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  • Young cheerful woman using a tablet and drinking coffee in a seaside café in St. Julian's, MaltaLifestyle

    Golden passport schemes violate European Union law as bloc deems them illegal

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  • On April 3, 2025, in Brazil, President Lula da Silva talks about reciprocity in relation to the new taxes applied to Brazilian products by US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Ton Molina/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Politics

    BRICS diplomats are meeting to try to build a united front to Trump’s tariff threats

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  • BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 24: Interim Economy Minister Robert Habeck presents the spring 2025 German economy forecast to the media on April 24, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. The forecast predicts zero growth for 2025, down from previous forecasts, and a sinking inflation rate of 2%. Habeck attributed the economic downturn to U.S. tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on imports from the European Union. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting a global downturn in economic growth due to the tariffs. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Finance

    German economy gets yet another downgrade as government projects zero growth this year

    By Louis van Boxel-Woolf and AFP
  • Justin Hotard, incoming chief executive officer of Nokia Oyj, during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Nokia Oyj hired Intel Corp.’s Hotard to replace Pekka Lundmark as its chief executive officer as the network equipment maker works to exit a prolonged slump in orders from phone operators. Photographer: Roni Rekomaa/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Nokia blames tariff wars and shifting global trade landscape as cause of profit decline

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  • Rio de Janeiro , Brazil – 3 May 2023; Nik Storonsky, Founder & CEO, Revolut, on Centre Stage during day two of Web Summit Rio 2023 at Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo By Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile for Web Summit Rio via Getty Images)Finance

    Revolut doubles its annual profit as the fintech’s global customers cross 52 million

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  • LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 17: A general exterior view of the Gucci luxury fashion label store in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge on February 17, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)Retail

    The crisis at Gucci owner Kering keeps deepening—and things could get worse by the end of 2025

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  • A general view of the Apple Jinan retail store in Shanghai, China, on April 15, 2025, as the Shanghai stock market shows caution as Trump’s tariffs loom (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images).Tech

    Apple and Meta hit with over $750 million in fines for violating Europe’s digital rules—escalating tension between the bloc and Trump

    By Raziye Akkoc and AFP
  • Cambridge, MA – May 23: Interim president of Harvard University Alan Garber addresses the crowd during the 373rd Commencement at Harvard University. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Politics

    Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze, upping feud over president’s attempt to supervise university

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  • A Harvard Faculty member holds a sign as he exits Harvard Yard after a rally was held against President Donald Trump’s attacks on Harvard University at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 17, 2025. US President Donald Trump called Harvard a “joke” on April 16.2025, and said it should lose its government research contracts after the prestigious university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also canceled $2.7 million worth of research grants to Harvard on Wednesday and threatened the university’s ability to enroll international students unless it turns over records on visa-holders’ “illegal and violent activities.” (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump’s ‘unprecedented government overreach’ slammed in letter from Princeton, Brown and over 100 other U.S. colleges and universities

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  • TOPSHOT – Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (C) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on April 11, 2024. A top Vietnamese property tycoon could face the death penalty when she and dozens of other co-accused face verdicts on April 11 in one of the country’s biggest fraud cases over the embezzlement of USD 12.5 billion. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Vietnamese property tycoon jailed for life in $17 billion money laundering case has sentence cut to 30 years—but she still faces death penalty in another case

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  • Gothenburg, Sweden – March 23, 2022: A man’s hand holds a Iphone 13 Pro max with social media apps, against the background of a laptop. Blurred background. Selective focus.Tech

    European users’ public content and conversations will be used by Meta to train its AI models

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  • The CEO of FREENOW, Thomas Zimmermann, attends the third and last day of the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 14, 2024. The largest technology conference in the world has 71,528 attendees from 153 countries and 3,050 companies, with AI emerging as the most represented industry. (Photo by Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Finance

    Freenow acquired by Lyft for $200 million as U.S. ridesharing firm makes bold entry into the European taxi market

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  • Close up of young woman using mobile app device on smartphone to arrange a taxi ride in downtown city street, with illuminated city traffic scene as backgroundTech

    European Union gets serious as bloc seeks independence from U.S. tech such as Uber, Apple and Mastercard

    By Raziye Akkoc and AFP
  • Christophe Fouquet, chief executive officer of ASML Holding NV, at the Bloomberg Tech Summit in London, UK, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The event brings together visionaries, investors, founders and policymakers to discuss; how much can we – and should we – trust technology, and why does it matter and how do we build it? Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    ASML maintains 2025 forecast but CEO warns of increased macroeconomic uncertainty driven by U.S. tariffs

    By Richard Carter and AFP
  • Bottles of Heineken Silver and Zero Alcohol beer arranged at the Heineken NV brewery in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Worth $13 billion and counting, brands from Heineken to Guinness, see a cohort of health-conscious consumers many young, others older and wanting out of a booze culture whose wallets they can tap. Photographer: Ksenia Kuleshova/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Heineken beer sales go flat as brewer cites tariff uncertainty—but maintains profit goal

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