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Hyundai starts production for the all-new i10 in Europe

Hyundai Motor has announced the start of production for the all-new i10 at the Hyundai Assan Otomotiv Sanayi plant in İzmit, Turkey. The latest model in Hyundai’s best-selling i-range, the…

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Island Insurance Brokers Ltd gives back to the community

Last month, the staff of Island Insurance Brokers Ltd embarked on a mission to spread more Christmas cheer by giving back to the community. Through the month of December, the…

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New video shows Ukrainian plane struck by two Iranian missiles

A new video has surfaced showing the moment two missiles hit a Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran's capital, Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. The New York…

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Industry first for Colgate as it launches new vegan certified toothpaste in recyclable tube

Colgate has launched a new toothpaste which is being billed as the first of a kind because it comes in a recyclable tube. Toothpaste tubes have traditionally been impossible to…

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Flybe rescue plan announced

A rescue deal for ailing airline Flybe has been agreed with shareholders, business secretary Andrea Leadsom has announced. The agreement will keep troubled airline Flybe operating. The UK's biggest regional…

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KitKat launches gold edition

After Ruby and Green Tea Matcha, Nestlé has unveiled the latest edition of its most iconic confectionery brand: the new KitKat Gold. KitKat Gold offers a combination of crispy wafer…

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Less than half of EU travellers are aware of EU Passenger Rights

The European Commission today released the results of a Eurobarometer survey on passenger rights in the European Union (EU). According to the survey, 43% of EU citizens who have travelled…

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Revolut warns about scammers posing as their phone support agents

Revolut has warned about reports that a small network of scammers is calling or sending SMS messages to customers pretending to be Revolut support agents. Revolut said it only provides…

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Polluting vehicles could be pulled from UK market

Carmakers could pull models from the UK, the automotive industry has warned, as the British taste for polluting vehicles clashes with the difficulty of meeting post-Brexit carbon dioxide limits. Under…

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Photo Story: The Ferrari F8 at the Brussels Motor Show 2020

The Ferrari F8 on display at the Ferrari stand during the inauguration of the Brussels Motor Show in Brussels, Belgium. The motor show opened on the 10th January and will…

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Nissan step up planning for potential split from Renault

The Financial Times reports that senior executives at Nissan have accelerated secret contingency planning for a potential split from Renault as the downfall of Carlos Ghosn continues to reverberate through…

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The Cost of Brexit for the UK: $170 Billion and Counting

Research by Bloomberg Economics estimates that the economic cost of Brexit has already hit 130 billion pounds ($170 billion), with a further 70 billion pounds set to be added by…

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Bankruptcy looms closer for British based regional airline Flybe

Flybe, Europe's biggest regional airline, was locked in survival talks on Sunday night less than a year after being bailed out by a Virgin Atlantic-led consortium. Sky News revealed that…

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Canadian officials arrive in Iran amid Flight PS752 investigation

Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials following a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on…

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New AI technique co-hosted by Microsoft and the British Home Office to block online child grooming launched

A new technique which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and block child grooming conversations online has been launched by the Home Office and Microsoft in Seattle. The technique, which…

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Photo Story: Amsterdam’s largest hotel opens its doors

The exterior of Hotel nhow Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. The largest hotel in Amsterdam opened on Friday, has 650 rooms and is a design by architectural firm OMA of Rem…

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Domino’s plans to open more than 800 pizzerias in Italy

American pizza giant Domino's has announced that it plans to open at least 880 outlets across Italy in the next decade. The hundreds of new Italian Domino's outlets are planned…

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Financial institution failed to raise alarm over huge write-down of frozen Libyan assets

Abu Dhabi’s The National reports that a financial institution responsible for a huge write-down in the value of Libyan frozen assets held in the UK remains under investigation after it…

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Iran plane crash: Missile struck underneath cockpit – Ukraine

Ukraine's top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, has told the BBC that his country's investigators had already gathered evidence that a missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet, before Iran changed…

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Canada outlines ‘first steps’ on long road to justice for UIA Flight PS752 victims

The Iranian government's admission that its own military forces shot down flight PS752 was "an important step," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, but it was also a "first step." There…

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Significant reductions in passengers flying in Sweden as anti-flying movement takes-off

The number of passengers who flew through Swedish airports fell four percent in 2019, Swedish state-owned airport operator Swedavia said on Friday, with the drop led by a decline in…

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Amazon fires employees following customer contact details leaks

Amazon.com Inc. said it had fired employees for leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers to an unspecified third party, the second time this week the technology giant acknowledged some…

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Malta Chamber calls for a Minister for Good Governance

President Perit David Xuereb said that over the past weeks, the Chamber had compiled a report, that proposed 65 concrete recommendations aimed at solving the country’s problems with good governance.…

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Bumper year for passenger traffic at Brussels Airport

2019 was a record year for passengers at Brussels Airport. 26.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2019. Last year, Brussels Airport welcomed 26,360,003 passengers, i.e. a 2.7% increase…

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Iran says investigation into airline crash could take one to two years

Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others said the plane…

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Microsoft forms global strategic partnership with customer data science experts to transform retail sector

Microsoft has formed a global strategic partnership with dunnhumby, the leader in customer data science, in a move that could transform the $5.9 trillion retail sector. As part of the…

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Photo Story: Canada’s grief

Scenes from the vigil that was held for those killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed in Iran on 08 January 2020; in Toronto, Canada. The Ukrainian jet, flying…

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Iran invites Boeing to probe Ukrainian plane crash

Iran has invited Boeing to take part in the investigation into a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week at a time of soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, killing…

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El Al plane makes emergency landing after ‘mayday’

