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The long-serving leader of the Suzuki Motor group, Osamu Suzuki, died on Christmas Day aged 94 of lymphoma. Staunchly frugal and ahead of his time, Suzuki ran the company and pushed it from a relatively niche Japanese automaker into a global player and the leader in India’s automotive market for over four decades.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) leader BYD has announced significant year-end discounts on two of its popular models — the Song Pro DM-i hybrid and the Qin Plus EV.

Syria’s new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar Assad issued death sentences for detainees in the notorious Saydnaya prison, a war monitor said Thursday. Watch in for more details!

The second black box has been found at the plane crash site near Aktau and handed over to the investigation department. The Embraer 190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Of all the 67 people on board, 38 were killed in the crash, and 29 survived, including two children who were pulled from the wreckage. Interviews have been carried out with victims, ground service workers, and all witnesses. Radio communication recordings between the crew and dispatchers have been retrieved. The investigation of the crash site, covering more than 4,000 square meters, is underway. Watch in for more details!

The world’s biggest electric vehicle battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL), has announced plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, where it is already listed, the company revealed its intentions.

China's BYD is facing criticism over human trafficking allegations at an electric vehicle (EV) factory in its biggest overseas market, after Brazilian labor authorities accused a contractor at the site of the crime.

Vladimir Putin stated that Russia is "striving" to end the conflict in Ukraine. The Russian President mentioned that the government is ready to deploy intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missiles or other more powerful intermediate-range weapons if necessary.

Former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92, in the national capital on Thursday (Dec 26), Delhi's All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) confirmed in a press release. Watch in for more details!

Shaken by the events of October 7 and wary of further attacks, Israel relaxed safeguards for noncombatants, permitting strikes that could risk the lives of up to 20 people per attack. The result was one of the most devastating bombardments of the 21st century.

Light rain in Delhi-NCR has brought a slight drop in temperature, but the region's air quality remains in the "severe" category, posing health risks. Authorities continue to monitor pollution levels as the weather shifts. Watch in for more details!

OpenAI's popular AI tool, ChatGPT, faced a major outage that disrupted its services. The disruption affected ChatGPT, its Application Programming Interface (API), and the text-to-video generator, Sora. The AI research and deployment company confirmed the issue on its status page, stating that high error rates were being experienced across all platforms. Watch in for more details!

The Israeli military unleashed a significant air assault on parts of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in retaliation for the group’s missile attacks against Israel, striking back at an adversary more than a thousand miles away.

The FBI allegedly suppressed evidence from the U.S. Defense Department and researchers supporting the theory that COVID-19 originated from a Chinese lab. According to The Post, this evidence was omitted from an August 2021 report presented to President Joe Biden, which concluded that the virus was "probably not genetically engineered."

Shaken by the events of October 7 and wary of further attacks, Israel relaxed safeguards for noncombatants, permitting strikes that could risk the lives of up to 20 people per attack. The result was one of the most devastating bombardments of the 21st century.

Captain Harpreet Chandi, a former British Army officer from Derby, is taking on one of the toughest expeditions in history—a solo, unsupported trek to the North Pole. At 36, she aims to be the first woman to complete this nearly impossible journey, covering 500 miles of shifting sea ice in temperatures of minus 50°C. Watch in for more details!

Former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92, in the national capital on Thursday (Dec 26), Delhi's All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) confirmed in a press release. Watch in for more details!

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has denied claims by US president-elect Donald Trump that there are Chinese soldiers stationed at the Panama Canal.

#Gravitas The situation in Syria remains volatile. In Tartous, remnants of the ousted Assad regime reportedly ambushed and killed at least 17 police officers and wounded 10 others. Watch in for more details!

Former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92, in the national capital on Thursday (Dec 26), Delhi's All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) confirmed in a press release. Watch in for more details!