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EU Slaps Record Cartel Fine of $3.24 Billion on Truck Firms
The European Union has slapped its biggest ever cartel fine, worth $3.24 billion and twice the previous record, on several of Europe's top truck producers for colluding to keep prices artificially high at the expense of consumers. EU Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said EU-based MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco...
President Obama Pens Letter to Police: ‘We Have Your Backs’
President Barack Obama told to the law enforcement community that he fully supports them and promised, "We have your backs" in the wake of deadly attacks on cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge. The comments came in a letter penned to the "brave members of our law enforcement community," posted Monday on the...
IS Group Claims Responsibility for Train Attack in Germany
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for an ax-and-knife attack on a German train that left at least five people injured, but authorities said it appears the 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who was shot and killed by police as he fled the scene appears to have self-radicalized and had no direct link to the...
German train attack: Afghan refugee ‘had IS flag in room’
A hand-painted flag of so-called Islamic State has been found in the room of an Afghan asylum seeker accused of carrying out an axe and knife attack on a south German train, officials say. The 17-year-old injured four people from Hong Kong, one critically, in the attack in Wuerzburg on Monday evening. He was shot dead by police...
48-летняя Валерия удивила поклонников, показав шикарный шпагат
О довольно серьезных отношениях Валерии со спортом поклонникам певицы давно известно: звезда старается регулярно делиться своими успешными достижениями в этой сфере на...
Breaking news: Donald Trump’s motorcade crashes on the way to New York airport
Donald Trump's campaign team has been involved in a crash on the way to a New York airport, according to reports. One of the presidential candidate's vehicles was involved in a collision as he headed to catch a flight from LaGuardia to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday. Staff were believed to be...
Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan signals death penalty return
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is ready to reinstate the death penalty "if the people demand it", following the recent coup attempt. He was addressing supporters outside his Istanbul residence who were chanting for capital punishment to be restored. EU officials have warned that Turkey's bid to...
Melania Trump’s Republican Convention Speech Had Similar Lines to 2008 Michelle Obama Address
Melania Trump delivered the most anticipated speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention, but portions of her remarks bear striking similarities to Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention eight years ago. In a portion of the speech where Trump discussed her upbringing, she said...
Russian doping: Olympic chiefs to decide on sanctions after McLaren report
Russia should be banned from this summer's Olympics and Paralympics after evidence was found of a four-year, state-sponsored doping programme, says the World Anti-Doping Agency. A Wada-commissioned report found urine samples of Russian competitors were manipulated across the "vast majority" of summer and winter...
UK will not abandon EU friends, says Boris Johnson
The UK's exit from the EU does not mean it will be leaving Europe or "abandoning" its friends, the new foreign secretary has said in Brussels. Making his debut on the international stage, Boris Johnson said the EU needed a "co-ordinated response" to terrorism in the light of the recent Nice attack. He...
Microsoft to miss ‘one billion’ Windows 10 target
Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018. In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone. The software giant has struggled to find customers for Windows phones in a market dominated...
Kazakhstan: Three police and civilian killed in Almaty gun attack
Gunmen have killed three policemen and a member of the public in Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, officials say. One attacker, 27, has been captured but an accomplice is still at large, the interior ministry said in a statement. The government has raised the terror threat level but not said who was behind the...