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BERLIN: Germany wants Europe and the United States to strengthen transatlantic ties with a trade deal to abolish industrial tariffs, a WTO reform to increase pressure on China and a joint carbon-emission trading system to protect the climate. Peter Beyer, transatlantic coordinator for Chancellor ...

As cryptocurrencies increasingly go mainstream, pressure is growing on the world's biggest central banks to move forward with their plans to issue digital cash and fend off private sector threats to traditional money.

An invitation from Tesla boss Elon Musk for Russian President Vladimir Putin to join him for a chat on a social networking app? "Very interesting," the Kremlin said on Monday.

BRUSSELS: China last year overtook the United States as the EU's biggest trading partner, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday (Feb 15). Britain meanwhile, which is no longer part of the European Union, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc, behind China and the United ......

Staff at Hotel Sky in Johannesburg's wealthy Sandton district adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, wearing masks and physically distancing from guests as much as possible; all, that is, except Lexi, Micah and Ariel.

Norway's Equinor is looking to sell more assets in the United States and exit several other countries as part of a major global reshuffle as it tries to return to profit after writing down US$25 billion of U.S. assets over the past decade.

Global shares rose for the 11th day in a row to reach a fresh peak on optimism about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and new fiscal aid from Washington, while tensions in the Middle East drove oil to a 13-month high.

French tycoon Vincent Bollore will retain strong influence over Universal Music Group as a major shareholder following its planned 30-billion-euro (US$36 billion) spin-off on the stock market by media conglomerate Vivendi .

EU antitrust regulators are set to grant conditional clearance to German health group Siemens Healthineers' US$16.4-billion bid for U.S. peer Varian Medical Systems Inc, three people familiar with the matter said.

Luxury car group Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unveiled plans to go electric on Monday, saying it aims to be net zero on carbon emissions by 2039 as it joined a global race to roll out clean-energy vehicles.