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No break for KitKat in Europe as trademark request rejected

By Mark Lewis, Associated Press

STAVANGER, Norway — KitKat is not getting its break. The maker of the chocolate bar has for 16 years tried to trademark its four-finger shape in the European Union, arguing it is a distinctive feature that deserves protection.

Sergio Marchionne, who saved Fiat and Chrysler, has died

By Colleen Barry, Tom Krisher, Associated Press

MILAN — Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66.

China’s Xi warns of ‘unilateralism’ in U.S. trade dispute

By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the world faces "a choice between cooperation and confrontation" in remarks critical of escalating U.S. tariffs on goods from China and other major trading partners.

Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model’s story

By Chad Day, Michael Balsamo, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Two months before the 2016 election, Donald Trump and his former lawyer discussed plans to pay for a former Playboy model's story of alleged an affair, according to a secretly recorded tape of the conversation released amid an…

EU officials to meet Trump, wielding a $20-billion threat

By Jari Tanner, Associated Press

HELSINKI — Top European Union officials were going into a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warning they are ready to put tariffs on $20 billion of American goods if he puts duties on car imports.

Suicide blast kills 31 as Pakistan holds general elections

By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into people waiting outside a busy polling station in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least 31 and casting a dark shadow on what was to be a…