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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., arrives at the Tesla plant in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 13, 2024.Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTesla sold just 750 electric vehicles in Germany for October 2025, less than half of what it sold a year ago, according to data out Wednesday from the country’s federal transport authority, known as KBA.In October last year, Tesla sold 1,607 EVs in Germany.KBA data shows 434,627 new battery electric vehicles year to date, the KBA data said, up nearly 40% from the same period last year. Of those EVs, 15,595 were Teslas, a decline of 50%…

A protester with the Main Street Alliance holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as its justices are set to hear oral arguments on U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to preserve sweeping tariffs after lower courts ruled that Trump overstepped his authority, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 5, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersTraders slashed odds that the Supreme Court will uphold President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs after justices on Wednesday signaled doubts about the legality of the administration’s sweeping trade powers.On Kalshi, contracts tied to whether the court would rule in favor of Trump’s tariffs slipped to around 30%…

KUWAIT: Undersecretaries of Interior Ministries from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states convened on Wednesday in Kuwait for the preparatory meeting ahead of the 42nd GCC Interior Ministers’ meeting. The session was chaired by Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior and current chair, Major General Ali Al-Adwani. In his opening remarks, Major General Al-Adwani welcomed Assistant Secretary-General for Security Affairs, Brigadier General Hamad Al-Amimi, the undersecretaries of the GCC Interior Ministries, delegation members and representatives of the GCC General Secretariat.He emphasized that the bonds of faith, kinship and shared destiny among GCC states render regional security a collective and indivisible…

KUWAIT: The coordinating committee for the Arab Reading Challenge in Kuwait held its inaugural meeting on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education theater to discuss preparations for the tenth edition of the competition in Dubai. In a press statement, the Ministry of Education said Abdullah Al-Barrak, general coordinator of the Arab Reading Challenge in Kuwait, confirmed that the meeting brought together a select group of teachers, department heads, and supervisors involved in the initiative to explore strategies for encouraging student participation and fostering a culture of reading.Al-Barrak noted that the Kuwaiti committee was formed under the direct guidance of Minister…

The news of Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City has triggered shockwaves thousands of miles away, in Mumbai and Delhi. A man of Indian heritage being elected mayor of one of the world’s great cities would usually be a cause for celebration amongst Indian politicians and journalists. Mamdani is not just an Indian but one of Gujarati heritage too, just like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But there is one key and consequential difference. Zohran Mamdani is a Muslim and a staunch critic of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem…

The Vogtle nuclear power plant is located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia in USA. Each of the two existing units have a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR), with a General Electric turbine and electric generator, producing approximately 2,400 MW of electricity. Two Westinghouse made AP 1000 reactors are under construction here.Pallava Bagla | Corbis News | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration’s plan to spend tens of billions of dollars on Westinghouse nuclear plants could transform it into an independent, publicly traded company with the U.S. government as a major shareholder.The Commerce Department signed a deal last week with Westinghouse owners…

Dr. Sidrah Nisar was both excited and overwhelmed to land a $125,000 salary right out of veterinary school in 2019.”I had more money than I could handle,” she tells CNBC Make It.Little did she know, she would soon be more than doubling that annual income by switching from full-time positions to contract work as a relief vet. Nisar’s sister, who’s also a vet, introduced her to an app called Roo that connects vets to clinics in need of coverage. Nisar started picking up shifts through Roo in May 2023 and left her full-time job in September of that year.”I love being…

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesParamount Skydance has already informed Warner Bros. Discovery it believes its $23.50 per share acquisition offer is in the best interest of shareholders. Now it has to plan on what to do if the WBD board disagrees.WBD is openly for sale and intends to publicly announce its plans toward the middle or end of December, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The legacy…

Americans are falling deeper into debt, but not across the board.Collectively, credit card balances rose by $24 billion in the third quarter to $1.23 trillion — up 5.75% from a year earlier to a fresh all-time high, according to a new report on household debt by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released Wednesday.The average credit card balance per consumer now stands at $6,523, up 2.2% year over year, a separate quarterly credit industry insights report from TransUnion also found.However, despite the overall uptick, there is a growing divide among consumers, TransUnion found. “Some demonstrate heightened financial resilience while others face mounting challenges,” the report said.Read more…

A Supreme Court tariff hearing Wednesday provides the biggest legal and policy challenge of President Donald Trump’s administration, with economic fallout likely to follow. As for its impact on markets, it’s complicated. The U.S. top court heard arguments on whether the White House can flex its tariff muscles under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which allows the president to regulate international commerce but does not specifically authorize tariffs. There’s little expectation that the justices will be in a hurry to issue a ruling, so any impacts are likely to be months away. But speculation already is running rampant: Will…