December2017

Fast forward eight years: Consumers’ understanding and appetite for electric vehicles have been transformed, with demand experiencing a five-fold increase since 2012. Now, the vast majority of car brands are developing their own first-generation EVs. Back...

The initial batch of Kicks will be available at Argentinean dealerships in the beginning of 2018. Approximately 4,000 units of this record sales crossover are planned to hit the neighboring country’s stores during the next six...

Williams, who has won an Open-era record 23 Grand Slams, said she was “delighted to be returning to the court”. She gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian in September. Serena Williams will return to tennis in Abu...

Givens joined Warner Bros in 1940 where he became famous for his work on the Bugs Bunny character. Previous drawings were said to be “too cute” for the cartoons the company wanted to produce. Bob Givens,...

Footage shows people scattering as the bus ran down wide steps before being brought to a halt by the tunnel’s roof. The incident occurred near Slaviansky Boulevard station in western Moscow. A bus left a road...

The rescue operation lasted about two hours, Franck Lecoutre, head of the tourism office in the Chamrousse ski resort, near Grenoble. Around 150 skiers in the French Alps were rescued after being trapped for several hours...

A small bus taking an extended family to a dawn church service crashed into a larger bus in the town of Agoo, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Manila, killing 20 on board. Twenty pilgrims were...

Jointly launched by the Hefei government and Hefei Institute of Physical Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the lab aims to develop advanced monitoring technology and equipment for the country’s environmental monitoring agencies and...

Pope Francis used his Christmas message on Monday to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked regional tensions with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital....

The two-and-a-half-year-old conflict in Yemen has left a catastrophe. The crisis has continued to deteriorate following last month’s escalation of fighting in the north, as well as explosions in the south. Essential services have collapsed and...