Ottawa (AFP) Sept 18, 2020 - A driver who allegedly set his car to autopilot and then took a nap as it broke the speed limit on a rural Canadian highway has been charged with dangerous driving, police said.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 15, 2016 - A piece of aircraft wreckage found in June off Tanzania has been confirmed as coming from the doomed airliner MH370, Malaysia said on Thursday.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 - An ardent critic of an Australian rare earths plant in Malaysia said Tuesday she will head a government review into the controversial site after her political alliance took power at landmark elections.
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2015 - Major global carmakers pledged Friday to install auto-braking technology as a standard feature for vehicles sold in the US market, government and safety officials announced.
Paris (AFP) Sept 09, 2013 - The world's main carmakers are generally on target for meeting the EU's carbon emissions target for 2015 but some are lagging in the race to meet its goal for 2020, a survey said Monday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 17, 2018 - Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.
Macau (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - Macau on Friday said gaming revenues rose more than 20 percent year-on-year in August, despite the city being hammered by Severe Typhoon Hato, which ripped through the city killing at least 10 people.
Canberra (AFP) Sept 12, 2016 - An American amateur investigator handed possible debris from missing flight MH370 to Australian officials Monday and said several pieces were blackened by flames, raising the prospect of a flash fire onboard.
Paris (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 - MG presented Tuesday its fourth electric vehicle for the European market as Chinese automakers accelerate efforts to use zero-emission cars to gain ground in the region.
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Sept 26, 2012 - Sales of luxury cars across the United States have not kept pace with non-luxury vehicles but Lexus still expects to hit its target this year, Tim Morrison, vice president of Lexus's US division, said Wednesday.
Milan (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 - Italian eyewear giant Luxottica said on Wednesday it would launch the world's first range of glasses for watching 3D films with prescription lenses through its US brand Oakley later this year.
Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 9, 2010 - The leading German airline, Lufthansa, said Thursday that passenger traffic was up by 9.2 percent in August, that it had begun flying an Airbus A380 to Beijing and would soon fly one to Johannesburg.
Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 20, 2016 - German airline Lufthansa and Air China said on Tuesday they had signed a deal to jointly operate all the groups' connections between Europe and China.
London (AFP) Sept 2, 2016 - Starvation, torture and rape: the grim daily realities of prisoners inside Syria's Saidnaya military prison have been recreated in harrowing 3D detail by a London-based agency, established to highlight claims of rights abuses.
Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - Move aside Facebook and Skype. Asian social networks, already hugely popular on their continent, have set their sights on Europe where they could prove stiff competition for their US rivals.
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 5, 2024 - Elon Musk's woes are hardly limited to Brazil as he now risks possible EU sanctions in the coming months for allegedly breaking new content rules.
