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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

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.

Airline, casino builder target Vietnam’s skies and beaches

An Australian low-cost airline and a Canadian luxury resort and casino developer have launched two ambitious projects that aim to revolutionise Vietnam’s fast-growing tourism…

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…

Elephants carry hopes of Lao eco-tourism

The elephant population of Laos is shrinking fast, a decline ecologists blame on habitat loss and a trend all too familiar to many humans — too much work, not enough play.…

Survival of the fittest on Vietnam’s roads

It’s a common experience for the first-time visitor to a Vietnamese city: trying to cross a road and waiting in vain for a break in the traffic, a seemingly endless stream of…

Vietnam’s illegal bile trade traps bears in agony

Near-demented and with bloodshot eyes, a large Asiatic black bear is trapped inside a rusty cage barely larger than its hefty body in the dank backroom of a hotel near Hanoi. The…

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…

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…