The Mediterranean country is the first in the G7 to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But in one small port town in Italy, Chinese investment is nothing new. DW’s Giulia Saudelli and Mu Cui...
Answering a call from French president Emmanuel Macron to donate funds for the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged Paris landmark, two of the country’s wealthiest families have stepped forward offering millions in aid. French fire officials...
Anxious gas and oil workers in Canada have demanded an end to what they see as job-killing anti-pipeline policies. But Ottawa faces a dilemma: How to balance job security for those workers while fighting climate...
Beijing had pledged to scale back its coal industry, but a new report says the Chinese government has quietly restarted construction of coal-fired power plants. The report also found an increase in coal consumption. A...
The world’s top Arabica producers are suffering their worst crisis in over a decade after prices for their coffee fell below $1 per pound. They now want to sell their harvests without being tied to...
A major upheaval is underway in China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) finance sector after numerous cases of fraud and negligence. As loans helped finance cars and property, could the crisis worsen the country’s economic slowdown? It’s not...
With the US and other countries throwing their weight behind Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate leader, time seems up for the Maduro government. But keeping the debt-ridden country afloat will prove a massive task. National...
A mix of pulverized coal and toxic gases – known as fly ash – are polluting the air and water near power plants in southeast India. Villagers have decided to fight back. Karthikeyan Hemalatha reports...
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...
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...
