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Almost 8 million Explorers have been sold and Ford bills it as the “best-selling SUV of all time.” A famous rollover-related recall scandal in the early 2000s — fatal crashes, blamed on faulty Firestone tires, led to more stringent recall regulations — did little to dampen enthusiasm for the model over the long term. The
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California startup Udelv announced Tuesday that it will deploy self-driving vans using Baidu’s technology in Surprise, Arizona, as part of a pilot program to deliver fresh groceries for Walmart (WMT). Udelv has developed a fleet of autonomous delivery vans on Baidu’s (BIDU) open-source autonomous driving platform, Apollo. The partnership with Baidu comes amid heightened trade
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Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang appears in court during an extradition hearing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African judge ruled on Wednesday that the detention of Mozambican former finance minister Manuel Chang over $2 billion of fraudulent loans was legal. Lawyers
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Nissan unveiled a new, more powerful version of its Leaf electric car Tuesday that will compete more directly against cars like the Chevrolet Bolt EV and, eventually, the base version of the Tesla Model 3. While a major selling point for the Leaf has been its relatively low price, at thousands of dollars less than
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and the leader of Poland’s ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, will discuss on Wednesday the possibility of forming a eurosceptic alliance to contest the European Parliament elections in May. FILE PHOTO: Italian Deputy Prime Minister and right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini attends a news conference
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ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek urban guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a blast last month outside one of Greece’s biggest TV stations and it accused media of promoting a “capitalist” agenda in the country. Forensic experts search for evidence after a bomb blast outside the Greek SKAI TV building in Athens, Greece December
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FILE PHOTO: Madagascar Presidential candidate Andry Rajoelina salutes his supporters during a campaign rally at the Coliseum stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Malin Palm ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s top court on Tuesday proclaimed former leader Andry Rajoelina winner of a hard-fought presidential vote, rejecting his rival’s accusations of fraud. High Constitutional Court chairman
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WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) – A student has confessed to one of Germany’s biggest data breaches, police said on Tuesday, ending the mystery of who hacked Angela Merkel and other public figures, but doing little to ease the embarrassment of cyber security authorities. FILE PHOTO: Security personnel sits behind the bullet-proof window at the headquarters of
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FILE PHOTO: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas delivers his statement, during the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 28, 2018. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain could crash out of the European Union without a deal, German Foreign Minister Heiko
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family and barricaded herself inside a Bangkok airport hotel to prevent being expelled by Thai authorities has left the airport after talks with the United Nations refugee agency, an official said on Monday. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been at Bangkok’s international airport since Saturday when
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Guatemala said it had notified United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that it would end a U.N.-backed anti-graft commission on Tuesday – eight months earlier than expected – over accusations it had interfered in internal affairs. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protest against Guatemala President Jimmy Morales’ decision to not renew the mandate of
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