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VW manager deported from China after alleged drug use in Thailand
Bloomberg, Published on 23/10/2024
» A senior Volkswagen AG executive in China was deported to Germany after being held over alleged drug use, according to local police and media reports, as trade tensions escalate between Brussels and Beijing.
Chinese premier in Germany as Western mistrust mounts
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» BERLIN - Germany's president Monday urged Beijing and Washington to boost dialogue, as he hosted Premier Li Qiang at a time when China's policies on Russia, trade and human rights are receiving an increasingly hostile reception in the West.
Major firms not doing enough to curb deforestation: report
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» PARIS - Many major global firms and financial institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to deforestation do not have any policies in place to protect forests, increasing the risk for catastrophic nature loss, a report said Wednesday.
Along underwater highway, workers fix Channel tunnel at night
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» COQUELLES (FRANCE) - Deep under the Channel, men in orange jackets and white hard hats drive up and down one of the world's longest underground highways, beavering away to keep passenger trains running.
Former Volkswagen boss Carl Hahn dies aged 96
AFP, Published on 15/01/2023
» BERLIN - Carl Hahn, who headed the Volkswagen group during the German car giant's heyday in the 1980s, has died, a spokeswoman for the Carl and Marisa Hahn Foundation told AFP on Sunday.
VW faces Brazil hearing over dictatorship-era slavery claims
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO: German carmaker Volkswagen faces an audience with Brazilian prosecutors Tuesday over allegations of human rights violations at a farm it ran during Brazil's military dictatorship, including slave labour, rapes and beatings.
Russia's war on Ukraine - latest
News Agencies, Published on 04/03/2022
» A summary of the latest developments in Russia's war on Ukraine:
Peugeot to be prosecuted in France over 'dieselgate'
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» PARIS - French car maker Peugeot is facing prosecution in France over the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, its parent company Stellantis said Wednesday, after similar charges were announced against Renault and Volkswagen.
Toyota overtakes Volkswagen as top-selling global auto maker
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» TOKYO - Japan's Toyota reclaimed the title of world's top-selling automaker in 2020, according to data released by the firm on Thursday, pushing Volkswagen into second place for the first time in five years.
Germany puts first auto boss on trial over 'dieselgate' fraud
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Five years after "dieselgate" emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler on Wednesday became the first top executive to stand trial in Germany.