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Celaya - Celaya, an industrial city in the heart of Mexico, now has a Japanese language class where the teacher uses honorifics, addressing her students as "Felipe-san" or "Christian-san."Across town, a hotel installed a special satellite dish on its rooftop to...

Paris - Michael Schumacher remains in a "wake-up phase" from the coma he was placed in following a life-threatening skiing accident nearly ten weeks ago, his spokeswoman said Friday.The statement from Sabine Kehm was the first since February 13, when the Formu...

London - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he is looking for someone to succeed him at the head of the sport, as he prepares to face bribery charges in Germany.The 83-year-old British businessman is due to go on trial in Munich on April 24 to f...

Geneva - Peugeot's 308 picked up the Car of the Year award Monday, a boost for the troubled car company that recently had to be rescued by the French state and China's Dongfeng.A panel of European automobile journalists chose the Peugeot 308 hatchback over a ha...

Chicago - Brutal winter weather chilled US auto sales in February, with General Motors, Ford and Toyota reporting losses Monday even as rival Chrysler extended a winning streak.Total industry sales were unchanged from February 2013 at 1.2 million vehicles while ...

Canadian auto sales chugged 2.4 percent higher in February as record-setting truck sales helped offset slumping demand for cars and severe winter weather, an independent auto industry analyst said on Mon...

San Francisco - A California appeals court has tossed out a fine for a driver checking a smartphone map to escape traffic, offering a new interpretation in the crackdown on "distracted driving."A panel of judges reasoned that the summons and its $165 fine applied to h...

Frankfurt - The head of Porsche, Matthias Mueller, has had his contract renewed for another five years, the board of the German sports car company said on Friday.Mueller took charge of Porsche, a unit of Volkswagen, in October 2010 and his contract had been due to...

Manama - Force India's Sergio Perez topped the time charts for the second successive day of pre-season Formula One testing on Friday as world champions Red Bull finally found some pace.Perez clocked 1min 35.570sec off a marathon 108 laps with Ferrari's Fernando...

Frankfurt - German auto giant Volkswagen said on Thursday it is recalling nearly 600,000 Caddy vans worldwide owing to a tailgate problem.