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Read the full story on Modern Car Collector 1954 Pegaso Z-102 Fails To Sell At Auction Profoundly unique, most probably don’t know what to make of this 1954 Pegaso Z-102 Saoutchik Berlinetta Series II. It’s been called by some lesser-informed individuals “Spain’s Ferrari 250” which is a gross oversimplification, like calling a McLaren “the UK’s […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. It was one of the deadliest attacks by the Islamic State group in the area in more than a year, they said. The […]

In a ballot of flight attendant union members, more than 96% voted in favour of going on strike in the ongoing wage dispute with the German airline Lufthansa, the Ufo union said on Wednesday, but a strike date is not to be set until later. It comes after ground staff at the national carrier are […]

Dozens of displaced people are feared to have been abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria. The victims were mostly women who lived in a camp in Gamboru Ngala town after fleeing their homes because of attacks by the insurgents, locals said. The abductions occurred when the group went to collect firewood for cooking […]

The head of France’s top cinema institution Dominique Boutonnat is to be tried in June on charges of sexually assaulting his godson, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The announcement comes as French cinema reels from a renewed #MeToo reckoning that has seen several big names, including acting legend Gerard Depardieu, accused of sexual abuse. Activists have […]

EMLyon Business School in France is launching a triple degree in partnership with POLIMI in Italy and Bayes in the UK Dual-degree programs are plentiful in graduate business education. Triple-degree programs? Not so much. For the ambitious B-school prospect who’s looking to level up quickly (and dramatically), a new option that involves studying in three […]

MILAN (AP) — The humanitarian rescue group SOS Humanity on Wednesday protested Italy’s seizure of its migrant rescue ship Humanity 1, fresh from a weekend rescue during which the charity said Libyan Coast Guard fired live bullets and used violence. The German charity said The Humanity 1 followed international law, and that no clear reason […]

(Bloomberg) — Iran’s parliamentary elections saw a decline in voter participation to historic lows, according to estimates published by state-run media, in a vote hailed by authorities as a triumph for the ruling establishment regardless of its outcome. Most Read from Bloomberg Some 25 million Iranians, or 41% of eligible voters, went to the polls […]

FILE – The wreck of a traditional Mauritanian fishing boat, known as a pirogue, also used by migrants to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, sits on a beach near Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on Dec. 2, 2021. The head of the EU’s executive branch, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are visiting […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed Wednesday not to tolerate the prolonged walkouts by thousands of junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens public health and shakes the country’s governing systems. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government was in the process of suspending the licenses of about 9,000 medical interns […]

German chemicals firm BASF said on Wednesday that it plans to change the names of two of its plants in China to better reflect the scope of their operations. BASF said it is changing the name of two dispersions plants, BASF Paper Chemicals Huizhou and BASF Paper Chemicals Jiangsu, to BASF Specialty Material Huizhou and […]