BERLIN (AP) — Amid the hum and heat of Berlin’s Reuter thermal power station stands a shining contraption that looks out of place in the decades-old machine hall. Its silver pipes and vats contain a substance that...
Read MoreCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has taken responsibility for typos on 46 million bank notes after a radio station posted an image of the microscopic error on social media. Triple M radio posted on...
Read MoreMILAN (AP) — Italy’s largest bank by assets, UniCredit, posted its best quarter in a decade, with a 25% boost in first-quarter profits as the bank pushes ahead with a reorganization plan that includes deep cost-cutting....
Read MoreFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Officials in Germany say a drone sighting has closed Frankfurt’s busy international airport for an hour. An airport spokesman said Thursday that a pilot reported seeing a drone and the airport was...
Read MoreDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East’s biggest airline, Emirates, says profits were down almost 70% in the past fiscal year, reaching lows of $237 million, compared to last year’s whopping $762 million....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two...
Read MoreSIBIU, Romania (AP) — Even at a summit of unity, European Union leaders will always find something to disagree about. The 27 EU nations, minus Britain, will be plotting a united way ahead in the wake of Brexit negotiations which...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Japanese internet company SoftBank has reported a 36% increase in profit for the fiscal year through March from the previous fiscal year, partly on gains from its Vision Fund. After the killing of Saudi journalist...
Read MoreKAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has broken ground on a shipyard to produce submarines to counter China’s growing military threat. The self-governing island’s President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a ceremony Thursday...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Share sank in Asia Thursday as investors fretted over trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index skidded 1.8% to 28,482.09 and Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.9% to...
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