The iPhone maker plans to make more of its products in India, signaling frustration with Beijing’s zero-COVID policy and geopolitical tensions. Has the tech giant’s love affair with China hit the rocks? China has been...
Spain’s parliament approved the government’s labor reform by a margin of just one vote — a vote the opposition said came from one of its members by mistake. A single vote, allegedly cast in error,...
We’ve all heard it: You’re more likely to catch COVID indoors than outdoors. But once you’re inside, there are different factors that determine the risk level. And you shouldn’t throw caution to the wind outside...
Millions of people around the world have received the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. Now the team behind BioNTech is receiving Germany’s biggest award for medicine. Three scientists from BioNTech, the German biotechnology company behind one...
Apple, Microsoft and Google’s parent company Alphabet have seen a surge in revenue. The results are attributed to the coronavirus pandemic — but also the easing of lockdowns. Tech companies Apple, Microsoft and Google owner...
The US and Canada now allow the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine to be administered to teenagers. Germany could follow suit this summer. But how sensible are the coronavirus vaccines for those under 18? According to the US...
India is among the countries hardest hit by in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic — not only in terms of human life, but also economically. Rakesh Kumar Nayal runs a grocery store in...
Christine Lagarde has said Europe’s monetary authority plans to keep interest rates and coronavirus stimulus unchanged. She urged EU members to get their coronavirus recovery fund operational with haste. European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday said...
Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, has been approved for use in dozens of countries, and it’s also under review by the European Medicines Agency. But the vaccine remains controversial. President Vladimir Putin has touted Sputnik V...
The coronavirus crisis has significantly increased the speed of digitization worldwide. It has lowered the cost of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) while triggering innovation. In the near future, digitization will be supporting...
The IMF’s latest quarterly outlook is impressively upbeat with expectations that the US and other advanced economies, always together with China, will come roaring back this year and into next. Successful near universal adult vaccination...
The coronavirus pandemic caused German economy to shrink dramatically according to Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, although the drop was smaller than expected. Europe’s biggest economy shrunk by 5% last year, with large parts of economic and...
