Prosecutors in Brazil have recommended criminal charges over a fire that killed ten youth players from one of the country's top football teams Flamengo in 2019.
Those batteries lose their ability to hold a charge over time and environmentalists have concerns about endangering certain plants when the lithium for EV batteries is mined.
A court in South Korea has opened its first criminal trial of a sitting president Yoon Suk Yeol faces insurrection charges over his short-lived bid to impose martial law in December.
Former US President Donald Trump again proclaimed his innocence in a speech following his arraignment in a Miami court over charges he illegally kept top secret documents upon leaving the White House.