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BUSINESSGERMANY Germany-China: Struggling to shake off Beijing dependencies Mischa Ehrhardt 18 hours ago18 hours ago The economies of China and Germany have become hugely intertwined. The dilemma: how to reposition Germany in the emerging geopolitical tensions with Beijing. https://p.dw.com/p/4PxyL French President Emmanuel Macron sparked massive anger in the week after Easter suggesting that Europe should not be a "vassal" in the US-China geopolitical rivalries. The...

POLITICSEUROPE Is the French President's vision for Europe realistic? Lucia Schulten 8 hours ago8 hours ago Emmanuel Macron's comments on Taiwan caused a stir. They also drew attention to EU strategic autonomy, a pet project he has promoted for years. But how realistic is it? https://p.dw.com/p/4Q1Gq It has been six years since French President Emmanuel Macron publicly discussed the concept of sovereignty in the European...

Russian School Shooter Sentenced to Life Imprisonment 18 hours ago Ilnaz Galyaviyev.Egor Aleev / TASS A Russian court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to life in prison for one of the country’s worst school shootings in recent times, Interfax reported Thursday. Ilnaz Galyaviyev opened fire at pupils attending his own former high school in the city of Kazan, the capital of the...

Russian Gas Exports Sink by 25% Despite Rise in Oil Sales By AFP Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 Gazprom Russia announced on Monday that its gas exports plummeted by 25% in 2022 after the Ukraine conflict brought turmoil to Moscow's ties with key buyers in Europe. The Kremlin's decision to invade Ukraine in February last year was met with a flurry of sanctions imposed by...

SoFi Student Loans Suit Spotlights Platform Model’s Resilience and Vulnerabilities BY PYMNTS | APRIL 10, 2023 | The push and pull on student loans has spotlighted SoFi’s digital platform model and the emergence of online financial service ecosystems. As widely reported, SoFi has turned to the U.S. court system to try and halt the Biden administration’s...

More Than Half of Restaurant Customers Now Use Loyalty Programs BY PYMNTS | APRIL 13, 2023 | Restaurants’ efforts to drive loyalty adoption are working, with most consumers now engaged. By the Numbers Research from PYMNTS’ March study, “Connected Dining: Consumers Like the Taste of Discount Meals,” which is based on a February survey of more than...

CFPB Advisor Says Many States’ Laws Already Prohibit ‘Junk Fees’ BY PYMNTS | APRIL 13, 2023 | Many states can use existing laws to fight “junk fees,” according to a federal regulator. Addressing a Pennsylvania house committee, Brian Shearer, senior advisor to the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said many states can attack...

2023 Travel Outlook May Be Dimming as Prices Clash With Layoffs and Inflation BY PYMNTS | APRIL 10, 2023 | Even as pent-up travel demand was unleashed throughout 2022 with airlines and lodgings firms reporting strong performance and outlook, the word “uncertainty” was used a lot and could be taking a more definable form as...

Twitter Launches Subscriptions Feature So Users Can Monetize Content BY PYMNTS | APRIL 13, 2023 | Twitter users can now apply to monetize their content on the platform. Announcing the new Subscriptions offering in a Thursday (April 13) tweet, Elon Musk said users could tap on “Monetization” in the settings on the platform and apply to...

Home / Business / Technology Underwater data centers making waves By LI JIAYING | China Daily | Updated: 2023-03-31 09:26 Workers gather at Highlander's construction site of underwater data centers in Tianjin in October. Facilities cheaper to maintain, greener, more secure than their inland equivalents Editor's Note: China aims to nurture 10,000 "little giants" from 2021 to 2025 amid an ambitious plan to...

Trade corridor boosts RCEP regional economic integration China Daily | Updated: 2023-04-14 09:22 Automated cranes deliver containers at Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in February. Two-way fruit shipments see blossoming growth on sea route NANNING — Cargo ships carrying 18 tons of Orah mandarin oranges departed from Qinzhou Port, a part of Beibu Gulf Port in Guangxi...

Intel chief stresses key microchip role of China By MA SI | China Daily | Updated: 2023-04-13 09:03 Intel Corp's booth during an expo in Beijing. Patrick Gelsinger, CEO of Intel Corp, underlined on Wednesday the importance of China in the company's strategy for sustainable development during his first trip to the country since he took the CEO position in 2021. Gelsinger...

London Waterloo station: Commuters urged to stay away due to 'major signalling problem' A signal failure has caused severe train delays across Britain's busiest station. Travellers can claim full refunds if they are unable to travel, and season ticket holders will get money back for the day. Faiza Saqib News reporter @Faiza__Saqib Thursday 13 April 2023 09:32, UK Listen to this article 0:00 / 2:01 1X BeyondWords Audio...

More than 18,000 cows die in Texas dairy farm explosion One employee was injured in the incident, which resulted in the largest farm fire on record in the US. Friday 14 April 2023 01:23, UK Listen to this article 0:00 / 1:14 1X BeyondWords Audio created using AI assistance Smoke rises at the Southfork Dairy Farms, after an explosion and a fire killed around 18,000 cows, near...