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German Employers Push to Limit Works Council Power in Urgent Cases
The BDA wants faster unilateral decisions for employers on restructuring, smaller works councils and electronic election...
Putin Lays Out Military Claims and Energy Retaliation at SCO Summit Briefing
In Bishkek, the Russian president announced plans for massive strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, touted battlefield...
No Joining Fee, Europe-Wide Logistics: Temu Courts Small Sellers
Temu’s Small Business Insights Report 2026 outlines a Local Seller Programme with no joining fee, a Europe-wide logistic...
CSG Group to Debut Tatra Force, Tadeas and Patriot Mortar Vehicles at MSPO Defence Fair
The group will use Kielce's record-scale MSPO to push Polish production, new 4×4 armoured vehicles and NATO-standard amm...
Nvidia's Earnings Surge Lifts Jensen Huang to $196.8 Billion, Sixth-Richest Person
A record revenue beat, a 70% growth forecast and rising AI infrastructure demand added $15.6 billion to Huang's fortune,...
Russian Savers Pile Into Real Estate Funds as Deposit Rates Fall
As Bank of Russia rate cuts erode deposit yields, retail money is shifting into closed-end real estate funds; managers s...
Real Estate Without Keys: Russia’s Wealthy Shift to Closed-End Property Funds
Falling rates are reviving property investment, but wealthy Russians increasingly use closed-end real estate funds for s...
Krasnodar Set RPL Scoring Record as Spartak Held and Lokomotiv Suffer Worst Start
Round 6 ended with Krasnodar on 18 points and a club-record scoring run, Spartak drawing Orenburg 1-1, and Lokomotiv set...
Russian Audit Chamber Flags Subcontracting and Non-Competitive Deals in Heritage Restoration
A review of 2022–2025 state contracts found the Ministry of Culture's restoration arm handed nearly 78% of work to subco...
Merz Weighs Sanctions and Diplomatic Expulsions After Leipzig Drone Find
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is reported to be weighing Germany-specific sanctions, diplomat expulsions and the closure of ...
From $6,000 to $32,000: Guyana's Oil Boom Meets the Resource-Curse Test
Guyana's GDP per capita has jumped from about $6,000 to more than $32,000 since offshore oil production began in 2019. T...
Russia Launches Fast Broker-to-Broker Securities Transfers as VTB Leads
A new NSD-backed service goes live on 1 September, cutting portfolio moves from weeks to minutes and giving first-mover ...
Iceland Rejects Resuming EU Accession Talks, Deflating Brussels' Northern Ambitions
Iceland's voters said no to reopening EU membership negotiations by 52.8% to 47.2%, leaving Reykjavik's application froz...
US-Venezuela Oil Deal: 65 Billion Barrels, a 35% Stake and Big Execution Doubts
The announced agreement would give Washington preferential access to Venezuela's largest oil fields, but sanctions, a $1...
Putin and Lukashenko Pledge Deeper Union State Ties as Trade Hits $52 Billion
The two leaders touted record trade and closer microelectronics cooperation, but framed the Novo-Ogaryovo talks as a rev...
Russian Business Lobby Seeks Tax Relief on Drone-Defense Spending
RSPP proposals to the cabinet would let companies treat counter-drone costs as non-operating expenses and offer co-finan...
CERN's 'Little Big Bang' Shows Quark-Gluon Plasma in Far Smaller Collisions
CERN physicists generated quark-gluon plasma in collisions of oxygen-16 and neon-20, far lighter than the lead nuclei pr...
OpenAI Forecasts $1 Billion Annual Ad Revenue as ChatGPT Ads Expand Beyond U.S.
OpenAI says advertising revenue is on track to reach $1 billion a year as it rolls out ChatGPT Ads Manager to India, Eur...
Bank of Georgia Owner Lion Finance Eyes Top-Tier Lenders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
CEO Archil Gachechiladze tells Bloomberg the FTSE 100 group wants top-3/top-5 banks in Central Asia, using its Ameriaban...
MarketScreener Pitches Digital Health and Telemedicine Stock Theme
MarketScreener is offering a thematic stock selection around digital health and telemedicine, citing a market jump from ...
SafariBookings Survey: Japanese Ranked Most Polite Tourists, Americans Top Tipping and Spending
A survey of 192 safari tour operators finds Japanese travellers lead on courtesy and Germans on adventure; Americans ran...
Why Garmin, Google and Whoop Are Stripping Screens From Wearables
Garmin Cirqa, Google Fitbit Air and other minimalist trackers promise health data without constant alerts. Yet AI-powere...
NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Test the Hidden Tech Behind Future Earthlike Planet Searches
An experimental coronagraph aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will attempt to directly capture starlight r...
Google Maps Adopts ‘Lake America’ Name for US Users After Trump Order
Google becomes the first major online map provider to show ‘Lake America’ to US users, while Apple, Bing and MapQuest di...
AI Giants Warn an AI-Enabled Cyberattack Wave Is Months Away, With Water Systems Already Targeted
OpenAI, Anthropic and more than 100 companies call for urgent cyber defenses, while CISA reports attacks on 100-plus wat...
Foodwatch Warns Three Influencer Supplement Brands Over Ashwagandha Health Claims
Consumer group Foodwatch has warned More Nutrition, Naturally You and ESN over allegedly unlawful EU health claims for a...
Deutsche Bahn Extends Rail Station Alcohol Ban to Four More German Stations
From 1 September, Deutsche Bahn bans drinking alcohol at Berlin, Kiel, Braunschweig and Berlin-Gesundbrunnen stations; h...
CFTC Fines Trump Teleprompter Aide $65,000 in Speech-Bet Insider Trading Case
CFTC orders Gabriel Perez to pay a $65,000 penalty and hand over about $108,000 in profits after he used advance knowled...
Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery as Moscow Threatens 'Massive' Hits on Energy Grid
A drone attack sparked a fire at a Leningrad-region refinery, and Russia says it is preparing large-scale strikes on Ukr...
Chinese Mega-Campus Cities Deploy Subsidies to Capture Back-to-School Spending
Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu and Nanjing are using electronics discounts, dining vouchers and free attractions to turn fall...