German car manufacturer Audi is laying off the majority of its temporary workers at its plant in Neckarsulm, around 60 kilometres north of Stuttgart. Several hundred people are affected, a spokeswoman said in response to an enquiry, without giving an e…
Movie review: Chalamet puts mark on ‘Wonka’ in delightful origin story
“Wonka,” the new musical origin story of everyone’s favorite mischievous chocolatier, is a lot like the creative confections our protagonist conjures — we don’t need chocolate, but how can we resist such a tantalizing treat? It’s the same quandary with…
Abascal afea a Feijóo la condena por lo de Sánchez cuando Vox no se sumó al “linchamiento” por su foto con Dorado
El líder de Vox, Santiago Abascal, ha echado en cara este martes al presidente del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, la condena a sus declaraciones sobre “colgar por los pies” a Pedro Sánchez cuando él, a pesar de las “exigencias”, nunca se sumó al “linchamien…
Matthew Glover achieved his first ever maximum nine point haul in the Newark and District Double Board Darts League
Matthew Glover has picked up his first-ever maximum 9-point haul. He achieved the feat on Matchday-2 of the Newark and District Double Board Darts League’s Premiership singles league. It came just seven days after his Father, Stuart Glover, did the sam…
Audi lays off most temporary workers at southern German plant
German car manufacturer Audi is laying off the majority of its temporary workers at its plant in Neckarsulm, around 60 kilometres north of Stuttgart. Several hundred people are affected, a spokeswoman said in response to an enquiry, without giving an e…
Aurubis to invest €330 million at precious metals processing site
Aurubis AG, a German copper recycling company, announced on Tuesday it is investing €330 million ($355 million) to expand its Hamburg site. The precious metals processing plant and refinery has been earmarked with €300 million, while €30 million have b…
All eyes on ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s defense team, and FBI mole Daniel Solis, as prosecution expected to rest
Prosecutors are poised to rest their case in chief Tuesday afternoon in the corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke, setting the stage for the highly anticipated testimony of Burke’s former City Council colleague, FBI mole Daniel Solis. Prosecutors’ f…
Iranian protest icon Jina Mahsa Amini awarded EU Human Rights Prize
The young woman whose death sparked mass protests in Iran, Jina Mahsa Amini, has been honoured with the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize, along with the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that she inspired. The prize is a “a tribute to all the brave and…
Germany to fund European cloud infrastructure projects with €450m
Germany’s Economy Ministry has given the green light for the funding of projects to build a European cloud infrastructure, despite a budget crisis that has left a multibillion-euro shortfall for 2024. As the ministry announced on Tuesday in response to…
Europe police operation targeting ‘grandchild’ scam nets 27 arrests
Investigators from Germany, Poland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the European police authority Europol undertook an operation against criminals committing the so-called “granchild trick.” Twenty-seven suspects were arrested in the period fro…