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Merger talks between automakers Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner PSA have advanced and the deal may create a $50 billion auto giant, according to media reports that quoted insider sources.

Last year a record 31.2 million tourists visited Japan - a massive surge from 2.8 million in 1989, when Iyer had just moved there

Electric car maker Tesla reported a 39 percent drop in the third-quarter sales revenue in the United States. However, Tesla's China sales of electric cars jumped 64 percent during the period.

Volkswagen Group will roll out electric vehicle platforms to its Audi, Skoda and Seat and Porsche brands, and will be in a position to build 22 million electric cars by 2028.

The climber began his trek in Nepal in April before wrapping it up in China.

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was barred Tuesday from standing in upcoming local elections after months of huge and frequently violent protests in the city.Wong, one of the most prominent figures in the otherwise leaderless movement, accused the government of "political screening" after an election officer ruled invalid his nomination for the November poll.The 22-year-old was sent to prison earlier this year over the democracy protests he helped lead in 2014. He immediately joined the historic anti-government protests rocking the city upon his release in June.

US consumer confidence dipped for the third month in a row in October 2019

This week's meeting should be a balancing act for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell

Investors were marking time ahead of Wednesday's interest rate announcement by the Federal Reserve.

Drone footage of the Mekong in Sungkom district in Thailand's Nong Khai province -- show the river reduced to a trickle in places

Grossi becomes the first IAEA head from Latin America and is believed to have had the backing of the US

Huawei and fellow Chinese tech firm ZTE would be barred from selling to US telecom carriers under rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission

The 67-year-old grandmother has become China's oldest new mother.

Indonesia plans to ramp up smelting at home as it looks to ship higher-value products rather than just shipping raw ore

Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan's national security adviser, says Taliban leaders should order a one-month ceasfire to prove they control of their forces

Singapore has extremely tough drug laws including the death penalty for traffickers

Vital clues on the upcoming design of Tesla ‘cyberpunk’ Pickup truck seems to have linkages with a previously unseen design concept named "Tesla Model Zero" envisioned for a car positioned under Tesla Model 3.

TikTok has 500 million users globally and has exploded in popularity over the past two years

Posters of pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong are placed in front of the Central Government Complex as he announced in September his run for District Council elections in Hong Kong

One of China's major crypto mining companies, Canaan Creative, is seeking funds from the U.S. market in a third shot at going public.

The Trump administration may extend tariff exclusions on $34 billion worth imports from China amidst the ongoing trade talks to end the protracted U.S China trade war.