DETROIT: The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors yesterday, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse. The move to strike, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade,
ADDIS ABABA: When Robel Wolde bought a beat-up 1967 Volkswagen Beetle from a friend for 50,000 Ethiopian birr, it marked the start of an extensive restoration he’d plotted for years. The 25-year-old Ethiopian painter quickly went to work. He installed new grey leather seats, applied black stripes and decals along
SYDNEY: Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to Aus$127 million to settle multiple class action suits brought by Australian motorists over a diesel emissions cheating scandal, the parties’ lawyers said yesterday. The German car giant, which owns brands ranging from luxury Audi to lower-end Skoda, said in 2015 that 11
MIAMI: Tropical Storm Humberto lashed the Bahamas with rain and wind on Saturday, possibly slowing down relief efforts in the wake of the devastation wrought less than two weeks ago by Hurricane Dorian. The US National Hurricane Centre said the centre of the storm, packing maximum sustained winds of 95km
SYDNEY: Fiji’s leader Frank Bainimarama was set to dine with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison last night, just weeks after the pair clashed over climate change at a Pacific summit. Bainimarama arrived in Australia on Wednesday for five days of meetings with members of the Fijian community in Sydney and
LONDON: Former British prime minister David Cameron launched a blistering attack on the UK’s current leader Boris Johnson in extracts of his memoirs published yesterday, accusing him of only backing Brexit to further his own career. He said Johnson, who took office in July, believed that campaigning for Britain to
SRINAGAR (India): Kashmir has seen an average of nearly 20 protests per day against Indian rule over the last six weeks despite a security lock down to quell unrest, a senior government source told AFP. Tensions remain high in the disputed Himalayan region after New Delhi’s controversial decision last month
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban rescinded a months-long ban on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) working in areas under their control yesterday and restored security guarantees for those working for the organisation. The militants and the ICRC “consented to following the old agreement on top of new promises in
SINGAPORE: Pollution from forest fires in Indonesia pushed Singapore’s air quality to unhealthy levels for the first time in three years on Saturday, the government said, a week ahead of the Formula One night race in the city. The toxic smoke caused by burning to clear land for plantations is
GLENEAGLES (United Kingdom): Celine Boutier and Georgia Hall were the European heroines on Saturday as Europe desperately clung on to the hope of regaining the Solheim Cup at Gleneagles. After a punishing series of fourballs in blustery, cold weather, the Americans emerged as 2.5-1.5 winners to leave the score tied