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The Sydney Opera House is launching 12 months of events to celebrate its 50th birthday with more than 230 performances set to take place featuring local and international stars. In addition to classical concerts, more contemporary acts are also planned…

Renault is paying tribute to one of the most cherished small cars of all time, the R5, and on the occasion of its 50th birthday, the French manufacturer is reviving the turbo version of their bestseller. Set to be unveiled as an electric concept car at…

Some four decades since the M1 became one of the best-known sports cars of the 1970s, BMW’s single-lettered subsidiary M is now working on its first original car. But this time this bit of Bavarian brawn won’t be wedge-shaped sports car, but an SUV. Th…

Three rockets fell inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, where lawmakers gathered for a parliament session. Iraqi security said one of the rockets fell in the vicinity of parliament. Seven security personnel were injured. Nearby, 133 peop…

Apple will further expand its hardware and software development in Munich in the coming months and years, group chief executive Tim Cook said during a trip to the Bavarian capital on Wednesday. “We’ve gone from having hiring our first engineer in 2015,…

Three rockets fell inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, where lawmakers gathered for a parliament session. Iraqi security said one of the rockets fell in the vicinity of parliament. Seven security personnel were injured. Nearby, scuffles…

More than half of the gas present in the two Baltic Sea pipelines struck by unexplained blasts earlier this week has now escaped, the Danish Energy Agency said on Wednesday. The two pipelines, which have a total of three leaks, are expected to be empty…

Standings leader Max Verstappen says there is no rush to wrap up the Formula One title this weekend and he will simply be looking to achieve the best result possible at the Singapore Grand Prix. Red Bull’s defending champion could be crowned again on S…

There is much we don’t know about the natural gas leaks from pipelines under the Baltic Sea. Here are three key questions: Question: How hard would it be to cause a blast at the bottom of the the Baltic? Answer: Amid all the talk of covert sabotage, ca…

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has become the first woman from Europe to assume the role of commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev handed over the station’s symbolic “keys” to Cristoforetti, 45, on…