BERLIN, Germany (WDEF) - The Volkswagen leader who was taken down by the deisel-emissions scandal made his first public appearance on Thursday since it broke. Martin Winterkorn was grilled by German politicians about the scandal. The former chief executive denied…
MILAN (AP) - The Latest on the avalanche that buried a hotel in central Italy (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Premier Paolo Gentiloni is urging Italian authorities to redouble efforts to reach people isolated by new earthquakes and unusually heavy…
LONDON (AP) - Penguin Books says Prince Charles has co-authored a book on climate change together with an environmentalist and a Cambridge scientist.
(CBS News) -- Automotive supplier Takata pleaded guilty Friday to criminal charges for falsifying data about its defective air bags, which led to 16 deaths. The Japanese company will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution, federal officials said in announcing the plea agreement.
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(CBS News) -- A decade ago, Apple’s (AAPL) late CEO Steve Jobs vowed that the newly introduced iPhone would “reinvent the phone.” He never claimed it would be cheap, and for many consumers, it’s not.
(CBS News) -- Police in Istanbul are searching for a gunman who opened fire during New Year's celebrations, killing 39 and wounding scores more.
BERLIN (AP) - German police say they have arrested a man who shouted "bomb, bomb, bomb" at Berlin's massive open-air New Year's party.
MOSCOW (CBS News) -- The Russian foreign ministry recommended the expulsion of 35 U.S. diplomats on Friday as Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took to social media to charge that Washington had become immersed in “anti-Russian death throes.”
VATICAN CITY (CBS News) – Pope Francis has wished Christmas peace for people scarred by wars and those who lost loved ones to terrorism that he says is sowing “fear and death” in many cities and countries.
(CBS News) -- British superstar George Michael has died, his publicist confirms to CBS News. He was 53.
VATICAN CITY (CBS News) -- Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass in a packed St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, rounding out a year marked by his pleas for the world to better protect innocents caught up in wars, migrations and abject poverty.
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BERLIN (AP) - The Latest on investigation of truck rampage in Berlin Christmas market (all times local): 9:15 p.m. London police will institute road closures in the area surrounding Buckingham Palace when the popular Changing the Guard military ceremony is…
ISTANBUL (CBS News) -- Two explosions hit Saturday night outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul, after fans had gone home.
(CBS News) -- A House committee says the price of new U.S. embassies will give you sticker shock. CBS News received the draft of the new report on allegations of wasteful spending at the State Department.
LONDON (CBS News) -- The Bank of England’s new plastic 5-pound note is stronger, cleaner and safer - but apparently not suitable for vegetarians.
(CBS News) -- A fake U.S. embassy in Accra, Ghana that was issuing both counterfeit and legitimate U.S. visas was shut down over the summer after operating unhindered for about a decade, the U.S. State Department said. The building of…
RIO NEGRO, Colombia (CBS News) - Colombia began repatriating the victims of this week’s tragic air crash in the Andes as Bolivia’s president called for “drastic measures”
CHICAGO (AP) - United Airlines says a flight bound for Hong Kong from Chicago was diverted near Tokyo after 12 hours because of an "unruly passenger."
BERLIN (CBS News) -- The pilots’ union at German airline Lufthansa says it is calling additional strikes for Tuesday and Wednesday, following a two-day break in its campaign of walkouts.
MELBOURNE, Australia (CBS News) - Six people have died and five remained on life support after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia’s second-largest city, officials said on Sunday.
(CBS News) - Following the death of Fidel Castro, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, offered up sharp criticisms of foreign leaders who eulogized the 90-year-old Cuban dictator
BERLIN (CBS News) - German prosecutors have widened their investigation into Volkswagen’s handling of the emissions scandal to include its board chairman, Hans Dieter Poetsch, the company said Sunday.