WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Outgoing US President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug colouring long known to cause cancer in animals. Decades after scientific evidence first raised alarm, Red 3, as it is also...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The United States finalised a rule Tuesday effectively barring Chinese technology from cars in the American market, taking aim at software and hardware from the world’s second biggest economy on national security risks. The announcement comes as outgoing President Joe Biden...
Sales of all types of electric vehicles rose more than 40 per cent in China last year, while those of gasoline-powered automobiles plunged, industry data showed Monday. A total of 31.4 million vehicles including buses and trucks were sold last year in the world's biggest market...
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday his decision to resign as Liberal Party leader. It comes in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signalled growing turmoil within his government. A Canadian government official said that...