Source link The category outpaced vodka in quarterly growth at the beginning of this year, according to the regulator Vodka, Russia’s stereotypical national beverage, is beginning to lose out to lower-alcohol alternatives in terms of domestic sales, according to newly released data. Among alcoholic beverages, those classified as low-alcohol (meaning up to 9% alcohol content) […]
Source link Berlin’s military support enables acts of genocide in Gaza, according to the Central American country Nicaragua called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday to halt Germany from providing military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. Nicaragua’s Ambassador […]
Source link The killing of foreign aid workers in Gaza has reignited calls for a halt to supply of British weaponry The UK is facing renewed calls to stop exporting arms to Israel, following the deadly bombing by the country’s military of a humanitarian convoy in Gaza, media outlets are reporting. On Monday, seven World […]
Source link The government has the MPs calling to end the deliveries of weapons amid the continuing war in Gaza Canada will halt future arms sales to Israel, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told the newspaper Toronto Star on Tuesday. Her statement came after the country’s parliament passed a resolution on the matter amid the growing […]
Source link Azerbaijan is a flourishing market and is not re-exporting vehicles to the sanctioned country, a British motoring group has claimed An unprecedented surge in car exports from the UK to Azerbaijan is not related to Russia or sanctions evasion, the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has claimed, as cited by […]
Source link The measure has been proposed in a funding bill unveiled by lawmakers in Washington China could be banned from buying oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) under new provisions in budget legislation unveiled by Congress on Sunday, Bloomberg has reported. Lawmakers in Washington are seeking to prevent China from purchasing crude […]
Source link The measure would be introduced if the IDF continues to escalate its operation in Gaza, sources told the agency Britain is considering restricting some arms exports to Israel if the country launches an offensive on the city of Rafah in Gaza or keeps hampering aid trucks from entering the Palestinian enclave, Bloomberg has […]
Source link The growth comes despite the company officially ceasing sales of its products in the country in 2022 Sales of Apple’s MacBook Air and Pro in Russia soared by 20% year-on-year last year despite the tech behemoth leaving the country in 2022, Izvestia has reported, citing retailers. Apple halted sales of its physical products […]
Source link A think tank claims Rowan Atkinson’s criticism of EVs is disrupting the phase-out of petrol and diesel vehicles in the UK The UK-based environmental charity Green Alliance has accused actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson of being a high-profile obstacle to the government’s efforts to phase out fossil fuel vehicles by 2035. Addressing the […]
Source link The sector recorded a 1.7% drop during the Christmas season alone, official statistics show German retail sales saw a sharp drop in 2023, according to preliminary data released on Wednesday by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In price-adjusted terms, sales in the sector were down 3.3% from 2022 and 3.9% from 2021, a […]
Source link Local smartphone makers outperformed Apple in the final quarter of last year, data has shown Apple’s smartphone sales in China dropped by 2.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year owing to increased competition from local brands, led by Huawei, figures from research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) released this week showed. […]
Source link Purchases of electric vehicles have surged tenfold over the past two years, according to the outlet Ukraine is experiencing a “surprising boom” in electric vehicles that has seen purchases surge almost tenfold compared to pre-conflict levels, Le Figaro reported on Monday. Tesla vehicles are particularly popular among Ukrainians, the data shows. At the […]
Source link The iPhone outsold Samsung devices globally by 10 million units in 2023, data shows Apple has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top smartphone seller, ending twelve years of dominance by the South Korean tech giant, preliminary data released by the International Data Corporation (IDC) on Tuesday showed. The iPhone took the top spot […]
Source link Demand for EVs has reportedly been declining, partly due to a reduction in state subsidies Sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) have continued to slow across the world, according to market research firm Rho Motion, cited by Reuters. Sales rose by only 31% last year, down from 60% growth in […]
Source link Lada was the best-selling brand in the domestic market in 2023, followed by China’s Chery and Haval New passenger car sales in Russia skyrocketed in 2023, data from Autostat analytics agency showed this week. As of the end of the year, 1.06 million new cars were sold in the country, a 69% increase […]