UPDATE 3-Hyundai, Kia earmark $760 mln to settle U.S. lawsuits over engine fires . Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp have earmarked 900 billion won ($758 million) to settle U.S. class action litigation and address engine-related issues in the United States and South Korea.

Indian stocks end firmer on positive Sino-U.S. trade buzz . Indian shares closed higher on Friday as optimism over U.S.-China trade negotiations whetted investor appetite for riskier assets.

Uber faces UK tax challenge . Uber Technologies Inc says the UK is seeking to classify the company as a transportation provider, potentially opening it up to new tax charges that could hamper its business, according to UK accounts filings in recent days.

UPDATE 4-NBA scraps media access to teams in China amid HK tweet backlash . Lakers-Nets second exhibition game on Saturday to take place

UPDATE 2-Hyundai, Kia earmark $760 mln to settle U.S. lawsuits over engine fires . Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp have earmarked a total of 900 billion won ($757.86 million) to settle U.S. class action litigation and address engine-related issues in the United States and South Korea.

UPDATE 1-UK car insurance premiums drop 1% in Q3 - survey . The cost of a comprehensive motor insurance policy in Britain fell 1% in the third quarter, pushed down by uncertainty from the personal injury discount rate change in July and the market watchdog's interim report on general insurance pricing practices, a survey showed.

UPDATE 3-NBA scraps media access to teams in China, Saturday's game on . Lakers-Nets second exhibition game on Saturday to take place

With simple words, mapping apps offer help to refugees, slum dwellers . MUMBAI, Oct 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A ttic.Caramel.Truth is not a crossword puzzle. It is the address of India's most famous monument - the Taj Mahal - on a mapping app that aims to help millions of slum dwellers, rural residents, refugees and those in need of emergency aid.

NBA says no media sessions for Nets, Lakers for rest of China trip -ESPN reporter . The U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) has decided not to make the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers available to media during the rest of their China trip amid a furore over a Houston Rockets executive's tweet supporting Hong Kong's protesters, according to a tweet by an ESPN reporter.

UPDATE 2-NBA puts off press events in China, but Saturday's game to go ahead . The National Basketball Association (NBA) kept quiet on Friday, postponing media events for the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers in China amid a furore over a tweet by a Houston Rockets executive supporting Hong Kong's protesters.