility. Some 140 people have been evacuated and it is not yet possible to say how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said. (Reporting by Tom Sims; Editing by Hugh Lawson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end Riyadh’s military involvement in the country’s longrunning war. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run in parallel to U.N. peace efforts. Peace efforts have also gained momentum after arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to reestablish […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Dawn Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ended peacefully on Sunday after days of heightened tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site, as a mass‮ ‬Passover benediction at the adjacent Western Wall began. Small groups of Jewish visitors under heavy police guard walked through the mosque compound, known in Judaism as Temple Mount, as thousands of worshippers gathered for the Passover’s special “Priestly Blessing” at the Western […]

RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end Riyadh’s military involvement in the country’s longrunning war. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run in parallel to U.N. peace efforts. Peace efforts have also gained momentum after arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to reestablish […]