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  • Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), at a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The ECB lowered interest rates for the eighth time in a year after inflation dipped beneath 2% and the economy suffered repeated blows from US tariffs. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    European Central Bank cuts rate to 2% amid struggling eurozone growth and stable inflation

    By Sam Reeves and AFP
  • A girl rides a motorbike past the Ba Trieu kindergarten in Hanoi on June 4, 2025. The country’s communist government on June 4 lifted a long-standing ban on families having more than two children, as it battles to reverse a declining birth rate and ease the burden of an ageing population. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / To go with ‘VIETNAM-POLITICS-POPULATION-CHILDREN,FOCUS’ by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Lam Nguyen (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)Leadership

    Vietnam scraps two-child limit but Vietnamese say no to more kids

    By Tran Thi Minh Ha, Lam Nguyen, and others
  • dpatop – 05 June 2025, USA, Washington: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) gets off an airplane of the air force at Washington airport. Merz wants to meet US President Trump in the USA. It is the first meeting between the two politicians since Trump and Merz took office. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)Politics

    Germans anxiously await Chancellor Merz’s meeting with Trump, calling it ‘crucial for Europe’s future’

    By Oliver Junker and AFP
  • 04 June 2025, Berlin: Lars Klingbeil (SPD), Federal Minister of Finance, Vice Chancellor and SPD Federal Chairman, gives a press conference on the draft bill for an emergency tax investment program to strengthen Germany as a business location. The bill was previously approved by the Federal Cabinet. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa (Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images)Politics

    Germany unveils €45.8 billion in corporate tax breaks to supercharge stagnant economy

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  • Volkswagen AG headquarters in Wolfsburg, GermanyFinance

    Nearly 20,000 Volkswagen workers take voluntary redundancy while others could work a 4-day week amid overhaul

    By Prarthana Prakash and AFP
  • South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the Presidential office in Seoul on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AHN YOUNG-JOON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, calls ‘rising protectionism’ a ‘threat to our very survival’

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  • Clothes are displayed on hangers at a Chinese fashion brand Shein pop-up store in Paris on May 4, 2023. The Shein pop-up store is set to open for business from May 5 to 8. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    France debates fast-fashion bill to curb influx of ‘unfriendly and low-quality’ clothing—mainly from China

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  • A woman votes at a polling station during the presidential election in Seoul on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    South Koreans are finally voting for a new president, after the last one lost his job for trying to declare martial law 6 months ago

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  • BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – JUNE 2: EU First Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Commissioner for Competitiveness Teresa Ribera Rodriguez talks to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on June 2, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.Today, the European Commission has fined Delivery Hero and Glovo, two major food delivery companies, a total of 329 million Euro for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector. In particular, the two companies agreed not to poach each other’s employees; (exchanged commercially sensitive information; and allocated geographic markets. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)Retail

    EU fines Delivery Hero and Glovo $376 million for running a food delivery cartel

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  • “Caucasian woman near Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, United States”Politics

    Europeans are rethinking trips to the U.S.—here’s what’s really driving tourists away

    By Katell Prigent and AFP
  • France’s Minister for Economy, Finances and Industrial and Digital sovereignty Eric Lombard arrives for a European Union (EU) Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Atos—once France’s crown jewel—receives $468 million state offer to acquire strategic supercomputer division

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  • FILE: U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, greet attendees waving American and Chinese national flags during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Sunday, January 20, 2019, marks the second anniversary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Our editors select the best archive images looking back over Trumps second year in office. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    Bessent says Trump-Xi call would ease trade logjam — ‘I believe we will see something very soon’

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  • Packets of Haribo sweets sit on display at a Poundland discount store in Croydon, U.K., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Poundland Holdings Ltd. operates houseware and toy retailers and is based in the United Kingdom. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLifestyle

    Haribo pulls ‘Happy Cola’ from shelves in the Netherlands after cannabis detected. ‘Do not eat the sweets’ warns Dutch safety authority

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  • Senior man standing under the tree in public park at sunset. Enjoys cigarettesLifestyle

    France introduces nationwide ban on smoking in most outdoor places, with fines for those who fail to comply

    By Laurent Barthelemy and AFP
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during an America PAC town hall ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, US, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Musk’s plan to hand out $1 million checks to two residents for participating in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is barred by state law, a new complaint said Friday. Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Elon Musk’s Grok is coming to your Telegram chats as xAI strikes $300 million cash deal

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