The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Honda, Nissan scrap merger plan as negotiations collapseTOKYO - Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday they have scrapped a historic realignment plan to merge into what would have become the world's third-biggest auto group by volume, as negotiations collapsed less than two months after its announcement.But Honda and Nissan, Japan's second- and third-largest automakers, will continue their strategic partnership in electric vehicles and other fields along with Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Nissan's all…READ FULL ARTICLE