Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced the decision on Tuesday following a call with Elon Musk.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced that the electric car manufacturer Tesla will open a large plant in northern Mexico, marking an investment that could be worth up to $10bn for the region. Following a phone call with Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday, Lopez Obrador revealed that the plant would be located in the industrial hub of Monterrey, the capital of the northeast state of Nuevo León. “This will represent a considerable investment and many, many jobs,” Lopez Obrador told…
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New York Rangers defenceman K’Andre Miller has been suspended three games for spitting at Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty during their game on Sunday, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Tuesday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The ruling was handed down after Miller released a statement saying the action was “completely accidental.” He also said he apologized to Doughty after the game. “I have all the respect in the world for Drew Doughty and what happened was completely accidental,” Miller said. “I would never intend to do something like that on purpose, it goes against everything…
Parts of the Northeast are gearing up for what could be very heavy snow Tuesday, after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through parts of the Southern Plains and the Midwest, killing at least one person in Oklahoma, and some Michigan residents faced a sixth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice storm. In California, the National Weather Service said winter storms will continue moving into the state through Wednesday. A storm system produced at least four tornadoes as it moved across central and northeastern Illinois on Monday, including two that formed in suburbs west of Chicago, authorities said. Initial reports suggested…
Before its invasion of Ukraine, Russia was Europe’s chief energy source. It supplied 29 percent of the European Union’s oil imports and 43 percent of its gas imports. Moscow was on the cusp of activating the twin Nordstream 2 pipelines, which would have increased its gas exports to the EU by a third. This energy relationship came crashing down in February last year, as Russian troops entered Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Germany, which had nurtured the Nordstream 2 pipelines for 15 years against United States objections, said it was halting the process of certifying them for commercial use. After Russia…
The long-anticipated trade of Chicago Blackhawks superstar Patrick Kane to the New York Rangers could happen after 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Friedman said that Kane’s salary wouldn’t be counted against the Rangers’ cap total until Wednesday if he were obtained by the team after 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, an important detail considering New York is tight against the cap. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Kane’s future in Chicago has been in doubt of late as he entered the final year of his contract just as general manager Kyle Davidson…
Le Graet has been president of the FFF since 2011French Football Federation president Noel le Graet has resigned following a damning report into the organisation and accusations of sexual harassment.The 81-year-old stood down in January while the French government carried out an audit into the federation.”Considering his conduct towards women, his public comments and the governance failings of the FFF, Mr Le Graet no longer has the necessary legitimacy to run and represent French football,” the report concluded when it was published earlier this month.It also said Le Graet, who has always denied any wrongdoing, should not return to his…
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime survived a stiff test from Maxime Cressy on Tuesday, beating the American 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The fourth-seeded Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, evened the career series against the world No. 36 at 1-1 after losing to Cressy in the first round at Wimbledon last year. Cressy saved 13 of 14 break points against the Canadian with Auger-Aliassime finally pulling through for the decisive break in the final set. Cressy had trouble on serve, committing 25 double faults to Auger-Aliassime’s one. Auger-Aliassime’s next faces are Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego.…
More than half of those shutdowns were recorded in Kashmir as India leads the Access Now list for a fifth consecutive year.Authorities last year shut down the internet at least 187 times in a record 35 countries – the highest number ever in a single year. India leads the global list with 84 shutdowns, 49 of them recorded in Indian-administered Kashmir. These were the findings of a report released on Tuesday by digital rights watchdog Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition, which said governments are using internet shutdowns as “weapons of control and shields of impunity”. India – labelled “the…
HRW says Manama still committing widespread rights violations as it seeks to ‘display image of reform and tolerance’.Bahrain must drop all charges against three men who have been arrested amid ongoing violations of the “rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and association” in the Gulf country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The appeal on Tuesday by the international rights group comes after three independent United Nations experts expressed concern over the “alleged arbitrary detention and subsequent arrests” of four people – including three minors – following protests in the town of A’ali in 2021 against Bahrain’s normalisation of ties with…
New Delhi, India – Saima Saleem, 27, has been waiting for hours on a bench outside a court of law in New Delhi, her eyes glued to a corridor as she waits for her father, Mohammad Saleem Khan, to appear. Khan, 49, was arrested three years ago for rioting and murder during the religious riots in the Indian capital, in which 53 people – most of them Muslims – were killed. The courts provided him bail in both the cases. But Khan continues to languish in jail as he has not been able to secure bail in a case under…