Sky NewsThe Syrians who rose up in 2011 now struggling to believe they can return to the scene of Assad's unbridled slaughter
The last time I came to Homs, I crossed the border from Lebanon on the back of a motorbike. On a roundabout, where a huge statue of Bashar al Assad used to dominate the city centre, men, women and children were singing, laughing and taking selfies. The statue, like the regime, has been toppled.
Associated Press FinanceJapan's Nissan reshuffles management to fix its money-losing business
Embattled Japanese automaker Nissan has tapped Jeremie Papin, who was overseeing its U.S. operations, as its chief financial officer in a major management reshuffle billed as key to a turnaround. It means Papin, chairman of Nissan’s Americas Management Committee, replaces Stephen Ma, who will oversee Nissan Motor Corp.’s China operations. Ma’s replacement had been speculated about for some time, given Nissan’s problems in the key U.S. market, lately dominated by Tesla, Toyota and Ford.
Sky NewsVirus most likely to cause next pandemic 'could be passed to humans' from horses, study finds
Bird flu can infect horses without causing any symptoms, according to new research, raising fears that the virus could be spreading undetected. It's another twist in the emerging threat of the H5N1 virus, widely seen as the most likely cause of the next pandemic. Scientists at the University of Glasgow found antibodies to the virus in blood samples taken from horses living in Mongolia.
