Ford electric motor reinvents historic Michigan plant

The cab is lowered onto the tire of a battery-powered F-150 Lightning truck at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn (United States)...

Inflation swings as Thai elections approach

The kingdom has been grappling with 14-year-old inflation that has driven up the basic cost of living — coming as the country prepares for...

Cypriot carob farmers harvest ‘black gold’

Theophanes Christo, 20, and his grandfather Christos Charalambos, 79 (above the tree) harvest carob from a tree in the village of Asgata, southern Cyprus ASGATA...

German bakeries struggle to survive as costs rise

Bakeries in Germany were among the businesses hit hard by the economic fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine BEILITZ (Germany) (AFP) - Faced with an...

Swiss vote on factory farm bans and pension reform

In 2020, women in Switzerland, on average, received approximately 35% lower pensions than men GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland voted Sunday on a number of issues,...

Far-right eyes historic victory with Italy vote

Brussels and financial markets are watching the Italian elections closely, amid fears they may be the latest to veer to the hard right Rome (AFP)...