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  New York (CNN Business) Bugatti, the French manufacturer of $3 million supercars, is over a century old. But now it faces what may be the most difficult maneuver it has ever had to carry out: transitioning to an electric future. But enormous engines fueled by petroleum products are no longer technological wonders. They're old school. And in 2021, Bugatti needs to finally enter the age of electric vehicles. Mate Rimac poses next to his "Concept One" supercar model at his factory and showroom in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia, on February 17, 2016. Enter Mate Rimac, who in 2009 founded Rimac Automoblili, a Croatian startup making the 1,900 horsepower Rimac Nevera electric supercar. The genius of high-wattage performance had already grabbed headlines fresh out of high school and he's attracted the industry's attention ever since. In July,  Bugatti merged with Rimac Automobil i — creating Bugatti-Rimac, and transferring majority ownership of VW's luxury performance icon...

  Greece is to make Covid vaccinations mandatory for people aged 60 and over. Fines of €100 (£85) will be imposed at monthly intervals from mid-January on those who refuse, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. The money will go towards the Greek health system, which is struggling with a surge in hospital admissions. About 63% of Greece's 11-million population is fully vaccinated, but data show more than 520,000 people over 60 are yet to get the jab. ADVERTISEMENT "Greeks over the age of 60... must book their appointment for a first jab by January 16," the premier said in a statement to the cabinet. "Their vaccination is henceforth compulsory." The measure is still to be put to a parliamentary vote, he said, but lawmakers are widely expected to approve it. While countries have made vaccines mandatory for health workers and other high-risk workers, Greece will become the first in the EU to target a specific age group.  Austria has announced that compulsory Cov...

  IMAGE SOURCE,  AFP Image caption,  Volunteers conduct a night patrol on the lookout for suspicious activity earlier this month After dark, in a residential neighbourhood in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, dozens of civilian volunteers were busy patrolling their streets one night last week, stopping and searching cars and checking documents. "Our neighbourhood committee includes about 180 people. We've apprehended many people. And we've found a lot of suspicious materials, including guns and explosive devices," said an older man who appeared to be co-ordinating the searches. The volunteers are searching for Tigrayan rebels, and their supporters, under new state of emergency regulations introduced by the Ethiopian government in response to a Tigrayan military offensive.  Critics say thousands of people have been unjustly detained,  but the clampdown appears to have widespread support in the capital. Hurry, he is trying to escape," said another man, suddenly,...