OTTAWA (Reuters) - Kevin Garratt, a Canadian held in China for two years and charged with spying, returned to Canada on Thursday in what was a diplomatic triumph for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

MONTREAL, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy minister said on Thursday he expected the country's Social Democrats, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, to vote in favor of a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union at a party meeting on Sept. 19.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators questioned State Department officials closely on Thursday about corruption in Afghanistan and said failure to address it could cause them to rethink the billions of dollars the United States spends there each year.

Sept 15 (Gracenote) - Results from the MLB games on Thursday (home team in CAPS)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Thursday it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect linked to three deaths and five injuries.

Sept 15 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Canadian unit will stop accepting Visa Inc cards at 16 stores in the province of Manitoba starting Oct. 24, a company spokesman said on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a high-profile fee dispute in the country.

September 15 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday:

(Reuters) - Chun In-gee and fellow South Korean Park Sung-hyun played through rain showers, clouds and sunshine to tie for the first-round lead at the Evian Championship in France after bogey-free rounds of eight-under 63 on Thursday.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Self-driving cars and electric vehicles could provide important sources of new revenue for Adient, the $17-billion automotive seating and interiors business that is being spun out of Johnson Controls Inc, Adient's top executive said on Thursday.