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Brilliant autocrat: Ferdinand Piëch drove Volkswagen to the top.

VW engineer, visionary and Pïech of work

When the brilliant automobile engineer died, he left behind a legacy tainted with scandal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for a family photo with the Franco-German Ministerial Council before a meeting in Meseberg in 2019.

Macron backs Merkel in political battle on immigration

France’s Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday jumped to the aid of his core European partner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Even if Berlin avoids a last-minute bombshell of leaks or online sabotage

Germany on guard against election hacks, fake news

Media outlets ramped up fact-checking teams and political parties pledged not to use campaign bots

Dortmund police said security would be tightened at Wednesday’s match

Police suspect greed not terror in Dortmund team attack

Police commandos on Friday arrested a suspect behind a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund’s team bus indicating the motive was financial.

Refugees in Germany.

Germans welcome migrants as EU struggles to make united stand

Thousands of exhausted migrants received a hero’s welcome Sunday as they streamed into Western Europe.

Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world.

Norway mass killer Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison

Thirteen months after his killing spree, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced to the maximum prison term in Norway.

Toyota scrambles to address brake complaints

Toyota scrambled on Thursday to address jitters about the brakes on its best-selling Prius hybrid.

Laos opens secret wartime cave-city to the world

Hidden deep inside the jungle-covered Karst Mountains of northern Laos lies a secret cave-city where revolutionary leaders survived nearly a decade of United States bombing…

Tourism threatens beauty of former Lao royal capital

World heritage status has turned the former Lao capital, Luang Prabang, from a ghost town into a tourism hub, but too much of a good thing could soon prove the kiss of death, say…

Bill Gates to visit Vietnam, push licensed software

Bill Gates is set to meet communist Vietnam’s leaders on Saturday to promote licensed Microsoft products in the country where an estimated 90% of software is counterfeit. Gates…

Veterans in Vietnam for Agent Orange meeting

Vietnam was set to host an international conference on Tuesday on the effects of the Vietnam War defoliant Agent Orange, bringing together veterans and delegates from at least…

Gary Glitter jailed for three years for child sex abuse

A Vietnamese court on Friday convicted former British glam rocker Gary Glitter of sexually abusing two underage Vietnamese girls and sentenced him to three years in prison. The…

Going organic gives tobacco farms new lease on life

Like many Americans, Sam Askins has given up tobacco and developed a passion for organic food. Unlike most Americans, he is a sixth-generation tobacco farmer living in the remote…