European trucks of the future should have longer, rounded, more aerodynamic cabs to save fuel and cut down on accidents, and adopt some innovations already on the road in the United States.
Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's protege, narrowly won Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday but his rival refused to accept the result and demanded a
Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter has declared a victory in her lonely battle with the other 26 European Union countries to maintain her country's banking secrecy and avoid reporting foreigners' accounts to
President Vladimir Putin told astronauts in orbit on Friday that Russia will send up the first manned flights from its own soil in 2018, using a new launch pad he said will
Russia's economy is at risk of sliding into recession by autumn and the government may need to implement stimulus measures to shore up growth, Economy Minister Andrei Belousov said on Friday. "We
European shares fell on Friday to end a four-day winning streak, as concerns among investors over Cyprus' economy and the euro zone's debt crisis weighed on equity markets. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300
German investor Joh A Benckiser (JAB) is to buy the owner of Douwe Egberts coffee in 7.5-billion-euro ($9.8 billion) deal to bolster its position in a hot drinks industry driven by innovation
Finland apologised to Russian President Vladimir Putin after its police accidentally put him on a blacklist of people with connections to criminal activity. Seeking to avoid a diplomatic spat with its historically
The lion's share of Mexico's beef exports to Russia will not be blocked by a Russian ban on meat imports it fears may contain traces of the feed additive ractopamine, according to
Asian shares retreated on Friday after recent gains, with investor confidence underpinned by Wall Street's record-high close overnight, while the yen hovered near four-year lows against the dollar. European markets were likely
