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Giant new dome to guard Chernobyl power plant

  Chernobyl / AFP The world’s largest metal moveable structure will be unveiled on Tuesday over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor in Ukraine to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch — nearly as long as two football pitches and taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty — will edge into place over ...

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Volkswagen sketches new upper midsize car

  FRANKFURT / AP Volkswagen is coming out with a new model that will add to its offerings of larger cars in the United States, where its market share has lagged the competition. The German company released a sketch on Monday of the Arteon, a four-door with a sloping roofline. It is to be unveiled at the Geneva auto show ...

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Second-tier stocks boost Saudi, foreign money supports Egypt

  Reuters Strength in second-tier stocks favoured by local retail investors boosted Saudi Arabia’s stock market on Monday, while foreign buying helped Egypt partially rebound from a drop on Sunday and most other Middle East bourses fell. Saudi Arabia’s index climbed 0.9 percent to 6,904 points, rising above major technical resistance on its April peak of 6,876 points. A second ...

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