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German police raid Audi offices, escalating Volkswagen diesel inquiry

A criminal investigation of Volkswagen’s diesel fraud escalated on Wednesday after the authorities in Germany searched offices of the automaker’s Audi luxury car unit, threatening a crucial source of badly needed profit.

Suicide bombing hits justice building in Damascus

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a historic judicial building in Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state media said. It was the second mass-casualty attack in five days in the heart of the Syrian capital.

Hackers post Nazi insults, pro-Turkey messages on hundreds of Twitter accounts

Hackers apparently sympathetic to the Turkish government posted Twitter messages Wednesday on hundreds of public accounts deriding Germany and the Netherlands as Nazis.

Woman's headphones caught fire midflight, Australian authorities say

A passenger on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne, Australia, was listening to music on her own personal headphones when the headphones suddenly caught fire, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.

'Get Out' star responds to Samuel L. Jackson: 'I resent that I have to prove I'm black'

Actor Daniel Kaluuya is a bit confused and upset after Samuel L. Jackson's criticism about his latest role in Jordan Peele's comedy-horror film, Get Out.

Why Trump is not the most likely source for the leaked tax returns

When news broke Tuesday night that MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow planned to release previously unseen tax returns for Donald Trump, the administration wasted little time in replying.

Trump hits back at Snoop Dogg 'assassination' video

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a music video in which rapper Snoop Dogg points a fake gun at a clown-like Trump figure.

Government forced to delay Customs merger into BRA

With unionized workers at the Customs & Excise Department still not budging, Government has seemingly resigned itself to another year without having Customs under the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) umbrella.

We are IMF bound, warns Arthur

There is no doubt in the mind of former Prime Minister Owen Arthur that Barbados will turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help to tackle its fiscal problems.

CISOCA head says pastor’s 20-year sentence a lesson

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Superintendent Enid Ross Stewart, says she is pleased with the recent sentencing of a minister of religion to 20 years in prison for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
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