China’s Geely picks Swedish software firm for driverless cars
China’s Geely has chosen Zenuity, a joint venture between its Volvo car marque and Swedish technology group Veoneer, as its preferred supplier for assisted and...
Hotels, firms cut back on water use as taps run dry in India’s Chennai
Hotels in India’s southern city of Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million...
Staff evacuated as rocket strikes near foreign oil firms in Iraq
A rocket hit a site in southern Iraq used by foreign oil companies on Wednesday, including U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, wounding three people and threatening...
Russian anti-doping chief says athletics culture at odds with reinstatement push
Russian anti-doping chief Yuri Ganus said on Wednesday that the country’s suspended athletics federation was not doing enough to stamp out doping culture and was...
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ gets mixed reviews from disaster’s survivors
Critics and viewers on both sides of the Atlantic have lined up to acclaim ‘Chernobyl’, a dramatization of events surrounding the world’s worst nuclear accident...
Beijing mega-airport to use Israeli runway protection system
Israel’s Xsight Systems said on Wednesday that its hazard detection technology will be installed on runways of a new mega-airport in China scheduled to open...
Column: U.S. legislation will help retirement security, but bigger steps are needed
Federal policy on retirement security is one chaotic mess right now....
Czech owners of Skoda, Volkswagen cars qualify for $23 million compensation: report
A Prague district court has ruled that Czech owners of Skoda and Volkswagen cars qualify for 533 million crowns ($23.30 million) in compensation linked to...
More than 70 million displaced worldwide, says UNHCR – BBC News
More than 70 million displaced worldwide, says UNHCR BBC News Global forced displacement tops 70 million UNHCR Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN Bangkok...
Cambodia targets 140 opposition figures to silence dissent: U.N.
Cambodian authorities have questioned, summoned or detained more than 140 members of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in an escalating suppression of dissent,...