Ireland's car sales in August reached 4,873, up 32 percent, when compared to the same month of 2013, according to latest figures on Monday.
Car-obsessed Chinese know who drives what. As the former "bicycle kingdom" witnesses the biggest boom in automotive history, the car has become more than a means of transport. A driver's make and model are now a source of status and stereotypes.
China's automobile industry is booming on the back of strong domestic demand, but challenges remain due to a spate of governmental and environmental factors, experts warned.
Japanese car maker Toyota has reportedly suspended production at its main production base near Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka state in southern India.
Three masked men robbed a luxury watch shop in central Prague on Thursday afternoon and got away with goods worth seven million crowns (about 360,000 U.S. dollars), local police said.
At least 59 people were killed and 196 others wounded on Thursday in separate violent attacks across Iraq, including a wave of car bombings in the capital of Baghdad that left 40 people dead, police said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party received a large donation from automaker BMW's controlling family before the German government blocked stricter European Union regulations on carbon dioxide emissions, according to parliamentary records released on Tuesday.
At least 56 people were killed and 170 others wounded in separate attacks in central and eastern Iraq on Tuesday, the police said.
Beijing will reduce car registrations from next year in a bid to clean up its air and ease traffic congestion, local transport authorities said Tuesday.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman hailed Sunday the security forces' efforts in identifying car bombs in advance and those militants involved in firing rockets and planting booby traps.
At least 17 people were killed and 135 others wounded in a car bomb explosion that rocked Hezbollah's stronghold in southern suburbs of Beirut, capital of Lebanon on Thursday, the Lebanese Red Cross and local media reported.
More than 60 people were killed and over 200 others wounded in a wave of bombings attacks across Iraq on Saturday, mostly in the capital Baghdad, according to latest data given by officials and local media.
Two men were arrested after a car crash and shooting in west Sydney, the New South Wales Police confirmed Thursday.
A missing baby, who was left in a car that had been stolen on Monday morning in northeast China's Jilin Province, died after being strangled, local police confirmed Tuesday evening.
Syria's Foreign Ministry accused armed groups affiliated with al-Qaida network of being behind the massive explosion that killed more than 53 people earlier on Thursday, the state-media said.
Shanghai is now offering financial subsidies for purchases of BEVs on top of central and local government funding, helping car buyers to save more than 100,000 yuan each.
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