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Danny Meyer, one of New York's most prominent restaurateurs, has announced he is planning to eliminate tipping in his eateries, a move that could...

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VW has announced it will recall 8.5 million vehicles in Europe as a result of the diesel emissions scandal. The move was prompted by Germany's...

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Further details of the escape of Mexico's most infamous drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, aka Shorty, have been shown in a new video...

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Oscar Pistorius will be moved from jail to house arrest on October 20, a South African parole board says. The Paralympic athlete, who is jailed...

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Jay- Z’s copyright trial over his 1999 hit Big Pimpin' has begun in Los Angeles. The rapper is accused of using the melody of Egyptian...

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Actress Sienna Miller has revealed she turned down a play because she was offered less than half the pay of her male co-star. In an...

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Dolly Parton has denied the National Enquirer report that claimed she has stomach cancer. The gossip publication published a story saying that the 69-year-old singer...

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Germany's automotive watchdog, the KBA, has ordered VW to recall 2.4 million vehicles in the country as a result of the diesel emissions scandal. According...

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Myanmar’s government has signed on October 15 what it says is a nationwide ceasefire deal with eight armed ethnic groups. The signing ceremony in Myanmar’s...

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Meryl Streep will chair the 66th Berlin Film Festival jury in 2016. It will be the first time Meryl Streep has served on a festival...

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Lamar Odom took cocaine before being found unconscious in a Nevada motel, an employee at the location told emergency services. The 35-year-old former LA Lakers...

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Jerusalem attacks have continued only hours after Israeli forces launched a major security operation in Arab areas of the city. On October 14, Israeli police...

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After weeks of speculations, Tesla has unveiled Autopilot system. While not fully self-driving, the software means the Model S and new Model X can "automatically...

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Yunus Emre Alagoz and Omer Deniz Dundar, the two suicide bombers who carried out last week's attacks in Ankara, are thought to have links...

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Wal-Mart shares fell 10% in afternoon trading after the company warns earnings will be below forecasts. The stores giant warned the strong dollar would leave...

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According to the United States Department of Commerce figures, US retail sales grew by only 0.1% in September 2015. Economists had predicted a rise of...

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Bank of America has reported a net profit of $4.07 billion for Q3 of 2015 against a loss of $470 million a year earlier. The...

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Former senior Google executive Omid Kordestani has been appointed as the new executive chairman of Twitter. Omid Kordestani, 53, joined Google in 1999 and held...

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Pope Francis has apologized for recent scandals "either in Rome or in the Vatican". The pontiff made the surprising apology at his weekly general audience...

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Israeli authorities have begun a major security operation in Arab areas of occupied East Jerusalem, after a surge in attacks by Palestinians. Entrances to Jabal...

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China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.6% in September 2015 compared with a year earlier, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. That was...

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Apple could be facing up to $862 million in damages after losing a patent case to University of Wisconsin. The tech giant used microchip technology...

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Toyota has announced it is planning to all but eliminate carbon emissions from its production processes by 2050. The target is one of several set...

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Jamaican novelist Marlon James has won this year’s Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel inspired by the attempted...

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Asian markets traded lower on Wednesday, October 14, as investors digested disappointing economic data from China. Chinese inflation figures came in weaker than expected, and...