An El Al flight on its way to Israel from Newark Airport early Friday morning made an emergency landing in Halifax after the aircraft was reported filled up with smoke,…

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Video shows moment alleged missile strikes Ukrainian aircraft

A video appears to capture the moment a missile struck a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran before it crashed, killing all 173 people on board minutes after it took off. The…

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Anger in Canada as Iran offers only limited access to its crash probe

Iran's civil aviation authority has said it's following international rules and will allow other countries to participate in its investigation of a plane crash that killed 63 Canadians. But the role Canada…

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Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda Hybrid, the Hybrid according to Fiat

The Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda, undisputed leaders of the city car, will be the first FCA Group models in their category to adopt the new hybrid technology. The new…

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Sea of Thieves notches up 10 million players

More than 10 million people have played Sea of Thieves since its launch, the game’s creator has revealed. To mark reaching the impressive milestone, Rare Studios is giving fans of…

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Photo Story: World Premiere for the new Opel Insignia at Brussels Motor Show

The new Opel Insignia on display at the Opel stand during the inauguration of the Brussels Motor Show in Brussels, Belgium, 09 January 2020. The motor show will run from…

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Microsoft shares new technique to address online grooming of children for sexual purposes

Online child exploitation is a horrific crime that requires a whole-of-society approach. Microsoft has a long-standing commitment to child online protection. First and foremost, as a technology company, we have…

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Ukraine lists possible theories behind Iran plane crash, including missile strike

A top Ukrainian security official on Thursday set out what he said were the four main theories for why a Ukrainian airliner crashed in Iran the previous day killing 176…

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Britain’s biggest high street banks affected by cyber-attack

Britain's biggest high street banks have been left unable to process foreign currency orders following the cyber-attack on Travelex, which provides services for them. Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds…

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Iranian investigators say burning Ukrainian Boeing was trying to turn back before crashing

The crew of the Ukrainian plane that crashed, killing all 176 people on board, never made a radio call for help and were trying to turn back to the airport…

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Photo Story: Tributes in Kiev for Flight PS752

Flowers and a toy paper plane are seen in front of the Iranian embassy in a tribute to the airplane crash victims in Kiev, Ukraine. Many families, several young children,…

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Canada in mourning as most of Ukrainian air crash victims were heading there

Canada's prime minister has vowed his government will get answers after a passenger jet crashed in Iran, killing 176 people on board including 63 Canadians. Justin Trudeau revealed 138 passengers…

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Body of child found in Air France plane landing gear

The body of a stowaway - believed to be a child - has been discovered in the landing gear of an aircraft in Paris. Air France said the body was…

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Turkey and Russia to inaugurate TurkStream pipeline

The Russian and Turkish presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are set to open the TurkStream pipeline on Wednesday. The meeting will take place in Istanbul to inaugurate the…

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Names of passengers, crew on board Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran released

Among the 176 people on board of the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that crashed shortly after taking off from the Tehran airport on Jan. 8, were 11 Ukrainian citizens,…

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Terror attack, missile hit versions ruled out in Ukrainian air crash

Ukraine's Embassy in Iran has commented on the versions of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash near Tehran airport, saying a terror attack and a missile hit have so…

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Major international airlines suspend flights through Iranian / Iraqi airspace, UIA issues emergency telephone numbers

Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, British Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Qantas, Air France and KLM flights won’t go through Iranian / Iraqi airspace until further notice. “As a precautionary measure and following…

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Iran civil aviation says will not give black box to Boeing

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Iran's civil aviation organization has said that it will not hand over to Boeing the black box of the Ukrainian airlines flight that crashed…

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Nationalities of those on board Ukrainian airline released

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Vadym Prystaiko, said in a statement that those on board the plane included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three…

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Facebook and eBay pledge to combat trading in fake reviews

In a win for online shoppers, Facebook and eBay have signed up to agreements to better identify, investigate and respond to fake and misleading reviews after the Competition and Markets…

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Ukrainian president says all dead on board airliner that crashed in Iran, reports that black box has been recovered

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that all passengers and crew on board a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran have been killed, citing preliminary information. In a…

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Oil prices jump after Iraq missile attacks

Oil prices have jumped after at least two airbases hosting US troops in Iraq were hit by ballistic missiles. There was also another tragic development hours after a Ukrainian Boeing…

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Brussels Zaventem Airport to get own 5G network in March

Zaventem Airport, the main airport of Brussels will soon have its own 5G network, announced the Brussels Airport Company. The 5G-ready network is being built in a strategic partnership with…

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Boeing has uncovered another potential design flaw with the 737 Max

Hundreds of 737 Max jets are sitting, grounded, as Boeing awaits approval from aviation regulators for the troubled plane to return to flight. But now, the company has discovered yet…

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Austria’s foreign ministry targeted in ‘serious cyber-attack’

Austria's foreign ministry over the weekend was targeted in a "serious cyber-attack”, warning another country could be responsible. The hack started on Saturday night and experts warn it could continue…

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Microsoft research shows teens and adults hope for more civil online discourse in new decade

It’s a new year and a new decade, and teens and adults around the world hope that respect, safety and freedom will define online life in the 2020s, new Microsoft…

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Oil industry braces for Mideast turmoil after Soleimani killing

The US assassination of one of Iran's most powerful generals has the oil industry bracing for something it has long feared and anticipated - direct military confrontation between the two…

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eCabs enables the fulfilment of thousands of Last Mile Deliveries

Over the past two weeks, eCabs, the leading passenger transport services provider in Malta, has opened up its infrastructure, logistical and operational capacity to enable a wide range of local…

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Stock market feel the effect of Soleimani assassination

European shares slipped from near record highs on Friday after a US air strike in Iraq killed a top Iranian commander and fanned tensions in the Middle East, with a…

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