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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Hazmat and fire crews are seen outside the Indian and French Consulates on St Kilda Road in Melbourne, Australia, January 9, 2019. AAP Image/Kaitlyn Offer via REUTERS/File Photo SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police said on Thursday a 48-year-old man was arrested as part of an investigation into suspicious packages sent to embassies and consulates across
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Both sides in the conflict in Yemen have largely stuck to a ceasefire agreed last month, but substantial progress is still needed before more talks can be held on ending the war, the U.N. special representative to the country said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: U.N. envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths is
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Riot police deployed at the electoral commission headquarters in Kinshasa on Wednesday amid fears of a disputed result in a Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election marked by accusations of vote fraud. A Congolese news paper with the headline “The next president is him” is seen at a news stand in Kinshasa,
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
Parliamentary members voted 303 to 296 in favor of an amendment to the Finance Bill that will restrict May from amending taxes to cope with the consequences of crashing out of the European Union without an agreement. The measure isn’t expected to carry significant weight in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Robert Jenrick, a
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
Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman — the three main actresses from the comedy — all received nominations for their work. Meanwhile, “A Star is Born” received seven nominations, including nods to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga for best actor and actress. Cooper, who directed the film, was also nominated for best director. “Bohemian
The British, American, Croatian, New Zealand and Swiss consulates in Melbourne all confirmed to CNN that they had received suspicious items in the mail. The Swiss consulate in the southern city, Australia’s second largest, told the network that a suspicious package was delivered at around 1.30 p.m. local time Wednesday (9.30 p.m. Tuesday ET), and
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
Police officers and security personnel stand guard next to a train similar to one seen during previous visits by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left a station
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
The high-resolution satellite images, captured by Planet Labs on January 4, 6 and 7, show activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center consistent with steps that were taken prior to a previous launch in 2017, according to researchers at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. There are no indications the launch is for
The imprisonment of Michael R. White, 46, of Imperial Beach, California, was reported by The New York Times earlier this week. His mother, Joanne White, declined to discuss why her son was being held. She said she filed a missing-person report after her son failed to return to work in California as planned in late
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
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
“Bolton’s remarks in Israel are not acceptable. It is not possible for me to swallow this,” Erdogan said during a speech in parliament. “Bolton made a serious mistake. If he thinks that way, he is in a big mistake. We will not compromise.” The extraordinary public rebuke comes as the US has been sending starkly
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
Frank Magnitz, a member of parliament and the leader of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in Bremen, was assaulted on Monday afternoon as he walked through the center of the city. Masked men knocked him unconscious with a piece of wood “and kicked him further” in the head as he lay on the
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
“Your honor, I am innocent of the accusations against me,” Ghosn said Tuesday in Tokyo’s District Court. Wearing a dark suit and plastic slippers, the former Nissan (NSANY) chairman told the judge he had been wrongly accused. Ghosn, who remains chairman and CEO of Renault (RNSDF), had entered the court in handcuffs with a rope
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
About 20% fewer Chinese vendors are at the 2019 CES expo than last year, a spokesperson for CES said. ZTE (ZTCOF) isn’t attending for the first time since 2011. Huawei’s CEO delivered the show’s keynote address in 2018, but no Huawei executives are speaking this year (Huawei still has a large booth at CES). At
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
In October 2017, the Associated Press obtained and released the first publicly reported audio sample said to be related to the incidents. But US officials have been unable to definitively identify the source or cause of the symptoms, and Cuban officials have denied any attack. But now, after analyzing the recording, scientists say the source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House sought to make the case on Monday that President Donald Trump had not changed his position on withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria, a day after his national security adviser outlined conditions for a withdrawal that could take months. FILE PHOTO: A member of U.S forces rides on a military
The officers declared their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo and said they had seized power to “restore democracy” in the Central African nation. However, government spokesman Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told French news outlet RFI that defense forces have now taken back control of state TV and radio. “It seems it was a group of troublemakers because
MANSTON, England (Reuters) – A convoy of nearly 90 trucks rolled through the southeast English countryside to Britain’s main port to continental Europe on Monday in a government test-run for a potentially chaotic Brexit that was mocked as a farce by opponents of the split. Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to force her Brexit
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said her family wants to kill her barricaded herself inside an airport hotel in Bangkok to prevent being expelled by Thai immigration authorities who on Monday halted a plan to put her on a plane to Kuwait. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been at Bangkok’s international airport since
Blued, which says it has more than 40 million users worldwide, said in a statement Sunday that the week-long halt will enable it to review the claims and make improvements to the app. The announcement followed a report Saturday by Chinese financial news publication Caixin in which Blued was accused of failing to protect young
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