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VW’s Audi will miss 2016 profitability goal
Volkswagen's luxury division Audi will miss its benchmark for profitability this year as costs for the diesel emissions scandal and possible recalls of cars fitted with Takata Corp airbags are weighing on results. First-half operating profit at Audi plunged 18 percent to 2.4 billion euros ($2.66 billion), including 265 million euros of special items which…
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UN suspends aid in Nigeria’s Borno state after attack on convoy
The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday. UNICEF said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering…