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May 6 (Reuters) – Continental expects a blow in the “mid to high double-digit million euro” range should higher U.S. import tariffs recently announced by President Donald Trump apply to tyres, its finance chief said on Wednesday. Car parts makers in Europe are facing renewed pressure as Trump last week announced a tariff increase on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25% from the previously agreed 15%, saying […]

PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) – French shipping group CMA CGM said on Wednesday that one of its vessels, the San Antonio, had been the target of an attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in injuries among crew members and damage to the vessel. The incident, which CMA CGM said occurred on Tuesday, is the latest disruption in the crucial shipping route during the Middle East conflict. The war […]

MADRID, May 6 (Reuters) – The regional government of Spain’s Canary Islands is opposed to allowing a luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus to dock on the archipelago, its leader, Fernando Clavijo, said on Wednesday. “This decision is not based on any technical criteria, nor is there sufficient information to reassure the public or guarantee their safety,” Clavijo told radio station COPE. […]

WARSAW, May 6 (Reuters) – A pilot was killed and more than 200 hectares of forest scorched after a firefighting plane crashed while battling a major blaze in eastern Poland’s protected Solska Forest, the country’s interior minister said on Wednesday. The fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon near the village of Kozaki in Biłgoraj County. There was no reason to suspect the fire was deliberately set, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński […]

VIENNA (AP) — For more than a century, only conservators and experts could catch a close-up glimpse of early works by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt in Vienna, but Klimt fans are now getting that opportunity on daily guided tours high up on scaffolding. The 10 oil paintings, which are on the 18-meter-high (60-foot-high) ceilings of the renowned Burgtheater in Austria’s capital, are being restored because of water damage. “The special […]

May 6 (Reuters) – Iran will only accept “a fair and comprehensive agreement” in its negotiations with the U.S. on ending the war in the Middle East, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump cited “great progress” in the process. “We will do our best to protect our legitimate rights and interests in the negotiations,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in Beijing after a meeting with China’s […]

May 6 (Reuters) – Tesla is recalling 218,868 vehicles in the U.S. due to delayed rearview camera images that could increase the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday.  The regulator said the rearview camera display in affected vehicles may be delayed when the car is put into reverse, reducing driver visibility. The recall covers certain Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and […]

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) – German federal prosecutors conducted searches on Wednesday at some 50 locations across 12 federal states, targeting 36 individuals suspected of involvement in two far-right criminal groups accused of forming nationwide networks. The groups, identified as “Jung & Stark” and “Deutsche Jugend Voran”, which also operates under the alias “Neue Deutsche Welle”, are suspected of organizing violent actions through social media and regular gatherings, federal prosecutors […]

JOHANNESBURG, May 6 (Reuters) – South Africa has identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which spreads human-to-human, in two people who came off a cruise ship hit by an outbreak of the disease, the health minister’s presentation to parliament showed on Wednesday. The ship, the MV Hondius, was preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe on Wednesday after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock in the […]