Monday, February 6, 2017

Luxembourg opens criminal case over Volkswagen emissions scandal: minister

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Luxembourg opens criminal case over Volkswagen emissions scandal: minister

FILE PHOTO: Snowflakes are seen on the badge of a Volkswagen car in WarsawLuxembourg has started criminal proceedings in response to the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal, saying on Monday that regulators had been cheated by car manufacturers. Following an investigation into the scandal, the European Union country's infrastructure minister said it was lodging a complaint with prosecutors without naming any of the parties under suspicion. "We have decided that, as there is a large probability that a defeat device was used, to launch a lawsuit against unknown persons," minister François Bausch told journalists.


Gov. to sign bill making Missouri 28th right-to-work state
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is about to make Missouri the 28th state to ban mandatory union fees
2 states say allowing travel ban would 'unleash chaos again'

Iranian-born bioengineer researcher Nima Enayati holds up his boarding pass at the Milan's Malpensa International airport in Busto Arsizio, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Just hours after an appeals court blocked an attempt to re-impose the travel ban, Iranian researcher Nima Enayati checked in on an Emirates Airline flight direct from Milan’s Malpensa airport to New York’s JFK on Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would "unleash chaos again."


Hungary court orders retrial in toxic red sludge case

FILE PHOTO: An elderly man tries to clean up his house in the flooded village of DevecserBy Krisztina Than GYOR, Hungary (Reuters) - A Hungarian court ordered a retrial on Monday over the spill of toxic red sludge in 2010 that killed 10 people in one of the country's worst environmental disasters. Monday's verdict by a court in the city of Gyor overturned that ruling and ordered a retrial. "The court ... annuls the Veszprem court ruling dated January 28, 2016," judge Csilla Zolyomi told a packed courtroom in Gyor.


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