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Kotex tampons recalled after reports of pieces left in bodies

Kimberly Clark has received reports of infections, vaginal irritation, localized vaginal injury as well as other symptoms in a small number of users, it said. C...

TUI Group delivers strong financial results for year to September

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The report said only one in ten meals were classed as " healthy ", with 600 calories or fewer, according to Public Health England recommendations. They found ...

YouTube removed 1.67 million channels last quarter for breaking community guidelines

Of the 7.8 million videos that were also removed, 6.3 million were initially flagged by machines before being forwarded to human moderators for deletion, and 74...

Branson's Virgin Galactic reaches space for the first time

For its fourth test flight on Thursday, the SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km - which the company considers to be the boundary of sp...

Shakira Charged With Tax Evasion In Spain

With her mix of Latin and Arabic rhythms and rock influences, Shakira is one of the biggest stars from Latin America, scoring major global hits with songs such ...

Coast Guard searches for cruise ship passenger who went overboard

Carnival Victory did turn around to begin a search operation for the yet to be named passenger. Carnival Victory was completing a four-day cruise. It reall...

Renault keeps Carlos Ghosn as CEO

Ghosn and alleged accomplice, Nissan director Greg Kelly, remain in custody and have had limited opportunity to respond to the allegations or defend themselves,...

China Suspends Additional Tariffs On US-Made Vehicles For 3 Months

The move was seen as the first concrete result of the United States leader's Group of 20 (G-20) talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping earlier this month . Chin...

United Airlines Announces San Francisco Expansion

United Continental Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it would add flights to New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne from San Francisco , as the No. 3 USA airline looks ...

‘Stop the talk and start acting’: Notley wants refinery built in Alberta

Longer-term, Notley is buying rail cars to add more crude-shipping capacity and has announced billions of dollars in provincial support for building more upgrad...

China suspends tariff hike on USA cars and auto parts

The government will suspend 25 percent tariffs on 144 USA vehicle and auto part items and 5 percent tariffs on 67 auto items between January 1 and March 31, 201...

Feds Set New Limits on Pilot Flight Times to Curb Crew Fatigue

For many years Canada's flight- and duty-time regulations have been acknowledged by aviation industry experts as inadequate for ensuring that pilots are well-re...

Johnson & Johnson hid findings of asbestos in Johnson's Baby Powder for decades

The report Friday by the Reuters news service sent company shares into a tailspin, suffering their worst sell-off in 16 years. The investigation centres on ...

U.S. Inflation on Course During November

Last month's inflation readings were in line with economists' expectations. Core services inflation continued to be stable at 2.9 percent, while core goods infl...

ACCC report reaffirms Government reforms to increase competition in the banking sector

The ACCC review found the average borrower with an existing mortgage could save about $850 a year by asking their bank to match the rate offered to new borrower...

GM 'won't be treated well' after Barra's 'nasty' plant closures

GM said in a statement Thursday that the company is focused on "our employees now working at our impacted plants in Maryland, Michigan and OH". "She's either ...

KFC is selling a firelog that smells like fried chicken

Despite the stunt-like nature of these new fried chicken-scented logs, not only is the KFC 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog very much real, they're also surprisingly...

NOT SO FAST: Feds Moves to BLOCK California's Text Message Tax

The proposal will not see a vote this year but is on the docket for early 2019. The CPUC has not yet commented on the FCC's decision. "Not only does this regu...

Del Monte recalls cans of corn in 25 states, including Florida, Georgia

The products were shipped to a variety of retailers in 25 states , including IL. Del Monte said there have been no reports of illnesses or deaths associated ...

Bad batch of romaine lettuce traced to single California farm

So far, 59 people in 15 states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have been infected as a result of the outbreak. It's not immediately clear how the reserv...

Toyota recalls 70000 vehicles in North America to replace air bag inflators

But the new ones still use ammonium nitrate, which can explode and hurl shrapnel at drivers and passengers. Because tens of millions of airbag inflators were be...

Britain's Apax wins over Trade Me, matching rival offer

Trade Me chairman David Kirk said subject to an independent adviser's report finding the $6.45 offer was within or above its valuation range, and with no super...

Prototype charging station lets you drive 100km on a three-minute charge

Two such charging stations are now available to use, free of charge, as part of the test phase. 90 kWh achieves a charging capacity of more than 400kW, thereby ...

Ottawa confirms China has detained second Canadian

Pamela Goldsmith-Jones said the government has been in touch with former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig , but she wouldn't say if officials know where he i...

Apple announces $1B Austin campus

In his early years running Apple , Cook responded to questions about increasing manufacturing in the U.S.by saying the skill sets in China are more conducive t...

Human heart left on Southwest plane forces pilot to turn around

Someone forgot to unload the heart before the plane left for Dallas, and the captain announced over Idaho that the flight was turning back. The aircraft turne...

US Stocks Jump Amid Positive Signs on China Trade Talks

After a strong start, which was also boosted by healthy economic data, the three indexes pared gains to about 0.5 percent, helping the S&P 500 and Dow Jones In...

Police are using fake Amazon boxes with Global Positioning System to catch thieves

Armed with fake Amazon boxes, doorbell cameras, and Global Positioning System for tracking, the Jersey City Police Department believes it has found a way to cat...

OPEC pledge to cut oil output is being met with skepticism

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $51.40 per barrel, up 25 cents or, 0.49 percent. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were at ...