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General Motors shares surged as much as 9% on Tuesday, adding over $7 billion to the company’s market capitalization, after the biggest automaker in Detroit reported earnings. Disclosing a massive $7.6 billion dollar writedown on its electric-vehicle ambitions, the automaker also...

Trump told ABC News' Mary Bruce that the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis is a "very sad situation." Source link

HAVANA -- It’s almost noon in Havana when a handful of tourists tumble out of a small yellow bus and rush toward a row of shiny classic cars, cameras in hand.Nearby, under the shade of a beach almond tree,...

Soroush Negahdari,BBC MonitoringandGhoncheh Habibiazad,BBC PersianWANA via REUTERSProtesters and activists have also described a pattern of refusal by the authorities to hand over the bodies of those killed to their families.Mehdi said his friend's cousin was killed and that the...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has told reporters he stands behind his speech in Davos calling out unconstrained super powers, after a Trump official said he had "aggressively" walked it back in a call with US President Donald Trump....

EPAAn outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India's West Bengal state has sparked concern in parts of Asia, with some tightening screening measures at airports.Thailand has started screening passengers at three airports that receive flights from West Bengal....

The Spanish government has announced a plan to legalise the status of undocumented migrants, a measure expected to benefit at least half a million people.Regularisation will be available to foreign nationals who do not have a criminal record and...

The Rwandan government has launched legal action against the UK to seek payments it claims it is owed under a scrapped migrant deal between the two countries.Rwanda has filed a case with the Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, arguing...

Ayeshea PereraAsia Digital EditorReutersFirefighters in the Australian state of Victoria are battling at least six major fires as a record-breaking heatwave hits the country's south-east. Two fires are currently burning at "emergency level" according to local broadcaster ABC News....

Season 24 of "American Idol" premiered last night and the performances wowed returning judges Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. Source link