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The station accommodates about 700,000 passengers every day

Japan was the country most severely affected, with 89 percent of companies familiar with the problem.

Porsche's CEO revealed his respect for his rival, Tesla's CEO, with words of praise.

China has long promised to further open up its economy but has, until recently, dragged its feet in implementing the moves

Bill McDermott held the reins at SAP since 2010

Novak Djokovic has also insisted that Davis Cup should merge with the upcoming new ATP Cup for the "sake of tennis."

The Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, is containing some 70,000 families of IS fighters

According to diplomats, Russia was the biggest obstacle to a united front from the United Nations Security Council on Turkey's offensive in Syria

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says "if there is no pullback (of troops) there is no Normandy summit" with Russian President Vladimir Putin

A Brexit deal suddenly seemed less unlikely

The two met for three hours Thursday before issuing an optimistic statement ahead of next week's European Council summit.

American Rebecca Blady was hoping to spend a day in retreat from the outside world, turning to fasting and worship at Yom Kippur in eastern German city Halle.She and her husband Jeremy, two Jewish orthodox community leaders who recently moved to Germany, had eagerly agreed to celebrate in the "shul" or synagogue there, which rarely has enough worshippers to fill its space on high holidays.In the event, they ended up being survivors and witnesses of a day of extrordinary violence.

Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk on Thursday won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said.Experts had predicted the Academy would go to great pains to steer clear of controversy with its pick of laureates, as it seeks to restore its reputation tainted by the scandal.

Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Thursday there would be "zero tolerance" for hate in Germany after an attempted massacre at a synagogue, as Jews demanded action to protect the community from the rising threat of neo-Nazi violence.Two people were shot dead in the eastern German city of Halle on Wednesday, with a synagogue the prime target on Yom Kippur. The suspect, 27-year-old German Stephan Balliet, filmed the assault and live-streamed it.

Sylvie Goulard was to have taken on a broad economic portfolio, butinstead became the third nominee to be rejected

A number of members of the ECB Governing Council opposed a $21.9 billion bond-buying program approved at the central bank's September meeting.

Dissenting voices have 'rarely been as loud and persistent'

After the Christchurch mosque attacks, governments and tech firms joined hands in a bid to eradicate extremism and terrorism online

An adorable video of a lion cub freaking out her mother has gone viral on social media.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met rabbi Gesa Ederberg (l) and other members of the Jewish community at a vigil outside the New Synagogue in Berlin

Governments have voiced concern over the Turkish military's assault on Syria