EU negotiator Michel Barnier has suggested that British Prime Minister Theresa May consider a permanent customs union with the bloc. The arrangement was suggested by the UK opposition Labour Party in a letter to the...
Heightened security concerns on the continent have been just one reason for a sharp drop in China’s investment activities across Europe. A fresh study shows, though, that German firms remain coveted takeover targets. Just how...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to toast a new free trade deal between Japan and the EU. The pair were also expected to address nuclear arms control. The German...
Italy’s economy contracted in the last two quarters of 2018, and the slowdown is expected to continue into 2019. Italy’s problems are having their effects on the rest of the eurozone. Italy’s gross domestic product...
Car production has fallen to its lowest levels since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report. Industry leaders say the damage is “enormous,” but nothing like the “devastation” a no-deal Brexit would have....
Scientists were set to release a new World Magnetic Model after accelerating changes in earth’s magnetic field, but the US government shutdown has stopped them for now. Navigation as we know it could be in...
Never have we been in possession of as many electronic gadgets as now, in this brave new world or ours. But what happens to them when they stop working? All too often… not that much. ...
Globalization needs a serious update; otherwise, we’re all doomed. So says the World Economic Forum — which brought us the earlier, defective versions. “Globalization 4.0” — you might be forgiven for rolling your eyes at...
CEO Elon Musk said that the electric car maker plans to cut roughly 3,000 jobs, prompting another sharp dip in share prices. Tesla is struggling in the US as the government rolls back a tax...
Space in Copenhagen is limited, so the Danish government wants to reclaim land from the sea around the capital city. The head of the country’s employers’ association says it could help create a “European Silicon...
Miang tea trees, the forerunner of plantation tea, grow wild in Thailand’s forests. Now, eco-friendly businesses are using the tree’s leaves to strive for the perfect cup of tea and foster biodiversity at the same...
Samsung, the world’s largest chipmaker, has flagged a massive drop in earnings, blaming weaker sales and falling prices. Is the tech giant’s first profit decline in two years a harbinger of the chip boom fizzling...