EU regulators slap truck-maker Scania $1 billion cartel fine
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union antitrust regulators slapped Swedish truck-maker Scania on Wednesday with an 880 million-euro ($1.03 billion) fine for price fixing.
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union antitrust regulators slapped Swedish truck-maker Scania on Wednesday with an 880 million-euro ($1.03 billion) fine for price fixing.
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Warnings that the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali will erupt have sparked an exodus of at least 75,000 people that is likely to continue to swell.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local):
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Members of 13 teacher bargaining units have voted to maintain their union affiliations under Iowa's new collective bargaining laws.
COSTESTI, Romania (AP) — Getting down on their knees, hundreds of Roma kiss the relics of an Orthodox saint at a hillside monastery for their annual celebration of the birthday of St. Mary, the mother of Jesus.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster says he remains hopeful buyers can revive an abandoned nuclear power project in South Carolina, while multiple lawsuits and investigations probe whether spending should have ended years ago.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least five civilians including a woman were wounded after several rockets were fired toward Kabul international airport in the Afghan capital, officials said Wednesday.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors awaited the outlines of tax overhaul plans by U.S. President Donald Trump while news headlines on geopolitical tensions surrounding North Korea have quieted.
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on Interpol voting to include Palestine as a member (all times local):
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton's former director of communications has her own story to tell.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of vultures in Namibia died after feeding on an elephant carcass that poachers had poisoned. Poachers in Zimbabwe used cyanide to kill dozens of elephants for their ivory tusks. In Mozambique three lions died after eating…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Abu Dhabi-based long-haul carrier Etihad says a pilot has died on one of its cargo flights.
COSTESTI, Romania (AP) — Getting down on their knees, hundreds of Gypsies kiss the relics of an Orthodox saint at a hillside monastery for their annual celebration of the birthday of St. Mary, the mother of Jesus.
CAIRO (AP) — An international rights group says the warring sides in Yemen — a Saudi-led coalition and the country's Shiite rebels that it's battling — are both preventing much-needed aid and fuel tankers from reaching civilians.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's integration minister has caused a stir by publishing a screen grab of a tablet showing a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad that caused outrage among Muslims around the world in 2006.
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution for a Georgia inmate whose attorneys argue that the 59-year-old black man's death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias.
GENEVA (AP) — Two U.N. human rights experts are expressing concerns about a French counterterrorism bill being debated in parliament, warning of possible "discriminatory repercussions" especially for Muslims and other negative consequences for human rights.
PARIS (AP) — International police agency Interpol has voted to include the "State of Palestine" as a member, in a new boost to Palestinian efforts for international recognition.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a prominent Crimean Tatar leader to two years in prison for his calls of separatism.
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union anti-trust regulators have slapped Swedish truck-maker Scania with an 880 million-euro ($1.03 billion) fine for price fixing.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's surprise decision to grant women the right to drive in the conservative kingdom marks a significant expansion in women's rights, but activists said Wednesday it is also only the first step in a…
PARIS (AP) — Interpol votes to induct state of Palestine as a member of international police agency.
PARIS (AP) — Sunshine and starlight will dance over visitors to the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum when it opens in November, filtering through a huge dome that appears to hover over land and sea.
BERLIN (AP) — Leaders of the nationalist and anti-migrant Alternative for Germany say they're not concerned that its newly-departed figurehead Frauke Petry might form a new party.