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France church attack: Assailant’s family demands answers

7:01 pm October 31, 2020

France: A third suspect is in French custody Saturday in connection with an Islamic extremist knife attack that killed three people in a Nice church, as the family of the suspected Tunisian assailant demanded to see video footage of what happened. Investigators in France, Tunisia and Italy are trying to determine the motive of chief […]

Shringla meets French diplomat; discusses Indo-Pacific, defence partnership and security cooperation

10:43 pm October 30, 2020

Paris: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday held a “productive meeting” with Alice Guitton, France’s Director-General of International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS), during which they discussed Indo-Pacific region and maritime security, defence partnership and regional security cooperation. Shringla is in France on the first leg of his week-long three-nation Europe tour. From France, he will travel to Germany […]

3 dead in church attack, plunging France into dual emergency

11:32 pm October 29, 2020

Paris: An attacker armed with a knife killed three people inside a church on Thursday in the southern French city of Nice, prompting the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. It was the third attack in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, including […]

VW recalls Beetles to replace Takata air bag inflators

Volkswagen returns to profit as global auto markets recover

3:45 pm October 29, 2020

Frankfurt: German automaker Volkswagen said Thursday it returned to profit in the third quarter thanks to cost discipline and a rebound in global sales markets led by China after the lifting of the severe restrictions on activity in the early phase of the pandemic. After-tax profit was 2.75 billion euros ($3.23 billion), down 31% from […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Airbus reports new pandemic losses, but stops bleeding cash

3:37 pm October 29, 2020

Paris: Struggling plane maker Airbus says new European virus lockdown measures are making its life “a bit more difficult,” as it announced 1 billion euros (USD 1.16 billion) in pandemic-related losses for the third quarter Thursday amid a slower-than-expected recovery in air travel. But CEO Guillaume Faury said Airbus has already repeatedly adapted its operations to cope with the […]