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Workers decommissioning Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have sued its operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco) over unpaid hazard wages. The four men are demanding about 65m yen (£375,000; $620,000) in extra pay. They claim the compensation for removing contaminated debris and patrolling...

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has reached agreement with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday on a "permanent ceasefire" in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, Poroshenko's press office said in a statement. "Mutual understanding was achieved concerning the steps which will enable the...

Upbeat Chinese services activity reports helped lift Asian shares on Wednesday, while the dollar was close to 14-month highs against a basket of major currencies after data underscored that the U.S. economy continues to gather gradual momentum. Two surveys showed...

Premium car maker Audi expects to sell more than 1.7 million cars in 2014 even as sales momentum in some emerging markets slows, Chief Executive Rupert Stadler said. Audi, owned by Volkswagen, delivered 1.01 million cars in the first seven...

U.S. policymakers should gradually lift the country's decades-old ban on crude oil exports because allowing the shipments would make the global energy system and fuel prices more stable, the head of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said on Tuesday. "Policymakers...

The Islamic State militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of a second American hostage, journalist Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over U.S. air strikes in Iraq. A masked figure...

A U.S. military airstrike in Somalia has targeted the leader of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, Somali and U.S. officials said on Tuesday, but they added it may take time to determine whether Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed. The...

Four years into the Presidency of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, it is no longer news that Nigeria is now Africa's largest economy after a GDP rebasing that recalculated and recalibrated the constituent parts of our economy and showed that Nigeria's...

Anyone attempting to write Tom’s surname on a smartphone or tablet will find that the in-built auto-correct feature will attempt to write the surname as ‘Bikini’-that flimsy, not-meant-for-high-occasion clothing worn by fun seekers on beaches. While this gives good cause...

Sometimes, it is rather difficult not to sympathise with the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in their quest to wrest power from President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Such has always been...