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Groupe PSA worldwide sales up 15.4%
THE Push to Pass plan’s SUV offensive accelerates and the five SUV models launched in the past 18 months have enjoyed growing success. Overall, SUV sales accounted for 23% of consolidated sales at the year-end.PEUGEOT brand sold nearly 600,000 SUVs in 2017 worldwide and ranks 2nd in the SUV European market with a strong expansion of nearly 60%.With 259,300 PEUGEOT 3008 SUVs sold globally in 2017, the PEUGEOT brand enjoyed sustained demand for the model, which was named Car of the Year 2017 in Europe and recognised by 38 additional awards worldwide. PEUGEOT also benefited from the success of the new PEUGEOT 5008 launched in March 2017, with 85,900 units sold, and the positive performance of the PEUGEOT 4008 in China, with 51,500 units.In autumn 2017, CITROËN kicked off its SUV offensive...
February 02, 2018

Groupe PSA worldwide sales up 15.4%

A motorbike sportier to ride
THE outgoing ER-6f was already a very popular bike and thankfully Kawasaki haven’t felt the need to radically alter it, rather improve its slight failings and make a good bike even better. The new chassis and looks are improved and the fairing adds an element of practicality that its naked brother, the ER-6n, is lacking. The seat height is low, engine punchy and fun and the handling light. In or out of town, the ER-6f is a brilliant commuter and a great first big bike. What’s not to like?With its suspension slightly firmer than the ER-6n, the ER-6f feels a touch sportier to ride. In town it is just as adept at absorbing potholes, however when the pace increases outside the city’s streets the ER-6f is surprisingly agile with predictable, stable and light handling. The fairing is...
February 02, 2018

A motorbike sportier to ride

Who are the true Americans?
Saudi GazetteWho are the original inhabitants of what we call today, America? Who are the true, original Americans who lived on the land for centuries and were not immigrants?The true native Americans are whom the Western society has labeled as Red Indians, but in fact they are not red and they are not Indians. They were given this name by the person who discovered the Americas and who consequently unleashed the violent and horrific slaughter of those people who had been living on their homeland.Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, aiming to reach the land of gold and spices, the East Indies, which is South and Southeast Asia. Instead, his ship was driven off course and it landed in the New World. The people in this New World, or North and South America, were called Indians by the...
February 01, 2018

Who are the true Americans?

Confronting Rumors
Tanveer ZahaqueWith the advent of the powerful social media tools there has been a surge in rumor-mongering. Rumor-mongering has become a serious business. Irresponsible media have added fuel to the fire in spreading rumors.Communal riots of Muzzaffarnagar in India in the year-2013 which displaced 40,000 Muslims as refugees was blamed on a WhatsApp video which enticed the majority community to carry out the riots.Continuous efforts are carried out to create chaos and division in the Muslim lands. The flames of false news and vile propaganda have engulfed clean and unbiased minds.Even a mature and wise individual finds it challenging to distinguish between the truth and the falsehood. In fact, Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) foretold the sequel of trials and that will befall the Muslim...
February 01, 2018

Confronting Rumors

Partial lunar eclipse witnessed in Al-Khobar in the Eastern Province. -SPA
Lunar showstopper: Super blue blood moon awes and wows
JEDDAH – The moon put on a rare cosmic show Wednesday: a red blue moon, super big and super bright. It's the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with a super moon and a total lunar eclipse, or blood moon because of its red hue.A partial eclipse was observed in some parts of the Kingdom, with the sky of the Eastern Province witnessing the highest percentage.Speaking to Saudi Press Agency, Dr. Hassan Asiri, head of the Department of Astronomical Sciences at King Abdulaziz University of Jeddah, said that Riyadh also witnessed partial eclipse.Asiri said that his department monitored and documented the eclipse witnessed in Al-Khobar city in the Eastern Province.At the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, hundreds gathered on the lawn in the wee hours under clear skies....
January 31, 2018

Lunar showstopper: Super blue blood moon awes and wows

Mark Salling
Glee star Mark Salling dead at 35 of apparent suicide
LOS ANGELES - Mark Salling, who played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman in the hit musical-comedy "Glee," died of an apparent suicide Tuesday, weeks after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. He was 35.Salling pleaded guilty in December after authorities said a search of his computer and a thumb drive found more than 50,000 images of child porn. He was scheduled to be sentenced March 7, and prosecutors planned to ask a judge to send him to prison for four to seven years.A law enforcement official not authorized to speak publicly said Salling was found hanging in a riverbed area in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles. The official said the actor's death is being investigated as a suicide."I can confirm that Mark Salling passed away early this...
January 31, 2018

Glee star Mark Salling dead at 35 of apparent suicide

Rose McGowan
Weinstein attorney: McGowan's rape allegations 'a bold lie'
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday called actress Rose McGowan's claims of rape against the former Hollywood producer "a bold lie."Attorney Ben Brafman wrote in a statement that McGowan is trying to smear Weinstein to promote her new book "Brave."McGowan details her allegations against Weinstein in the memoir released Wednesday. She said in the book that the producer forced himself on her during what began as a business meeting at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997.Scores of women have publicly accused Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault.Brafman's statement says Weinstein and his attorneys "have refrained from publicly criticizing any of the women who have made allegations of sexual assault against Mr. Weinstein despite a wealth...
January 31, 2018

Weinstein attorney: McGowan's rape allegations 'a bold lie'

Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan's farmhouse seized by income tax authorities
MUMBAI - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s farmhouse in Maharashtra state has been provisionally attached to by the income tax department, Times of India reported.Sources said that the attachment notice issued under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act in December of last year.The main allegation against SRK is that he had made an application to purchase agricultural land for farming, but instead constructed a farmhouse at Alibaug for personal use.Reportedly, his property has been spread over an area of 19,960 square metres and has a circle rate of Rs146.7 million.The farmhouse has swish comforts like swimming pool, a private beach and a helipad.This issue had come to the front in November 2017, when it was reported that the farmhouse was one of the 87 properties...
January 31, 2018

Shah Rukh Khan's farmhouse seized by income tax authorities

Salvador Sobral
Eurovision winner Sobral shares post-transplant performance
LISBON, Portugal - Eurovision Song Contest winner Salvador Sobral has given fans a performance of sorts for the first time since his heart transplant.A video clip of the 28-year-old Portuguese singer covering part of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" was posted on his Facebook page Wednesday.Sobral sang a solo ballad in last year's Eurovision contest to give Portugal its first win in 53 years of competing. His victory means Portugal will host this year's Eurovision Song Contest in May.Sobral has said he hopes to perform live in May.A Lisbon hospital said this month Sobral made a "very satisfactory" recovery from the transplant he underwent in December. - AP
January 31, 2018

Eurovision winner Sobral shares post-transplant performance

Oranges spill out of a vehicle that was pulled over by Spanish police in Seville.
Spanish thieves caught with cars full of stolen oranges
SEVILLE, Spain - Police in Spain came across a group of thieves driving vehicles filled with stolen oranges in the city of Seville. Seville Police shared photos of two cars and a van overflowing with a combined 4 tons of stolen oranges, reports UPI. Police became suspicious when the three-vehicle convoy abruptly changed directions after spotting the patrol cars. After a brief chase down a dirt road officers manage to pull over the suspects and discovered the massive haul of stolen fruit. Loose oranges were seen spilling out of the back passenger door of one vehicle, while some were tied neatly in bags in the back of a van. All five people at the scene were arrested after police learned a warehouse in Carmona had reported a theft of oranges. - Agencies
January 31, 2018

Spanish thieves caught with cars full of stolen oranges

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