China tests first electric aircraft

China’s first domestically manufactured electric airplane successfully completed its maiden flight this week, the country’s media reported on Friday. The AG60E plane, developed by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Corporation, took off from Jiande Qiandaohu Airport in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday. It landed at the same airport after conducting a short test flight,…

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EU state reports record number of corporate bankruptcies

Over 55,000 French businesses closed their doors in 2023, the Bank of France says More than 55,000 businesses were shut down in France in 2023, marking a record high for company closures since 2017, according to data compiled at the close of December by the Bank of France.

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UK gathering secret ‘Trump dossier’ – reports

British officials are said to have learned lessons from their failure to predict the billionaire’s win in 2016 Senior UK officials are compiling a dossier on former US President Donald Trump in anticipation of his potential victory in the 2024 election, which could cause turmoil on the global stage, inews reported on Friday.

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