DETROIT: Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday (Feb 16) it will invest US$500 million to retool its US assembly plant near Canton, Mississippi, to build two new electric vehicles, part of the Japanese automaker’s US$18 billion program to expand its electric vehicle fleet through 2030. Nissan said it plans to […]
Day: February 17, 2022
NEW YORK : A team of quantum computing engineers from JPMorgan Chase & Co, Toshiba Corp and Ciena Corp say they have successfully shown that a powerful, newly-developed encryption network can be used to protect communications on the blockchain, according to a paper published Thursday. The group of researchers say […]
WASHINGTON: Russia has expelled the US deputy chief of mission to Russia, Bart Gorman, a State Department spokesperson said today, warning of a US response amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Russia’s action against our DCM was unprovoked and we consider this an escalatory step and are […]
BRUSSELS: The United States has seen Russia stocking up on blood supplies, inching troops closer to Ukraine’s borders and flying in more combat aircraft, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said today, dismissing Moscow claims of withdrawal. “I was a soldier myself not that long ago. I know firsthand that you […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader said today that it will further develop peaceful nuclear capacities to preserve the country’s independence, amid talks between it and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. “We will sooner or later need peaceful nuclear energy. If we do not pursue it … our independence […]