NEW YORK, (APP/AFP) – US auto safety regulators are investigating the “autopilot” self-driving system on the Tesla Model S after a driver was killed while the mechanism was activated, Tesla said Thursday. Tesla said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had opened a “preliminary evaluation” into the performance of Autopilot after the electric-car company notified […]
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US safety regulators probing Tesla car fatality
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S&P cuts EU credit rating after Brexit
BRUSSELS, (APP/AFP): Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s cut the credit rating for the European Union by one notch on Thursday saying that the bloc had grown more uncertain after Brexit. “After the decision by the UK electorate to leave the EU as a consequence of the June 23 consultative referendum, we have reassessed our opinion […]
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Turkish forces kill 2 suspected IS members at Syria border: report
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkish security forces have killed two suspected members of the Islamic State group on the Syrian border, one of whom was believed to be planning a suicide attack in Turkey, the Dogan news agency reported. The two suspects were shot dead on Saturday, days ahead of the triple suicide bombings at Istanbul’s […]
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Ten killed in suicide bombing in Cameroon: security source
YAOUNDI, (APP/AFP) – At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bombing by a Boko Haram militants in northern Cameroon, a security source said Thursday. “A suicide attacker from Boko Haram blew himself up during the night in Djakana”, a town near the Nigerian border, killing 10 people, the source said. A source […]
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Stabbing at West Bank settlement, attacker shot dead: army
JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – An attacker stabbed and wounded one person at a Jewish settlement on the outskirts of the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday and was shot dead, the Israeli army said. The army described the attacker as a “terrorist,” usually used to indicate Palestinian assailants. Israeli medics said a 15-year-old was […]
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Malaysian opposition leader charged with corruption
KUALA LUMPUR, (APP/AFP) – A vocal critic of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with corruption on Thursday in a further blow to the divided opposition, which alleged that the case was politically motivated. Lim Guan Eng, who has repeatedly demanded that Najib explain a massive financial scandal that engulfed his administration last year, […]