Battery-powered transportation soared in popularity during the pandemic, but the devices have since become ticking time bombs Lithium-ion batteries used in electronic bikes and scooters caused more fires in the last two months than in all of 2019, New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) chief marshall has claimed.
A 58-year old man was shot dead in broad daylight in the city of Krasnodar in southern Russia on Friday, the local investigative committee has reported. According to media in the area, the victim was a Niger-born businessman.
The European Solidarity party has decried the “authoritarianism” spreading within the country Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko’s party has appealed to the EU leadership, calling for the “restoration of freedom of speech” and political plurality in the country, while condemning Kiev’s “authoritarianism.”