Truck runs over, kills 7-year-old boy in Karachi’s Mehran Town

Truck runs over, kills 7-year-old boy in Karachi’s Mehran Town

KARACHI: A seven-year-old boy was killed on Wednesday when a truck ran him over in Korangi’s Mehran Town area. According to a statement by the traffic police, the truck driver was reversing the vehicle when he ran over the boy. The statement said the boy died on the spot while the driver fled the scene along with the heavy vehicle. It added that the driver was a resident of the same area and had intially parked the truck outside his home. The statement said that “carelessly driving the vehic...
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EU installs 27.1 GWh of battery storage in 2025 as utility scale leads

The European Union added 27.1 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in 2025, with utility-scale systems accounting for the majority of new installations as residential storage declined amid lower electricity prices and reduced support schemes, according to a new report from SolarPower Europe. January 28, 2026 Marija Maisch Image: pv magazine From ESS News The European Union’s battery energy storage fleet has grown for the 12th consecutive year, marking yet another record year for new installa...
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Tributes pour in for Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu who died in Mozambique floods

Tributes pour in for Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu who died in Mozambique floods

The body of Ekurhuleni member of the mayoral committee for roads and transport planning Andile Mngwevu has been recovered in southern Mozambique The body of Ekurhuleni member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for roads and transport planning Andile Mngwevu has been recovered in southern Mozambique, bringing a tragic end to a search that lasted more than a week after the vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floodwaters. Mngwevu, 40, was among five people who have been missing since earlier...
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Days numbered for ‘risky’ lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative

Days numbered for ‘risky’ lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative

(Image credit: MirageC/Getty Images) Newly developed sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries could offer much faster charging speeds, higher energy density and improvements in safety compared with conventional lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, scientists say. Using Na-ion batteries, an alternative to the Li-ion batteries found in the majority of today’s devices, researchers at the Tokyo University of Science used a new carbon-based electrolyte to improve Na-ion energy density and charge speeds. All ba...
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What’s Better, Manual or Electric? I Asked Chefs About 6 Popular Kitchen Tools

What’s Better, Manual or Electric? I Asked Chefs About 6 Popular Kitchen Tools

While we make it our business to find the latest and greatest in state-of-the-art kitchen and home tech, we often underestimate the power of cooking and baking tools in their most basic forms.  Though some modern electronics help cut corners and lessen the burden of preparing a home-cooked meal, many top chefs refuse to upgrade their arsenal, sticking to the originals.  I chatted with culinary professionals across the globe for their expert opinion on six common kitchen tools versus their ele...
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CATL CTO Signals Major Push for Sodium-Ion Batteries: “The Goal Is Large-Scale Adoption”

CATL CTO Signals Major Push for Sodium-Ion Batteries: “The Goal Is Large-Scale Adoption”

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Battery-powered compressor comes to the UK

Battery-powered compressor comes to the UK

Atlas Copco’s B-Air 185-12 is battery operated Atlas Copco introduced the B-Air 185-12 in 2024 as the world’s first battery driven portable air compressor. Eighteen months later it now has a demonstration unit in the UK. The B-Air 185-12 features five to 12 bar of pressure, a stable flow rate of 5.4-3.7 m3/min and 55 kWh battery storage capacity. With power delivered from its onboard power pack, in operation a fully charged unit needs no fuel or  local power source to plug into. Atlas C...
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5 Phone Settings To Help Improve Your Android’s Battery Life

5 Phone Settings To Help Improve Your Android’s Battery Life

Adnan Ahmed/SlashGear Every year we feel like we’ve reached peak smartphone, and yet, we continue to receive phones with better cameras, faster processors, and screens that bend in half. New chips bring not just performance gains but also better efficiency. Pair that with small, but appreciable improvements in battery capacity, and these powerhouses still manage to last a full day. Batteries degrade, though, and with all the processing our phones do in the background, it’s very commo...
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Missing Ekurhuleni MMC swept away in Mozambique found dead

Missing Ekurhuleni MMC swept away in Mozambique found dead

JOHANNESBURG – Missing Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu has been found dead. Mngwevu went missing while on a trip in Mozambique earlier this month.  The vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floods in the Chokwé area.  READ: No new information on missing Ekurhuleni MMC Mozambique is facing severe flooding that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and damaged key infrastructure. Details on the recovery and where the body was located are not yet known. In a statement on Tue...
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Toyota Teases New SUV, What Could It Be?

Toyota Teases New SUV, What Could It Be?

“Something new is on the horizon,” is all Toyota released alongside the above teaser image of a vehicle it plans to debut in the near future. When? “Soon,” is all we were told by a company spokesperson. Here’s what we think we know about the vehicle. We have learned that it will be a new version of an established nameplate, which eliminates the RAV4, Land Cruiser, 4Runner, Grand Highlander, and Sequoia, as these SUVs have all been recently updated or redesigned. We can also count out t...
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