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Ex-Volkswagen CEO faces trial over 'dieselgate'
Ex-Volkswagen CEO faces trial over 'dieselgate'

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is set to go on trial Tuesday for his role in the "dieselgate" scandal, nine years after the saga first plunged the German auto titan into crisis. The highest-ranking former executive to have been convicted so far in the scandal is ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler.

UN hosts Libya rivals for central bank crisis talks
UN hosts Libya rivals for central bank crisis talks

The United Nations said it held talks Monday with rival powers in Libya over the country's central bank crisis which has threatened vital oil income. The UN mission said the talks in the capital Tripoli "concluded with significant understandings" between the two sides "on ways to address" the bank crisis.