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Renault shows 'interest' in Fiat Chrysler merger offer

PARIS -- French automaker Renault said Monday that it would study "with interest" a 50-50 merger proposal from Fiat Chrysler, a deal that could reshape the industry as Renault reviews its options fol...

May 27, 2019
World Business
[Graphic News] Best and worst Asian countries for road quality

Singapore has the best road infrastructure alongside Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, according to the opinion survey by World Economic Forum. Road infrastructure is a marker of a country’s developm...

May 27, 2019
World News
Europe-wide vote fragments center as far right, Greens gain

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sun...

May 27, 2019
World News
Renault, Fiat Chrysler in talks on alliance: sources

French and Italian-US auto giants Renault and Fiat Chrysler are set to announce talks on an alliance, with a view to a potential merger, informed sources said on Sunday. Renault and FCA are likely t...

May 26, 2019
World Business
Former Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda dies at 98

Prem Tinsulanonda, who as an army commander, prime minister and adviser to the royal palace was one of Thailand’s most influential political figures over four decades, died Sunday at age 98. His dea...

May 26, 2019
World News
Strong 8.0-magnitude earthquake hits Peru, no injuries reported

A strong 8.0-earthquake struck northern Peru in the early hours of Sunday, sending residents fleeing their homes and cutting off power to at least one town, with the impact felt as far afield as neig...

May 26, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] 1 in 7 babies born with low birthweight worldwide

More than 20 million newborns in 2015 - one in seven - came into the world weighing too little, latest data showed. Over 90 percent of babies tipping the scale at less than 2.5 kilograms when born...

May 26, 2019
World News
May to quit as party leader June 7, opening race for new PM

Theresa May ended her failed three-year quest to lead Britain out of the European Union on Friday, announcing that she will step down as Conservative Party leader June 7 and triggering a contest to c...

May 25, 2019
World News
Volcano on Indonesia's Bali erupts, flights canceled

Bali's airport has canceled flights following an eruption of the Mount Agung volcano that spread ash over the south of the Indonesian island. The national disaster agency said Friday night's eruptio...

May 25, 2019
World News
29 inmates killed in Venezuelan jail riot: Official

A showdown between armed inmates and guards in an overcrowded cellblock of a Venezuelan jail Friday left at least 29 prisoners dead, an official said. The clash started when inmates, many armed, ref...

May 25, 2019
World News
Taiwan holds first gay marriages in historic day for Asia

TAIPEI (AFP) -- Taiwan made history on Friday with Asia's first legal gay weddings as same-sex couples tied the knot in jubilant and emotional scenes, the culmination of a three-decade fight for equa...

May 24, 2019
World News
Huawei: US controls have 'no impact,' talking to Google

The founder of Huawei expressed confidence Washington's curbs on sales to the Chinese tech giant will have little impact and said Tuesday it is discussing “emergency relief” from Google for possible ...

May 21, 2019
World Business
[Graphic News] EU election

About 400 million Europeans from 28 countries will head to the polls May 23-26 to choose lawmakers to represent them at the European Parliament for the next five years. Voters in each EU nation ch...

May 21, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] China may not be the most populous country by 2024

Currently, China with a population of 1.41 billion and India with 1.34 billion remain the two most populous countries, comprising 19 percent and 18 percent of the total global population, respective...

May 20, 2019
World News
Cambodia marks genocide atrocities with Day of Remembrance

PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- Black-clad students reenacted the horrors of the Cambodian genocide at the "Killing Fields" on Monday to commemorate the two million people killed by the Khmer Rouge's murderous, ...

May 20, 2019
World News

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