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VW launches mammoth bet on electric at IAA car show
With a new car and range sporting a spruced-up logo, German car giant Volkswagen enters the Frankfurt IAA car show hoping bets worth tens...
Foxconn’s Gou Takes Step Toward Possible Taiwan Presidency Bid
(Bloomberg) -- Aides to Foxconn founder Terry Gou visited Taiwan’s top election agency about the paperwork needed to wage an independent campaign for president,...
Hundreds of Nigerians to take free evacuation from S. Africa
At least 640 Nigerians have signed up to take free flights home from South Africa after xenophobic attacks on foreigners, a spokeswoman for Nigeria's...
Kremlin says man named in media reports as U.S. spy worked in Russian president’s...
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a former Russian official identified in media reports as a CIA asset inside Russia had worked in Russia's...
UPDATE 2-Hezbollah says it downed Israel drone to boost deterrence
Hezbollah's leader said on Tuesday his Iran-backed movement had shot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon for the first time to strengthen deterrence against...
South Africa’s Malema Presents Himself to Police Over Gun Probe
(Bloomberg) -- South African opposition leader Julius Malema presented himself to the police’s special investigative unit over allegations that he illegally fired a weapon.Malema...
Aussie veterans hand over details of Viet Cong dead
Australian Vietnam War veterans on Tuesday handed over information to help their former enemies locate the bodies of some of the 200,000 North Vietnamese...
Kashmir families allege brutality by Indian forces
Burhan Nazir Parrey, 16, had a gaping wound in his shoulder the size of a cricket ball, the latest victim of what Kashmiris say...
Hezbollah says it downed Israel drone to boost deterrence
Hezbollah's leader said on Tuesday his Iran-backed movement had shot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon for the first time to strengthen deterrence against...
A Pork Meme in China Shows Why Officials Worry About Soaring Prices
(Bloomberg) -- China’s pork prices are soaring so quickly that an internet meme has emerged suggesting the newest way to show off wealth: a...
