BERLIN – Investigators have searched the offices of two senior Volkswagen executives and the company’s influential employee council chief in an operation apparently related to a probe of pay for employee representatives. Continue Reading Below News agency dpa reported Wednesday that Volkswagen confirmed the offices of personnel chief Karlheinz Blessing […]
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3-year-old girl survives Russia plane crash that kills 6
MOSCOW – A 3-year-old girl was the only survivor of a plane crash in far eastern Russia, which killed six people Wednesday, officials said. Continue Reading Below An L-410 twin-engine turboprop crashed while trying to land at a small airport near the village of Nelkan. The aircraft, which belonged to […]
Rohingya crisis draws Tillerson to Myanmar
NAYPYITAW — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Myanmar on Wednesday to meet with leader Aung San Suu Kyi amid a crisis in the country’s west that has seen hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya flee to Bangladesh. Suu Kyi’s office confirmed that Tillerson would meet with her […]
AP Explains: What happened when Russia bought Uranium One
WASHINGTON – The sale of Uranium One, a Canadian firm with rights to mine U.S. uranium, to a Russian company is in the news again with the Department of Justice signaling it could appoint a special counsel to look into the matter. Continue Reading Below President Donald Trump and his […]
WATCH: Georgia school bus driver hailed as hero after fiery crash
Now Playing: Students escape as school bus bursts into flames Now Playing: School Bus Fire Caught on Camera Now Playing: Train Narrowly Misses School Bus in Viral Video Now Playing: Students Trapped in a School Bus After It Crashes in Texas Now Playing: Georgia school bus driver hailed as hero […]
Divided Srebrenica awaits Mladic verdict 22 years after massacre
FILE PHOTO: Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (R) and Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April, 1995. REUTERS/Ranko Cukovic/File Photo November 15, 2017 By Daria Sito-Sucic SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Almir Salihovic sits in his office in Srebrenica, waiting for a U.N. tribunal […]
Fed should signal tolerance for higher U.S. inflation, Evans says
FILE PHOTO: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans takes a question during a round table with the media in Shanghai, China March 23, 2010. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo November 15, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on Wednesday said he is worried about a drop […]
Cambodia’s former opposition leader announces return to politics
FILE PHOTO – Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy delivers a speech to members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at a hotel in metro Manila, Philippines June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo November 15, 2017 PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced his return to […]
Papa John’s apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests
Papa John’s is apologizing for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Continue Reading Below Papa John’s is a major NFL sponsor and advertiser, and Schnatter said on an earnings call Nov. 1 that “NFL leadership has hurt Papa […]
With Mugabe in custody, Zimbabwe’s military denies coup
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital’s streets following a night of unrest that included a military takeover of the state broadcaster. The night’s action triggered widespread speculation of a coup, […]