Real Betis on Tuesday criticised fans who threw eggs and shouted abuse at their own players as they left the club's training ground in their cars on Monday.

With only two days to go until Bike to Work Day, sponsors are predicting that hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents will ditch their cars and get to work on two wheels on Thursday, May 14 - the region's 15th annual Bike to Work Day.

A suicide bomber rammed his car into an Iraqi police truck Tuesday, killing five policemen and a civilian in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, said police.

Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) lost $2.4 billion in the fourth quarter amid a global slump in car sales, and forecast more losses this year as it looks to conserve cash by putting product launches and growth plans on hold.

Federal regulators have been investigating and are close to filing lawsuits against companies believed to be behind a national wave of spam "robocalls" that warn people that their auto warranties are about to expire and they need to sign up for new service plans.