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Volkswagen AG headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany

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)

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

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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)

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)

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”

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)

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 Images

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 Images

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 cigarettes

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 Images

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

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Gary Nagle, chief executive officer of Glencore Plc, during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Nagle said his company is the cheapest way to buy exposure to a coming copper boom as he predicted a renewed spree of dealmaking in the mining industry. Photographer: Jose Cendon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Switzerland’s Glencore to cut down output and jobs. ‘These are necessary actions we have to take’ says CEO

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KLM Embraer landing next to a Lufthansa Airbus A321

Delayed and cancelled flights have cost airlines €8.1 billion so far this year—now the EU is planning to cut compensation for passengers

By Umberto Bacchi and AFP

Stellantis North America COO and Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa speaks during the Stellantis press conference at the Automobility LA 2024 car show at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, November 21, 2024. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

Auto giant Stellantis appoints 25-year company veteran—Antonio Filosa—as new CEO to lead turnaround

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Rolex luxury watches are displayed in a store window on 5th Avenue in New York City, on April 8, 2025. Swiss watches could face some of the highest US tariffs at 31 percent. The United States is Switzerland’s largest export market for watches. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss watch exports to the U.S. soar nearly 150%, even as Trump’s higher tariffs are delayed

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