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Volkswagen’s senior management was briefed in the summer of 2015 on the cheating software at the centre of the company’s diesel emissions scandal, and ordered its continued concealment, according to criminal charges unsealed by US prosecutors on Monday. VW employees briefed “executive management” in July 2015 at the German carmaker’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, about the use of software-based defeat devices to understate emissions in official tests, […]

The state of Colorado has a unique way of refunding the fines, fees and other costs it imposes on defendants whose convictions later are overturned: It doesn’t. Based on Supreme Court arguments Monday, however, that foolproof way of enriching the state treasury may not last for long. “Can you just explain to me in sort […] (via WSJ)

Despite similar failed attempts, two more letters were sent to the international sporting organisations yesterday requesting a lifting of Kuwait’s sports ban for six months until a new bill is approved by the Assembly, according to Head of the National Assembly’s sports and youth committee MP Saadoun Hammad. Several organisations including The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and football governing body FIFA suspended the Gulf state last October […]

By Kay Johnson | ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s government said on Monday it was seeking to amend the constitution to keep special military courts for civilians charged with terrorism, days after the mandate expired for the secret courts that had been accused of fostering rights abuses. It was unclear how long an extension the government was seeking for the military tribunals, which proponents said were necessary because of […]

By Zachary Fagenson | FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The 26-year-old Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at a busy Florida airport in the latest U.S. gun rampage was due to appear in a federal court on Monday on charges that could bring him the death penalty. Esteban Santiago, who had a history of erratic behavior, has admitted to investigators that he planned Friday’s […]

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No one can ever confidently predict what will happen in the following 12 months, but forecasting 2017 is particularly difficult. The surprises of 2016 (Brexit and the election of Donald Trump are at the top of the list but there were others, including the sacking of the entire Kuwaiti parliament, Saudi Arabia’s backflip on its oil production policy and the sudden demonetisation in India) demonstrate that we […]

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By Tulay Karadeniz (Corrects to U.S. support in fourth paragraph) By Tulay Karadeniz ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he believes Turkey’s dialogue with the United States will gain pace after President-elect Donald Trump takes office and that they will reach a consensus on regional issues. Relations between Washington and Turkey – a NATO ally key to the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State in Syria and […]

DETROIT Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) executive Oliver Schmidt will appear in Federal Court in Miami, Florida, on Monday, a spokeswoman for the United States Attorney’s office in Detroit said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Schmidt on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Monday. The arrest was first reported by […]

DUBAI // Four men were cleared on charges of human trafficking but jailed for a year each after being found guilty of running a brothel. Last October, Dubai Criminal Court was told the Vietnamese men beat a woman, locked her up and told her she would have to work as a prostitute after bringing her to Dubai with the promise of a job. They denied charges of […]

The pound was the biggest faller on foreign exchange markets on Monday, sliding to its lowest level against the dollar since late October, after Theresa May warned there was no prospect of Britain keeping “bits” of EU membership. In an interview at the weekend, the UK prime minister told Sky News that “often people talk in terms as if we are leaving the EU but we still […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) executive on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, the New York Times reported on Monday. Oliver Schmidt, who headed the company’s regulatory compliance office in the U.S. from 2014 to March 2015, was arrested on Saturday by federal investigators in Florida, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter. nyti.ms/2iTA73S VW admitted in […]

The advocacy group The Praxis Project has filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association (ABA) over claims of engaging in false and misleading marketing of sugar-sweetened beverages. Deceptive Campaigns The suit, which was filed with the federal court of Oakland, California on Wednesday, asked for relief to stop Coke and ABA from making claims that sugary drinks do not promote type 2 diabetes, obesity, […]

By Ju-min Park | SEOUL SEOUL South Korean special prosecutors team have filed fresh charges including bribery against a close friend of impeached President Park Geun-hye, the central figure in a political scandal that has engulfed the country, the team said on Monday. Choi Soon-sil, in jail since late October and on trial since last month, already faces charges of abuse of power and attempted fraud. On […]

  Last Updated On 09 January,2017 09:57 am Naeem Bokhari had assured the apex court to complete his arguments during Monday’s proceedings. ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court will on Monday continue to hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Naeem Bukhari’s arguments related to Panama Papers case against the Sharif family. A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has resumed the case hearing. While addressing a […]

This is the first piece I have published since my official retirement from Poynter on New Year’s Eve. I have lots of work ahead of me, but it has been fun and instructive to look back. If you reach your destination in decent shape, it’s easy to forget the bumps in the road behind you. Better to look at the odometer and celebrate the distance you’ve traveled. […]

By Henning Gloystein | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iran increased exports undermining efforts by other oil producers to curb a global fuel supply overhang and as U.S. drillers increased activity for a 10th week. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were trading at $56.97 per barrel at 0019 GMT, down 13 cents from their last close. U.S. West […]

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had purchased Mayfair flats in Maryam Nawaz’s name using funds that were pocketed through corruption. Addressing a rally in Bahawalpur, Imran said the Supreme Court’s decision on Panama Leaks case would change future of Pakistan. “If we get justice in the Panama case against Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan will be a changed country,” […]

A year ago Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince and the power behind the throne, electrified the global energy industry by revealing plans to float the world’s largest oil producer. The ambitious proposal for an initial public offering in state-owned Saudi Aramco is the centrepiece of the hard-charging 31-year-old’s vision to overhaul an economy seen as too heavily dependent on natural resources. One year on […]

DUBAI// Three men attempted to steal Dh10 million from an armoured lorry after stabbing one of the security guards in the stomach. At 9pm on August 24 last year, the vehicle stopped near a bank in the Baniyas neighbourhood. Two of the Nigerian defendants waited until one of the guards was leaving the bank with the money then attacked him. “I headed to the bank while my […]

Sources within the Office of the Prime Minister speaking to The Malta Independent on Sunday have indicated that the audit commissioned into the financial affairs of Minister Konrad Mizzi will be published next month to coincide with a fact-finding mission to Malta by the European Parliament’s Panama Papers committee. The committee, named the PANA Committee, is due to visit Malta on 20 February. The […]

The UK’s Brexit vote shook the cocoa futures market in 2016, pushing the commodity that is priced in sterling to levels not seen in decades. Six months on, traders are feeling a new aftershock from the UK referendum following a filing for bankruptcy protection at the end of December by the US subsidiary of a top 10 cocoa processor Transmar Group. Transmar Commodity Group filed for Chapter […]

By Kwasi Kpodo | ACCRA ACCRA West African leaders are still pursuing mediation to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in Gambia where President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept defeat in an election last month, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday. Sirleaf told reporters after a meeting among regional leaders in Ghana’s capital Accra that regional bloc ECOWAS did not yet intend to deploy its […]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 January) —  Preemptive evacuations have been monitored in the Caraga region and in areas on the path of tropical depression “Auring” which is expected to  make landfall over Surigao del Sur Sunday evening. “Auring” has been monitored at 75 kms east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as of 10 a.m. Sunday, with 15 of Mindanao’s 27 provinces placed under storm signal number […]

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