Stress influences us in many ways. It disturbs our sleep, affects our mood and can make us sick. But more seriously it also seems to damage our brain, according to a new study. We all...
Hudson Executive has built a 3.1-percent stake in Germany’s biggest lender to become one of its major shareholders. The New York-based fund said it believed in CEO Christian Sewing to turn around the ailing business....
Cuba’s economy is stagnating. The country is looking for foreign investments, and these might come from Russia rather than from the United States. Andreas Knobloch reports on a trade fair in Havana. Good and at...
Italy’s populist government has spooked Brussels with an ambitious draft budget after vowing to end austerity. DW’s Bernd Riegert explains how the country plans to have its cake and eat it. After weeks of tug-of-war...
A detailed study of competitiveness in the global economy ranks the US top of the 140 countries included. The report suggests that few governments have begun to plan for the impact of the fourth industrial...
Rings, investment, dental fillings — gold is always in demand. But where does it actually come from? Our reporter has been to the Andes, where workers mine the metal, in terrible conditions, at more than...
Moldova is Europe’s poorest nation with per capita income half that of Albania. Yet since the tiny ex-Soviet state stood up to Russian bullying, it has become something of a superpower — in the wine...
Berlin-based search engine Ecosia has offered to buy Hambach Forest from energy company RWE. The threatened woodland has been the scene of sometimes violent clashes between police and anti-coal activists. A Berlin-based search engine which...
India and Russia have announced a major arms deal, violating US sanctions. Energy sector sources also say New Delhi will purchase 9 million barrels of Iranian oil. Both moves will test India’s relations with the...
The Indian rupee has turned out to be Asia’s worst-performing currency this year as the nation’s economy struggles with rising oil prices, a widening current account deficit and broader emerging market concerns. The rupee has...
The 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine recognized James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for discoveries in immune regulation and cancer therapy. So what good is that? With every year and every prize, the Nobel committee...
Donald Trump’s pledge that the US “won’t put up with high oil prices for much longer” has led to speculation about how he may try to force OPEC’s hand. Skepticism abounds over whether the price...