Peter Hayden

German car manufacturers may be sued by Greenpeace and environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH). The complainants believe that car manufacturers BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler, as well as oil and gas company Wintershall Dea, are doing too…

Message service WhatsApp has to pay a fine of 225 million euros because the company was not transparent about how it handled personal user data. It is the first fine that the company will receive after European rules on data protection were…

Internet giant Google has announced that it will appeal the €500 million fine imposed on the company by the French competition watchdog. The case revolves around the so-called neighbouring rights to news items, of which Google…

Despite protests among the population, British authorities have put the alpaca Geronimo to sleep. According to the authorities, the mountain llama had a severe illness. Government officials collected Geronimo under police guard from a farm…

Hurricane Ida has already claimed at least one life in the US state of Louisiana. A person died from a fallen tree in Prairieville, south of the capital Baton Rouge. Ida has since weakened to a tropical storm. However, the US…

Mergers and acquisitions will soon take place in the car industry due to the switch to electric driving. That is what Markus Duesmann, the CEO of the Audi car concern, expects. According to him, this applies to companies that…

The attack near Kabul airport should not block the evacuations of people from Afghanistan, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. He called the massacre "a horrific terrorist attack" but has stressed that "the Alliance forces must…

There are many laws to follow when owning a car to ensure it’s safe and that other road user are protected. According to the NimbleFins car insurance guide, tax and MOT are critical to have in place, or a motorist could be driving…

The Do-Dodonpa has been shut down after four passengers claimed to have suffered injuries during the ride. The Japanese attraction reaches a speed of 180 kilometres per hour in 1.56 seconds, making it the fastest accelerating rollercoaster…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wants to run as vice-presidential candidate in next year's presidential election. His party PDP-Laban announced this on Tuesday. In the Philippines, a president can serve a maximum of one…