IG Metall struck an agreement guaranteeing compensation payouts, shorter work-weeks and job guarantees. The union has yet to negotiate deals for worker in the east and in Saarland on the French border. Germany’s IG Metall, Europe’s...
India’s decision to implement universal charging ports by 2025 could disrupt Apple’s production plans, as the tech giant lobbies for exemptions. The move aims to align with EU standards and reduce electronic waste. India is set...
NFTs were a pandemic curiosity, with the digital assets experiencing a massive rise in value before an equally dramatic crash. Were they simply fool’s gold or could they rise again? Many strange things happened in...
With the EU-China summit coming up, Beijing and Brussels are looking for ways to cooperate despite their rivalry. Tensions ahead of the EU-China summit in Beijing next week are clearly visible just by looking at electric car...
African delegates at a UN desertification conference in Uzbekistan urged the international community to not neglect the climate emergency in Africa’s deserts amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and Russia’s war in Ukraine. African delegates attending a...
China has loaned $1.3 trillion for infrastructure projects from Asia to Latin America to boost trade. DW asks how China will ensure those debts are repaid. China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — backing and often...
President-elect Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” has radical ideas to prop up the ailing economy, including the introduction of the US dollar. Will that work? Argentina’s new right-wing populist president-elect Javier Milei has never hidden his...
An array of climate funds promise to help poorer countries either stop climate change or adapt to its consequences. But what do they actually cover, and why is it all so contentious? Fossil fuels powered...
Sam Altman, the highly popular face of OpenAI, the parent company behind AI chatbot ChatGPT, has been fired after a “deliberate review process” by the board of directors. Altman said “he loved his time” at...
The new rush for lithium in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment, investigations have shown. At a Chinese-run lithium mine in Namibia, local workers have complained for months about squalid living...
WeWork has filed for bankruptcy, a remarkable turnaround in the fortune of a firm that commanded a valuation of $47 billion just a few years back. Does the crash of the coworking pioneer spell the...
Digital content creators and influencers in Kenya will now have to pay 15% of their earnings in tax. But many are frustrated over the new legislation, calling it exploitative and a blow to their creativity....
