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Volkswagen is planning to shut at least three factories in Germany and lay off tens of thousands of staff. Its remaining plants in Germany are also set to be downsized, according to the head of the company’s works council Daniela Cavallo. Europe’s biggest carmaker has spent weeks negotiating with unions over its plans to revamp

Police in Shanghai have been targeting Halloween celebrations, seemingly due to costumes considered politically sensitive. At least half a dozen people in costumes in the city’s Zhongshan Park were seen being led away by officers on Friday night. Although there has been no official notice banning Halloween, local officials appear to be trying to prevent

An evocation of Nazism? Of course it was, and of course it wasn’t. Like everything else in this election, the narrative cuts both ways. Madison Square Garden is the iconic venue in New York City for spectacle. It’s a stage for the big event and lends cachet to a candidate closing out his campaign, no doubt.

A shock parliamentary election result in Japan has left the country in political limbo, after its ruling coalition suffered a rare defeat with no party winning enough seats to be given a clear mandate to lead. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito secured 215 seats in the

The dusty corridors, broken windows, and locked doors of the apartment block in central Beirut are testament to Lebanon’s ongoing economic disaster. But this relic of one crisis has been repurposed for the latest. Hundreds of people fleeing Israeli bombing in the south of the country have come here – and taken over the building.