January2017

News Hour: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened Toyota Motor Corp over its Mexican-built cars, but the biggest risk from a punitive tariff would be for its compatriot Nissan Motor Co, the largest automaker operating in...

News Hour: Nurul Islam alias Marzan, one of the masterminds of last year’s Gulshan cafe attack and leader of Neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and his accomplice Saddam were killed in a gunfight with police in Beribadh...

News Hour: Renault-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn told a tech gathering on Thursday the automaker is committed to self-driving cars, as he unveiled a series of initiatives to advance the technology. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show...

News Hour: Samsung Electronics said on Friday it expects profits to soar by nearly 50 percent in the December quarter, as strong memory chip prices push earnings to their highest point in three years despite a...

News Hour: Veteran Indian actor Om Puri, star of British hit East is East, has died aged 66, a family member told the BBC. The family member said Puri was “found dead” in his bed at...

News Hour: China will close its domestic ivory market by December 2017, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Carter Roberts, president and CEO: “China’s announcement is a game changer for elephant conservation. The...

News Hour: Traces of pesticides in urine have been found to decrease significantly among people, particularly children, who moved from a conventional to an organic diet. The findings come from a study involving two Japanese families,...

News Hour: The conviction of an Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian man involved in a knife attack in Hebron as he lay wounded on the ground offers a small glimmer of hope amid the...

News Hour: Carrie Fisher’s memoir “The Princess Diarist,” about her time making the 1977 “Star Wars” movie, climbed back into the U.S. best-sellers chart on Thursday after the death of the actress last week following a...

News Hour: The owners of Silverstone circuit have questioned the long-term future of the British Formula One Grand Prix because of the “potentially ruinous risk” posed by hosting fees. Local media reported on Thursday the British...