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SHENYANG, CHINA – APRIL 23: Food delivery riders of JD Takeaway (L), the food delivery service under China’s e-commerce giant JD.com, and Meituan (R) wait for the green light on the road on April 23, 2025 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

JD.com hails ‘substantial progress’ in food delivery as it takes on Meituan and Alibaba

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Ivan Espinosa, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Nissan shares rallied on Tuesday after a report that the Japanese automaker will eliminate 11,000 more jobs than previously forecast as part of a plan to restructure its flailing business. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nissan declines to give a profit forecast for the coming year, blames ‘uncertain nature’ of U.S. tariffs

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 05: Dua Lipa attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)

British government under fire from hundreds of artists including Dua Lipa and Paul McCartney over AI copyright exception

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WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12: U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R), holds up an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by 30% to 80% during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump announced his plan to lower drug prices would tie their cost to drug prices paid in foreign nations. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump blames ‘brutal’ Europe for soaring drug costs in bid to curb U.S. prices

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China’s President Xi Jinping (C), Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and Chile’s President Gabriel Boric attend the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in Beijing on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)

Xi Jinping blasts ‘bullying and hegemony’ in meeting with Latin American leaders as China urges united front against Trump

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Signage atop the Nissan Motor Co. global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Nissan named company insider Ivan Espinosa to replace Chief Executive Officer Makoto Uchida and helm the battered Japanese carmaker as it looks to secure a financial backer and stabilize its foundering business. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nissan plans to slash 10,000 more jobs as it struggles with China EV competition and Trump’s trade war

By Hiroshi Hiyama, Tomohiro Osaki, and others

FILED – 28 January 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Walldorf: Christian Klein, CEO of the software group SAP, sits on stage at the annual press conference of the software group SAP. Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa (Photo by Uwe Anspach/picture alliance via Getty Images)

SAP rolls back diversity targets amid U.S. legal pressure from Trump

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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 19: (L-R) Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez attend the “Emilia Perez” Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Lights, Camera, Tariffs: Trade war comes to the red carpet as Trump targets foreign films

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LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 13: Miriana Conte performs on stage during the London Eurovision Party 2025 at HERE at Outernet on April 13, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images)

Eurovision fans find Swiss franc’s latest surge hits a sour note

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Tycoon Donald Trump at the house in Tong, on the Isle of Lewis, where Donald Trump’s mother was brought up before she emigrated to the United States. (Photo by Andrew Milligan – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

Trump touts his Scottish heritage—but Lewis islanders prefer to forget

By Caroline Taix and AFP

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England (BOE), at the Monetary Policy Report news conference at the bank’s headquarters in the City of London, UK, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25% as Donald Trump’s global trade war weighs on UK growth, in a decision that split senior officials into three groups and was made before the US President hinted at an imminent deal to lower tariffs on British exports. Photographer: Jaimi Joy/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Bank of England cuts rates again, citing Trump tariff tensions and slower growth

By Ben Perry and AFP

Le Creuset recently cropped up on the first series of Meghan Markle’s Netflix show, With Love, Meghan.

From a French village to Meghan Markle’s kitchen: How Le Creuset became the Louis Vuitton of cookware

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Koji Sato, chief executive officer of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Toyota Motor is bracing itself for a bumpy year, with the Japanese carmaker warning of a slump in profit as global manufacturers scramble to shield themselves from US President Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Toyota forecasts a 35% drop in profits as Trump’s auto tariffs begin to bite

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Paramilitary soldiers stand guard outside the Government Health and Educational complex after Indian strikes in Muridke, about 30 kilometres from Lahore, on May 7, 2025. The death toll from Indian strikes on Pakistan has increased to eight, the country’s military spokesman said on May 7, as India fired missiles at Pakistani territory and Islamabad vowed to “settle the score”. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)

India and Pakistan exchange artillery fire in major escalation of tensions as world leaders urge calm

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BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 07: Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, attends the China’s State Council Information Office’s (SCIO) press conference on the financial policy package aimed at stabilizing the market and expectations on May 7, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

China eases monetary policy to support an economy threatened by Trump tariffs—yet more stimulus may be needed

By AFP