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Brussels is working to remove barriers to cross-border rail travel with a view to boosting high-speed rail links across Europe

New connections to slash carbon emissions

Brussels wants high-speed rail linking EU capitals by 2040

Trump blindsided Switzerland when he announced that incoming Swiss goods would be hit with a huge 39-percent tariff on August 1

Trying to negotiate better deal

Swiss business chiefs met Trump on tariffs: Bern

Stegra is building a new steel mill it says will will produce steel with far lower CO2 emissions

Following questions about finances

Swedish authorities inspect worksite conditions at steel startup Stegra

BMW says it is well prepared to ride out the US tariff storm

Proving resilient

BMW boosts profitability, welcomes Nexperia signals

German industry is struggling through a long downturn

Hit by industrial slump

German factory orders up but outlook still muted

US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping discussed tariffs, rare earths and other issues

After tit-for-tat approach

Where things stand on China-US trade after Trump and Xi talk

Japan's automotive sector accounts for around eight percent of jobs in the Asian nation

Increased sales, improved costs

Toyota hikes profit forecasts 'despite US tariffs'

Three years after Sri Lanka's economy collapsed, fuelling mass protests, the government is pursuing some of the country's most powerful individuals

Once-untouchable elite

Sri Lanka targets big fish in anti-corruption push

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, which saw shares drop despite a jump in earnings in a sign of rising investor worries about lofty valuations

Potential bubble forming

Stocks mostly drop as tech rally fades

Getty Images brought the case against a British AI firm at the High Court in London

Use of copyrighted content

Getty Images largely loses lawsuit against UK AI firm

Lafarge finished constructing its $680-million factory in northern Syria in 2010, before civil war broke out

Paid millions of dollars

Cement maker Lafarge on trial in France over jihadist funding

Leading economist Joseph Stiglitz handed the report on global inequality to President Cyril Ramaphosa

Wealth inequality

Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'

The partnership with Boyu Capital marks a strategic shift for Starbucks after more than 26 years in China

New joint venture

Starbucks cedes China control to Boyu Capital

AI chip titan Nvidia last week became the world's first $5 trillion company

Making up lost ground

Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom unveil 1-bn-euro AI industrial hub

Down 21 percent

Pfizer profits dip on lower Covid-19 related sales

Telefonica has been refocusing its operations on its four key markets -- Brazil, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom

1.08 billion euros

Spain's Telefonica shares drop on dividend cut, net loss

In February, BP launched a major pivot back to its more profitable oil and gas business

BP profit surges despite lower oil prices

While Nintendo is diversifying into hit movies and theme parks, consoles remain at the core of its business

World's fastest selling console

Nintendo hikes Switch 2 annual unit sales target

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung outlined his government's spending plans for 2026

To compete with China and US

South Korea to triple AI spending, boost defence budget

France has already fined Shein three times in 2025

Under fire company

Shein bans sex dolls after France outrage over 'childlike' ones

Starbucks announced Monday it will sell a controlling stake in its Chinese retail operations, like this outlet in Beijing

Retains 40% stake

Starbucks cedes China control to Boyu Capital

Justice is being sought by relatives of the victims in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight in 2019 that killed 157 people

Killed 157 people

Trial opens in 1st US civil case on 2019 Boeing MAX crash

Shares in European automakers, including Mercedes-Benz, raced ahead after worries about chip shortages eased

Supported by AI-led rally

Mixed day for global stocks as market digests latest AI deals

US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook expects inflation to 'remain elevated for the next year'

As tariffs bite

US Fed's Cook warns inflation to stay 'elevated' next year

France has already fined Shein three times in 2025

Despite internal inquiry

France threatens Shein ban if 'childlike' sex dolls reappear

Steel is one of the sectors that has been hit by high energy costs

Revive Europe's industries

German plans to lower industrial power costs from January

Industry actors hope AI will reduce the cost and time needed to develop a high-quality game

Cheaper and better?

Video game creators fear AI could grab the controller

The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the legality of President Donald Trump's global tariffs

Unprecedented use of power

Trump's global tariffs to face challenge before Supreme Court

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