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Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the UK, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday, urging countries to step up vaccination efforts."Re-establishment of measles transmission is concerning. If high immunisation coverage is not achieved and sustained in every community, both children and adults will suffer unnecessarily and some will tragically die," warned Gunter Pfaff, the head of the WHO's European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination.

EU's GDPR is not restricted by geopolitical borders and has power beyond any one legislator’s jurisdiction.

The season is back and there are nine races to go for the next 14 weeks. Hamilton remains the prime contender though there are various competitors such as Valterri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc. Each of these is eager to create an impression and make a name for themselves.

The Taycan is scheduled to be released on Sept. 4. Its encouraging performance attributes make it one of the challengers for the Tesla Model S. Though it is a worthy opponent, preliminary analyses shows the Model S is better in the performance department.

The “follow me” car dramatically entered the runway as if it were chasing the jumbo jet.

China may become the first country in the world to operate pilotless passenger flights if a local start up’s plan turns out successful.

Princess Anne once shouted at Zara Tindall in public, but the latter didn't hear her.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is willing to accept foreign aid for fighting fires devastating the Amazon rainforest, but only if the country controls the funds, his spokesman said Tuesday.The announcement suggests Bolsonaro has dropped an earlier demand that French President Emmanuel Macron withdraw "insults" made against him before he would accept a G7 offer to help put out the fires in the world's largest rainforest.

Unhappy economic news out of Germany helped dampen spirits

The first completely EV car from Porsche, the Taycan had a lap record around the Nurburgring of 7 minutes and 42 seconds. The lap record has been described as excellent but it is not ground breaking. There are cars which came in front of it in both EV and petrol based classes.

Brazil has turned down the offer of $20 million aid by G-7 countries to fight the fires raging across the Amazon rainforests. It said the external funding amounts to interfering in its sovereignty.

Piech's reign ended when he went to war in 2015 with long-time confidant, CEO Martin Winterkorn, with whom he is seen here, and lost the support of key supervisory board players

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is being sued by US rival Global Foundries for alleged patent infringement

Calls have increased on the German government to use some of a recurring budget surplus to boost weaker economic activity

Stadia is scheduled to launch in 14 countries this fall.

Germany's competition regulator will take Facebook to the Federal Court of Justice over its data collection practices, after a previous order made in February was suspended.

Markets feel he's blowing hot and cold

Macron said that the G7 leaders agreed to help combat the Amazon fires while also considering the possibility of offering similar support to Africa, whose rainforests have been suffering from wildfires too.

The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to tackle the huge blazes engulfing many parts of the world's biggest rainforest, the presidents of France and Chile announced Monday.The G7 club -- comprising Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States -- has also agreed to support a medium-term reforestation plan which will be unveiled at the UN in September, France's Emmanuel Macron and Chile's Sebastian Pinera said at the G7 summit in southwest France.

Despite the number of reveals about it, players remain confused as to what “Death Stranding” is about. Thankfully, the game’s creator tried to explain it.

US President Donald Trump said Monday he had agreed to the Iranian foreign minister flying in for a G7 summit and insisted he was not seeking regime change in Tehran -- a change of tone that could lower tensions.Mohammad Javad Zarif made a surprise appearance at the summit in Biarritz on Sunday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking to broker a deal between Iran and the United States.