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VinFast—managed by Vietnam’s richest particular person Pham Nhat Vuong—is spending $500 million to triple its EV manufacturing capability in India inside just a few years. The growth may even allow the corporate’s present manufacturing facility within the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to provide electrical buses, e-scooters and charging infrastructure, New York-listed VinFast mentioned in a assertion. The facility, which began producing electrical vehicles in August, is Vinfast’s first abroad plant.“The proposed expansion of the Tamil Nadu plant will enable us to broaden our product lineup in India, allowing us to meet a wider range of customer needs,” Pham Sanh Chau, CEO of VinFast Asia, mentioned within the assertion. “VinFast believes that Tamil Nadu will continue to...

The gross sales drop comes after sharp declines in client confidence this 12 months. The gross sales drop comes after sharp declines in client confidence this 12 months. WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail gross sales fell sharply in May as customers pulled again from a spending surge early this 12 months to get forward of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on practically all imports. Sales at retail shops and eating places dropped 0.9% in May, the Commerce Department stated Tuesday, after a decline of 0.1% in April. The determine was pulled down by a steep drop in auto gross sales, after Americans ramped up their car-buying in March to get forward of Trump’s 25% responsibility on imported vehicles and automotive elements. Excluding autos, gross sales fell 0.3%. ...

Janis Paige, a well-liked Hollywood and Broadway actress who danced with Fred Astaire, has died aged 101.Paige additionally toured with US comedy big Bob Hope throughout her profession which continued into her 80s. She died of pure causes at her dwelling in Los Angeles on Sunday, her long-time pal Stuart Lampert mentioned on Monday.Paige made her Broadway debut reverse Jackie Cooper in thriller comedy Remains To Be Seen in 1951, and appeared with John Raitt in smash hit musical The Pajama Game three years later.In 1957 she appeared reverse iconic dancer Astaire within the movie Silk Stockings. The film is known for her and Astaire spoofing new-fangled film gimmicks within the Cole Porter quantity Stereophonic Sound, together with swinging from a chandelier."I was one mass of ...

A celeb antiques professional who was attacked by two males with hammers has mentioned he has "recovered very well" and thanked followers for his or her assist.Ian Towning, 76, mentioned he was significantly better after being "smashed to bits" when attackers focused his retailer in March. The duo broken property and stole hundreds of kilos value of jewelry in the course of the raid on the Bourbon Hanby Antiques Arcade in Chelsea, west London. Two others, together with a safety guard, had been additionally injured. Image: Ian Towning on The Alan Titchmarsh Show in 2012. Pic: Steve Meddle/Shutterstock Mr Towning, who has appeared as an antiques professional on ITV's Dickinson's Real Deal and Posh Pawn on Channe...

The daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has filed paperwork to legally change her identify.Shiloh Jolie-Pitt submitted the petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 27 May, the day she turned 18, to alter her identify to Shiloh Jolie, the Los Angeles Times reported. Shiloh, who performs as a voice actor within the movie Kung Fu Panda 3, is the third-eldest of the previous couple's six youngsters.She is the primary to file a petition for a authorized identify change, however a number of the others have dropped the general public use of their father's final identify in recent times, the paper added.The siblings additionally embody Maddox, Pax, Zahara and twins Knox and Vivienne. Image: Pics: AP Joli...

The first Muslim International Film Festival is going down in London this week to champion "narratives of international Muslim filmmakers and highlight their compelling stories".The programme consists of eight function movies, two units of quick movies, in addition to panels and networking alternatives. Festival director Sajid Varda instructed Sky News it is about altering depictions of Islam and Muslims."For many years, as Muslim, we've never really seen ourselves reflected back on TV and film," he stated, talking on the pageant's opening in London's Leicester Square."Many of the tales which have Muslim characters are very cartoonish, very tropey. It's all the time these 4 key tropes: Muslims are terrorists, Muslim males are misogynists, Muslim ladies are oppressed, and Isla...

Jeremy Renner is ready to star in his first movie since he was significantly injured in a snowplough accident.The 53-year-old American is the most recent actor to hitch the forged of Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, greater than a 12 months after he suffered greater than 30 damaged bones within the accident. The Avengers star was injured on New Year's Day in 2023 whereas making an attempt to assist his nephew free his pickup truck from the snow when the six-tonne plough started to roll down a hill, in line with a police report. Image: Jeremy Renner after the accident Renner was airlifted to hospital, and spent a while in an intensive care unit.He will be part of British star Daniel Craig ...

Millie Bobby Brown has married Jake Bongiovi in a "small family wedding", his father has confirmed.Jon Bon Jovi revealed the information after current hypothesis round British actress Brown, 20 - star of Netflix sci-fi collection Stranger issues - and his son, 22-year-old mannequin Jake Bongiovi. The couple bought engaged in April 2023, when Brown shared a photograph on Instagram of them hugging whereas she wears an engagement ring.Referencing a lyric from Taylor Swift track Lover, Brown wrote alongside the put up: "I've loved you three summers now, honey, I want 'em all."Read extraMillie Bobby Brown seems to point out off engagement ring in images with Jake Bongiovi And legendary rocker Bon Jovi confirmed throughout an look on The One Show that the pair had now tied the knot...

In a membership that has admitted solely 17 formally acknowledged members over the previous 150 years or so, one would suppose that being the world chess champion would include a little bit little bit of justified hubris. But reigning Chinese world champion Ding Liren, who should defend the title he gained in 2023 by the top of the yr towards younger Indian phenom GM Dommaraju Gukesh, is proving an exception to the rule. Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com

The home famously used when Kevin McCallister was left Home Alone at Christmas is on sale.The five-bed, six-bathroom mansion in Winnetka, Illinois has been put in the marketplace for a staggering $5.25m (£4.1m). It is the primary time since 2012 that the property has been put in the marketplace, in keeping with American property brokers, Zillow. Image: The price ticket for the mansion is sufficient to shock Kevin McCallister. Pic: twentieth Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock Since the discharge of the 1990 basic movie directed by Chris Columbus, the home has gone below excessive renovation.Posting a walkthrough of the interiors, property brokers The Dawn Mckenna Group, mentioned the present house owners have doubl...