UK announces $1.33b investment for EV battery gigafactory
The project, led by Japanese battery maker AESC, will produce batteries for up to 100,000 EVs annually.
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2025 Truist Championship odds, predictions, props, best bets: Weekend picks from proven golf expert
The 2025 Truist Championship heads for the weekend beginning with Round 3 on Saturday morning at the Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course). Keith Mitchell is atop the leaderboard at 12-under par, while Shane Lowry (-11) and Sepp Straka (-10) are both within two shots. There’s a loaded group at 7 under, including Masters champion Rory…
2025 SEEfest Festival Prizes Go To ‘DJ Ahmet’ And More
The South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles has wrapped its 20th edition with the presentation of jury and audience awards. DJ Ahmet, directed by North Macedonian filmmaker Georgi M. Unkovski, won SEEfest‘s Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film. “A lyrical coming of age story set in a Yuruk village in North Macedonia…
A New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes
The Pakistani military accused India early Saturday of launching air-to-surface missiles that targeted at least three air bases across Pakistan, in what appeared to be a sharp escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors four days into their armed confrontation. Among the bases that came under attack, Pakistan said, was a key installation near the capital, Islamabad….
Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought
Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these different calls like linguistic Legos to relay complex meanings when communicating, researchers report May 9 in Science Advances. Chimps can combine and flexibly rearrange pairs of sounds to convey different ideas or meanings, an ability that investigators have…
Google will pay a $1.375 billion settlement to Texas over privacy violations
Google is set to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims of data privacy violations brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a press release. Texas filed two lawsuits in 2022 against Google for “unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data,” the release says. Before now, no…
Rolly’ Romero sends a message to Ryan Garcia: ‘Get closer to God’
Rolando Romero is living the best moment of his career. This past weekend in Times Square, he shocked the boxing world by defeating Ryan Garcia, one of the sport’s best-known faces, by unanimous decision. It was a clear-cut victory, with Romero knocking Garcia down in the second round. From the first bell, Romero showed composure,…
bitchy | The Sussexes’ new communications chief was the ‘architect’ of Harry’s BBC interview
The timeline last Friday was as follows: we heard late Thursday that a verdict would be coming in on Prince Harry’s security appeal in the UK. The appeal verdict was released at 9 am EST (2 pm GMT) and 6 am PST. Roughly six hours after the appeals verdict came out, the BBC aired their…
U.S. Starts Investigation Into Imported Planes and Parts
The Trump administration has started an investigation into the import of commercial aircraft, jet engines and related parts that could lead to new tariffs on top of the many it has already put in place. According to a federal notice posted online on Friday, the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, started the investigation on May 1…
Pope Leo XIV Voted in Democratic and Republican Primaries, Records Show
Pope Leo XIV has voted fairly regularly in general elections over the last two decades, and has chosen to participate in both Republican and Democratic primary elections over the years, state and local records in Illinois show. The new pontiff, a Chicago native, has voted in at least 10 general elections since 2000, the records…