Japanese carmaker Nissan on Monday unveiled its version of London’s iconic black taxi, a market dominated by Chinese firm Geely. The petrol-engine taxi will be launched in December, Nissan said in a statement. The company enters the market as the original…
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Thousands of African asylum seekers demonstrated outside Western embassies in Tel Aviv on Monday in a second day of mass protests against Israel’s immigration policies. The migrants, primarily from Eritrea and Sudan, marched from downtown Tel Aviv to…
Ian Holloway returned to football on Monday as manager of Millwall. Holloway finds himself back in football at another south London club after leaving Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace in October. The 50-year-old replaced Steve Lomas who was…
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce received something close to the dreaded vote of confidence from the club’s co-chairmen on Monday following the Premier League club’s embarrassing 5-0 FA Cup defeat by second-tier Nottingham Forest. In an open letter on…
JPMorgan Chase, the US bank used by Bernard Madoff who masterminded the biggest fraud on record, has agreed to pay about $2.0 billion to US authorities to avoid litigation, press reports said Monday. Madoff masterminded a massive and long-running so…
Libya’s navy has stopped two oil tankers from entering Al-Sedra port, the site of a months-long dispute between protesting guards and the government, its National Oil Corporation said Monday. “The Libyan naval forces on Sunday prevented… a Maltese…
The new Chevrolets coming out this year will be faster — on the information superhighway. The General Motors division said Sunday it would deploy fourth generation (4G) Internet connections on several models to help motorists who want to stay connected…
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said on Monday that Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel deserved to be named Africa’s best player of 2013. Mikel is in the running for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) award with Ivorian stars Yaya Toure, of Manchester…
India’s growing importance to the English Premier League was emphasised when leading club Liverpool announced Monday their first marketing deal with an Indian company. The Reds have signed a three-year agreement with smart mobile firm XOLO which will…
London shares opened modestly higher on Monday ahead of a slew of corporate announcements later this week on how British companies have fared over the key holiday period. The benchmark FTSE 100 index added 16.98 points or 0.25 percent to 6,747.68 points…