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Toyota Motor Corporation To Launch Next-Generation EVs with All-Solid Batteries Worldwide

On January 11, Toyota Motor Corporation executives announced that the company plans to launch EVs with all-solid batteries, the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) that can shorten charging times and extend driving range, worldwide within a little while. The company announced this at an investment summit held in India. The picture was […]

Indian Broadcasting Giant Zee Entertainment Plans to Merge with Sony Group in India

On the 9th, Indian broadcasting giant G Entertainment Enterprises announced that it is aiming to merge with the Indian subsidiary of Sony Group. Logo of both companies. (2024 Reuters / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / File Photo) BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian broadcasting giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises ( ZEE.NS ) announced on the 9th that it […]

Saudi Aramco Cuts Official Selling Price for Arab Light Crude Oil

On the 7th, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Saudi Aramco, reduced the official selling price (OSP) for its main type of Arab Light crude oil for Asian customers in February by $2 from January. This is the lowest level since November 2021. The photograph was taken in January 2016 in Khobar province (2024 Reuters / […]

Protests Force Shutdown of Libya’s Sharara Oil Field, Halting Production

[3日 ロイター] – The Sharara oil field, one of Libya’s largest, was hit by demonstrations by local residents and was forced to halt operations completely. Two engineers told Reuters. The maximum production rate of the oil field is 300,000 barrels per day. Demonstrators from the southern region of Fezzan in Libya claim that oil fields […]

Yemen’s Pro-Iranian Houthi Group Disrupts Maritime Trade in Red Sea

More attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s pro-Iranian Houthi group have disrupted maritime trade. This is because major shipping companies around the world avoid the Suez Canal and take detours around the Cape of Good Hope. The picture shows a Houthi helicopter flying over the cargo ship Galaxy Leader. The picture was […]

COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference: Big Success or Circus?

28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention Veers from its Original Purpose December 4th, 2023, Dubai, UAE – The ongoing 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has garnered comparisons to an extravagant trade show or circus, rather than a solemn gathering […]

ENEOS Holdings Revises Consolidated Earnings Forecast Upwards for 2024

Rewrite text On November 8, ENEOS Holdings revised its (IFRS) consolidated earnings forecast for the financial year ending March 2024 upwards. Photo taken in Tokyo in 2020 (2023 Reuters / Issei Kato) [Tokyo, 8th (Reuters)]- ENEOS Holdings (5020.T) has on the 8th revised its consolidated business forecast (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the financial year […]

Ukrainian President Claims Army Repelled New Russian Offensive in Eastern Donetsk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Wednesday that Ukraine’s military successfully repelled a fresh offensive by Russian forces in the town of Abdevka in the eastern Donetsk region. Despite heavy fighting, the Ukrainian army managed to hold its ground and is now consolidating its positions. President Zelenskiy, along with senior military officials, visited the Kherson […]