Points of discord remain, time is running thin, and the public mood is souring on free trade – does TTIP stand a chance? The EU and the US are meeting for the 14th time, and...
How important are EU funds for British research institutions? Even though Great Britain pays more into the EU than it gets out of it, one exception is in the field of science. The reason: Great...
Shanghai Leishang Cosmetics has said it was sorry over the controversy caused by a racist ad for one of its products. Having caused a major stir on social media it might be too little, too...
It’s a tale of many sides. Most often we only get the positives of digitalization, while those speaking for the negative are hauled off to a padded cell. But a Berlin summit wants us all...
It’s almost too good to be true: The US national anthem is playing at Revolution Square in Havana, and US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro are seeing off the military parade together....
Bio implants will soon be able to house our keys, wallets, and our whole lives – all within our own flesh. Maya Shwayder tried one out at the Cebit fair in Hanover. Do you want...
Stand in the surf and you feel it: the push of a wave, the rush of a current. Now, engineers are finding ways to turn that power into electricity. The European Marine Energy Center in...
A new study tallies the enormous economic costs of the war in Syria – and its tragic effects on millions of Syrian children. With much of the country in ruins and half its population displaced,...
As interest wanes in more traditional car segments, sport utility vehicles have been riding high – a phenomenon that’s unlikely to grind to a halt as stricter fuel consumption rules kick into gear in the...
Is it dangerous to eat fish that eat microplastics? Researchers in Germany say not all fish eat them. But of those that do, it’s unclear whether the plastics get into the fish’s bloodstream – and...
Iran has enormous pent-up demand for modernization of its infrastructure. Roads, water and power lines as well as housing badly need to be upgraded. But it’s an opportunity for foreign investors. Especially from Germany. In...
In a bid to shore up the Middle East nation’s finances battered by the global slump in crude prices, Saudi King Salman has pledged to diversify the country’s economy and veer off its heavy dependence...
