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A US judge rejected a lawsuit filed against Volkswagen on Thursday in a victory which could save the German automotive giant billions of dollars in payouts.The ruling could deter dozens of other US states from going after Volkswagen with similar

Berlin (dpa) – The German horror writer Nadia Sahlenbeck died in a horrific attack in March similar to many of the victims in her novels, according to details which emerged in a court hearing into the case on Wednesday.A knife blade perforated

Princess Diana’s sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, plan to honour their late mother on Wednesday to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.The princes are scheduled to meet representatives of charities supported by Diana at Kensington

Floodwaters reached the roof lines of single-story homes Monday and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues.The

A male nurse who was convicted of killing patients in Germany with overdoses of heart medication is now believed to have killed at least 86 people — and the true scale of the killings could be even larger, investigators said Monday.Many of the

A smiling pig has become China’s newest online celebrity after a photograph showing it being saved from flooding in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region went viral online recently.The pig was raised by a farmer in Danliao

Officials released more water from Houston-area reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey early Monday in a move aimed at protecting the city’s downtown from devastating floods but that could still endanger thousands of homes, even as the nation&rsquo

Port Elizabeth police have arrested a teenager for attempted murder in the city's northern areas.Colonel Priscilla Naidu says persistent high-density patrols in the areas resulted in the arrest of the 18-year-old late on Sunday afternoon.She

Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas late Friday, lashing a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with strong winds and torrential rain from the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade.The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the