VW Announces China Recall for Gearbox Problem Volkswagen AG announced a recall Wednesday of more than 384,000 vehicles in China to fix gearboxes following a report last... Read More
A Look at Some Major Art Thefts in Recent Years A look at some of the biggest art thefts in recent times: _October 2012: Thieves broke into the Kunsthal art... Read More
Bus Falls Off Bridge in India, Killing at Least 37 A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday,... Read More
Police Agency: 3,600 Crime Gangs Active in EU While the European Union’s citizens are struggling to cope with the economic crisis, the continent’s criminals are cashing in. The... Read More
Japan Estimates Major Quake Could Kill 320K People, Cost $2.3T A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen... Read More
How Red Bull Handled Product Tampering Threat Could Pay Off Austrian company Red Bull’s unusual decision to go public on a blackmailer’s threat to contaminate its energy drinks with feces... Read More
Deaths in Libya From Alcohol Poison Reaches 87 Libya’s health minister says the death toll from drinking homemade alcohol that contained poisonous methanol has risen to 87. Minister... Read More
Death Toll in Mexico Fireworks Blast Rises to 17 The death toll in a gruesome fireworks explosion during a religious procession in Mexico rose to 17, after four more... Read More
Distracted Driving a Global Problem: CDC Road traffic crashes are a global public health problem, contributing to an estimated 1.3 million deaths annually. Known risk factors... Read More
FESA Micro-Insurance to Offer Free Drought Insurance Design Aiming to serve all African farmers, FESA Micro-insurance is growing fast. But, large scale crop insurance puts special demands. Using... Read More