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Heathrow closure could cost millions, disrupt flights for days
Heathrow closure could cost millions, disrupt flights for days
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Huge travel disruption at London's Heathrow airport caused by a power cut Friday could take several days to remedy and cost millions of pounds, experts estimated. - Several experts estimated that the cost of the incident for the airlines and the airport, which handles some 230,000 passengers a day, would total tens of millions of pounds.

EU tariffs not a deterrent, says Chinese EV maker XPeng
EU tariffs not a deterrent, says Chinese EV maker XPeng
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng said Friday that European Union tariffs on EVs made in China have had a "large economic impact" but will not deter the firm's plans to tap European markets. The tariffs are "something we have to deal with... it's a large economic impact," XPeng vice chairman and president Brian Gu said at the opening of a Hong Kong store.

Trump suggests Tesla vandals be jailed in El Salvador
Trump suggests Tesla vandals be jailed in El Salvador
Business and Economy
by  AFP

President Donald Trump suggested Friday that people who vandalize Tesla property -- the car brand owned by his billionaire ally Elon Musk -- could be deported to prisons in El Salvador. Attorney General Pam Bondi this week branded vandalism against property owned by Tesla as "domestic terrorism" in a public show of support for Musk.