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Europe allows gadgets to stay on during flights

Airline passengers will be able to use smartphones and tablet computers throughout their entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Friday, which could also pave the way for airlines to offer wireless communication services.

Sep 26, 2014 11:40 AM EDT

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Hyundai-led group agrees to $10 billion land deal, stokes union rage

Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and its two affiliates approved Asia's biggest property deal since the financial crisis on Friday when their board members agreed to pay 10.55 trillion won ($10.12 billion) for a trophy plot of land to house a new headquarters in downtown Seoul.

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Dollar holds near four-year highs, Europe stocks recover

The dollar held just below a four-year high against a basket of currencies on Friday, fuelled by the biggest yield advantage over the euro in nearly 15 years as the Federal Reserve contemplates hiking interest rates.

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Islamic State tightens grip on Syrian border town, shells hit Turkey

Islamic State fighters tightened their siege of the strategic town of Kobani on Syria's border with Turkey on Friday, pushing back Kurdish forces and sending at least two shells into Turkish territory, witnesses said.

GM expects to sell over three million cars in China this year: Tsien

General Motors Co (GM.N) expects to sell over three million vehicles in China for the second straight year in 2014, with its premium brand forecast to grow 40 percent, the U.S. carmaker's China President Matthew Tsien said on Wednesday.

Sep 25, 2014 11:43 AM EDT

France strikes Islamic State in Iraq after U.S.-led Syria raids

French fighter jets struck targets in Iraq on Thursday and the United States and its allies stepped up air raids in Syria against Islamic State militants who have taken over large areas of both countries.

Sep 25, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

High-profile Chinese official confesses to graft

The former deputy head of China's top planning agency confessed in court on Wednesday to extensive bribery involving several companies including a Toyota Motor Corp. joint venture, the court said.

Sep 24, 2014 11:03 AM EDT

Israel says its troops kill Hamas men accused of slaying teens

Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday and the military said they were members of Hamas responsible for the killing of three Israeli youths in June, an attack that led to the Gaza war.

Sep 23, 2014 11:09 AM EDT

U.S. and Arab allies launch first strikes on fighters in Syria

The United States and its Arab allies bombed Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing scores of Islamic State fighters and members of a separate al Qaeda-linked group, opening a new front against militants by joining Syria's three-year-old civil war.

Sep 23, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

German union calls strikes again at Amazon warehouses

Workers at German warehouses of online retailer Amazon.com took strike action again on Monday as labor union Verdi pressed its demands in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

Sep 22, 2014 11:40 AM EDT

Kurds say they have halted Islamic State advance on Syrian town

Syrian Kurdish fighters have halted an advance by Islamic State fighters to the east of a predominantly Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, a spokesman for the main armed Kurdish group said.

Sep 22, 2014 11:36 AM EDT

Turkey struggles with spillover as Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State

Syrian Kurds battled to defend a key border town from an Islamic State advance on Monday as Kurdish youths from neighboring Turkey rushed to their aid, heightening the pressure on Ankara to act against the Islamist insurgents.

Sep 22, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

Yamal, Russia's gas megaplan, becomes symbol of sanctions defiance

Dozens of Russian energy ventures are in jeopardy due to Western sanctions on technology and funding. Looming over them all, a giant project the Kremlin is bent on saving no matter what.

Sep 19, 2014 11:28 AM EDT

Kurdish leader urges world to protect Syrian town from Islamic State

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani called on Friday for international intervention to protect a Kurdish town in neighboring Syria from Islamic State fighters who have driven many Syrian Kurds to flee across the border to Turkey.

Sep 19, 2014 11:24 AM EDT

Special Report: Scotland stays in UK, but Britain faces change

When 3.6 million Scots voted on Thursday on whether to leave or stay within the United Kingdom, they were answering one simple question: Should Scotland be an independent country?

Sep 19, 2014 11:15 AM EDT

French jets strike in Iraq, expanding U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State

French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a U.S.-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria.

Sep 19, 2014 11:11 AM EDT