Israel and Turkey on collision course after Ankara severs ties

Israel and Turkey on collision course after Ankara severs ties

Turkey fully suspends trade and closes airspace to Israel, a wartime-level rupture that analysts warn could fuel dangerous escalation. Turkey’s full suspension of economic and trade relations with Israel, coupled with the closure of its airspace, marks an unprecedented escalation that could have far-reaching consequences, Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen-Yanarocak of Tel Aviv University warned in…

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Hybrid-focused Japanese automaker Suzuki “not too worried” about EV-first China brands like BYD

Hybrid-focused Japanese automaker Suzuki “not too worried” about EV-first China brands like BYD

[SINGAPORE] China electric vehicle (EV) brands are making fast and furious sales in the Asia-Pacific, but Japanese carmaker Suzuki is not going head-to-head with them. Recognising that the EV wave is powered partly by government incentives, the mass-market brand is staying focused on petrol-electric hybrids for now, said Masafumi Harano, managing officer and executive general…

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Thousands march against Gaza war in Frankfurt after ban overturned

Thousands march against Gaza war in Frankfurt after ban overturned

Thousands of people gathered in Frankfurt to protest against the Gaza war on Saturday after courts overruled the western German city’s ban on the demonstration. Police reported approximately 11,000 attendees at the starting point in Hafenpark, surpassing the 5,000 originally registered. The demonstrators, carrying Palestinian flags and protest posters, chanted slogans such as “Freedom for…

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Houthis confirm their prime minister killed in Israeli strike

Houthis confirm their prime minister killed in Israeli strike

Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement has confirmed that its self-proclaimed Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week. The Iran-backed group said several other senior officials were killed when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Thursday. The IDF said Rahawi and other senior Houthi…

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