Shares in PSA Peugeot Citroen plunged on Monday after it pushed forward with plans for China’s Dongfeng and the French state to invest 3 billion euros into the troubled French auto group. The shares in the automaker slumped 11.11 percent to 10.21 euros…
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Deutsch Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, announced late Sunday a surprise net loss of 965 million euros ($1.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2013 because of litigation costs and weakening revenues. In a statement issued more than a week earlier than…
Oil prices fell on Monday as China’s economic growth data fuelled concerns over energy demand in the world’s second largest economy, traders said. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in February, dropped 67 cents to $…
Enlarge An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector disconnects the connections between the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium production at nuclear power plant of Natanz, as Iran halted production of 20 percent enriched uranium…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the fledgling nation than George W. Bush, for whom the…
China’s working-age population continued to decline last year, the government said Monday, as Beijing grapples with a demographic time bomb that is one of its biggest challenges. The country introduced its controversial one-child policy in the late…
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and the actress Amber Heard are engaged to be married, People magazine reported. “They couldn’t be happier to be engaged and excited to share the rest of their lives together. Amber has really taken well to the kids and really…
The communications teams of Queen Elizabeth II and her heir, Prince Charles, are to merge, royal sources said Monday, which should help smooth his eventual transition to the throne. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper called the latest move “the clearest…
Nigeria’s top military officer on Monday called for a swift end to the Islamist insurgency gripping the country’s north, as he was sworn in as the new chief of defence staff. “The security situation in the northeast must be brought to a complete stop…
Month after month, we tech writers like to discuss the gains Microsoft is making with Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1) in terms of its overall market share. It’s kind of like documenting each developmental stage of a baby as it grows into toddler-hood.…
With rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S5 announcement swirling daily, it looks as if the latest leak regarding the device has surfaced some interesting new user interface elements. Specifically, the new shots appear to showcase an overhauled Google Now…
The latest word out of Chinese tech analyst Sun Chyang Xu (originally reported by Chinese site Tencent) is that Apple is planning on releasing two different sizes of iPhone 6 later this year—both of which are bigger than the current crop of iPhones…
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday chose a new chairman, days after his predecessor was forced out following months of bitter in-fighting. Members of the party’s national executive council unanimously chose Ahmadu Adamu Mu’Azu…
The Alfonso Cuaron film “Gravity” and the harrowing historical drama “12 Years a Slave” shared the top prize at the Producers Guild of America (PGA), a first for the awards. In the past six years the winner of the PGA then picked up the Oscar for best…
I recently got a chance to check out a couple of electric tuk tuks at EVS27 in Barcelona. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to test drive them, just snap pics. Below are most of my pics of these tuk tuks, followed by some information about the vehicles…
Police comedy “Ride Along” made its debut at the top of the North American box office, arresting viewers’ attention over the US holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. The film, starring funnyman Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, raked in $41.2 million…
Egyptian activist Ramy Essam (R) in Jehane Noujaim’s documentary THE SQUARE. Courtesy of Noujaim Films. By Margaret Barthel At the heart of every nation there is always an iconic communal place –a symbolic and physical space where we define and…
British comedic actor/director Richard Ayoade, at the Sundance Film Fest. to promote “The Double,” which stars Jesse Eisenberg, claims he got a warm welcome from Robert Redford. (Jan. 19)
The personal data of at least 20 million bank and credit card users in South Korea has been leaked, state regulators said Sunday, one of the country’s biggest ever breaches. Many major firms in the South have seen customers’ data leaked in recent years…
Rita Moreno sings a bit of “This is All I Ask” while accepting a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.