It’s too soon to understand the effectiveness of a fourth vaccine dose, according to the EU’s top drug regulator. But some countries have already authorized the shot. Fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine don’t appear...
A decade in the making, the RCEP pact takes effect January 1, easing trade among Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific nations. Economic giants China, Japan and South Korea are set to benefit the most. Trade barriers...
If 2021 was the year the world ran out of everything, prospects are unlikely to change much for most of next year. So, sit back and relax on your couch and continue to perfect the...
More and more US companies are moving their production and manufacturing facilities back home because of supply snarls and insufficient production capacity abroad. When Johnson & Johnson got rid of him, James Wyner was deeply...
Public debates about the EU’s dependence on oil and gas imports are mounting. But Europe might soon find itself in an even weaker position in a field crucial for energy transition: critical raw materials. Decarbonization...
Washington has said it will release 50 million barrels of crude oil in an effort to bring down gas prices. India quickly announced it would also release 5 million barrels. The Biden administration on Tuesday...
China has long considered imposing a property tax nationwide to control the country’s property bubble and curb excessive housing speculation. The top decision-making body of the National People’s Congress, China’s parliament, on Saturday announced that...
Blackouts and power cuts in the world’s second-largest economy have drawn attention to fuel supply problems that could complicate the country’s pandemic recovery. DW unpacks why the lights went out in China. Struggling energy companies...
Less than a year since the EU and UK struck a post-Brexit deal, the sides are apparently preparing for a trade war. Tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol have pushed things to the brink. The...
Fresh revelations about how politicians, celebrities and billionaires stash their wealth offshore have sparked calls for a tougher response. DW explores what has been achieved in the fight against tax evasion The Pandora Papers is the...
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...
Starting Monday, Germany’s blue-chip DAX index will include 10 more companies to become the DAX-40. Selection criteria have been decisively changed. The 10 newcomers — in the order of their market value — are Airbus,...
