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Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday Sweden has agreed to contribute 4.7 million dollars to a financing facility that aims to promote clean energy in the region.

Munich - German luxury carmaker BMW said Tuesday that it was lowering its profits forecast for 2009, following disappointing third-quarter results.

Washington - Election day finally arrived Tuesday for the record throngs of US voters planning to cast their presidential ballots for either Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain.

Johannesburg - South African Tourism gave world football body FIFA the red card over accommodation for the 2010 World Cup, accusing the FIFA-appointed booking agency of bullying small hotels and Bed and breakfasts on pricing, the Business Day newspaper reported.

Los Angeles - Hours after losing Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess in a blockbuster trade, the Detroit Pistons went about their business as usual

Chicago - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may have been raised largely by his white grandparents in distant Hawaii, but when he wanted to connect with his community as a black man he came to Chicago.

Munich - German electronics company Siemens AG Tuesday finalized plans to quit computer producer Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

Bangkok - The ninth triennial German Technology Symposium & Exhibition will be held in Bangkok next week despite the gloom created by the US financial meltdown and signs of recession in the US and Europe, organizers said Tuesday.

Hamburg - Workers in Germany’s engineering sector were on a rolling strike for a fourth day Tuesday, underlining their union’s calls for an 8-per-cent pay rise.

Washington - In a departure from 40 years of Republican loyalty, 21 voters in remote northern New Hampshire gave a resounding yes to Democrat Barack Obama early Tuesday.