LAGOS (Reuters) - Much of Africa's population is being choked by deadly fuels that are banned in Europe and the United States, a campaign group said on Friday, blaming the international trading firms that sell high-sulfur fuels to the continent.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney told British schoolchildren on Friday he was nicknamed 'Carnage' in his youth and wished he had been a professional ice hockey goalie.

TORONTO (Reuters) - (This version of the story corrects name to Ella Purnell from Kelly Macdonald in the last paragraph)

TORONTO (Reuters) - Racial tensions in the United States and a polarized electorate make a new film about President Lyndon B Johnson relevant for modern audiences, director Rob Reiner says.

ZURICH (Reuters) - The final version of a report which has already revealed a system of state-sponsored doping in Russia is still several months away, its author Richard McLaren said on Friday.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German states of Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg said on Friday they would sue Volkswagen for damages over its "dieselgate" emissions-test cheating scandal, joining a swathe of equities investors seeking compensation.

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will not include ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on its agenda for its next parliament session, an official said on Friday, adding to uncertainty over the future of U.S. President Barack Obama's signature trade deal.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The political future of Germany's vice chancellor may hinge on the outcome of a vote next week by his Social Democrats (SPD) over whether to back a trade deal between the European Union and Canada.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Oracle employees were at work on Monday when protesters entered their nine-storey building in India's technology hub, Bengaluru, and asked them to leave in support of demonstrations that had erupted across the city over a water dispute.