NEITHER the government nor ambulance companies keep count of how many medical patients die in Metro Manila traffic each year, but emergency medical workers in the city have many horror stories, news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted…
JAKARTA — A collision between a commuter train and a minibus on a level crossing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured several others, an official said. “So far we…
BORDEAUX — French police have arrested a man who called in a false bomb alert to an airport to delay his girlfriend’s flight because she was in danger of missing it, prosecutors said Sunday. The 33-year-old called…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States – Car-sharing startup Uber on Friday bragged it rang in the New Year with two million rides, many of them apparently to revellers heading home in early morning hours. And while demand for…
SYDNEY–An Australian family Friday spoke of their shock after a man jumped out of bushes and drove off in a hearse carrying the body of a relative just before his funeral. Hayley West and husband Tobias Richardson…
YOKKAICHI — Jules Bianchi is suffering from a serious brain injury sustained in his sickening crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, his family says, as specialists warn the chances of recovery from this kind of condition are…
Toyota on Wednesday said it was recalling 2.27 million vehicles globally over an airbag system defect that could cause a fire, the latest in a series of callbacks by the world’s biggest automaker. The company, which has…
TOKYO — Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday. The Toyota group’s production may fall temporarily after…
CHICAGO—A deadly chill had much of the United States and Canada in its wintry grip Tuesday, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures lower than on the surface of Mars. It was so cold in Chicago that…
NEW YORK — A small plane made an emergency landing on a highway in the Bronx borough of New York on Saturday, injuring the pilot and two passengers, as the area battled a brutal cold snap. The…