German minister commits suicide over COVID-19 crisis

Finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, committed suicide apparently after expressing "despair" over how to handle the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus, an......

Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

Volkswagen is under huge pressure to act, with its shares down more than a third in value since the crisis broke, and the bad news still coming. Image: Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn......