Microsoft has defended its proposal to buy Activision Blizzard – the maker of Call of Duty and Candy Crush – at an EU competitions hearing. Microsoft says it believes the…
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Australia: Qantas’ half-year profits shoot above A$1.4bn
Qantas has announced half-year profits of more than A$1.4bn in a dramatic turnaround of the airline’s fortunes since last year. It comes after the company lost more than A$7bn during…
Japan: Toyota and Honda announce biggest pay rises in decades
Japanese motor industry giants Toyota and Honda say they have agreed to give their workers in the country the biggest pay rises in decades. They are the latest firms in…
Philippine: Bodies found in plane wreck on Mayon volcano
Rescuers have found the bodies of all four people on board a small plane which crashed into an active Philippine volcano last week. Authorities on Thursday confirmed the deaths of…
India: British MPs call BBC Delhi and Mumbai searches ‘intimidation’
British MPs have described searches of the BBC’s offices in India by tax authorities as “intimidation”. Some staff were subjected to overnight questioning when premises in Delhi and Mumbai were…
UK: Royal Navy F-35 pilot tells of ejecting seconds before crash
The pilot of a British fighter jet that rolled off a Royal Navy aircraft carrier has spoken of his relief at managing to eject from the £100m F-35. Speaking soon…
Madagascar: Cyclone Freddy makes landfall killing at least 4
At least four people have died after a tropical cyclone battered Madagascar’s east coast, with heavy rain and powerful winds tearing roofs off houses and triggering a storm surge. Cyclone…
France: Teacher stabbed to death by a ‘possessed’ pupil
A high school student has stabbed a teacher to death in a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. French government spokesperson Olivier Véran confirmed Wednesday’s attack and said the…
China: Search and rescue mission launched after coal mine collapses
At least two people have died and more than 50 are missing after a mine collapsed in northern China. President Xi Jinping has ordered a search and rescue mission following…
Italy: Starbucks launches olive oil coffee drinks
The world’s largest coffee chain Starbucks says it is launching a line of olive oil-infused drinks in Italy. Chief executive Howard Schultz says olive oil’s “unexpected, velvety, buttery flavour… enhanced…