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Roy Jakobs, chief executive officer of Royal Philips NV, during an interview in London, UK, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Jakobs took the reins of the century-old Dutch company in October 2022 as it was reeling from one of the biggest product recalls in the history of the medical-technology sector. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Philips’ losses mount amid China slump and fallout from recall of faulty sleep machines

By Stephanie Hamel and AFP

Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, delivers a press statement ahead of a meeting with Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Frederiksen embarked on a tour of major European capitals to gather support in the spat over Greenland, just as her nation earmarked funds for defending the Arctic island. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Denmark announces $7 billion rearmament plan as threat from Russia rises. It’s ‘the most dangerous situation in our lifetime’ says PM

By Blockchain Reporter

This photo taken on February 17, 2025 shows drivers riding their motorbike in front of the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Vietnam will cut one in five public sector jobs and slash billions of dollars from government budgets, after the country’s rubber-stamp parliament gave the go-ahead to a radical streamlining drive on February 18, 2025. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Vietnam is cutting 1 in 5 government jobs as top leader targets ‘safe havens for weak officials’

By Trading Desk

Prisoners communicating during walk

France bans prison activities like country dancing and facial massages—former minister insists only education-focused programs should remain

By News Correspondent

Italy is investigating Amazon over an alleged €1.2 billion tax dodge

By News Correspondent

US President-elect Donald Trump (L) looks towards French President Emmanuel Macron (R) during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on December 7, 2024. Around 50 heads of state and government are expected in the French capital to attend the ceremony marking the rebuilding of the Gothic masterpiece five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were part of the five-year restoration project at a cost of hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP) (Photo by THIBAULT CAMUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

European leaders push for unity amid fears Trump could sideline them in Moscow negotiations

By Valerie Leroux, Francesco Fontemaggi, and others

Mike Henry, chief executive officer of BHP Group Ltd., during a Bloomberg interview at the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. The two day conference gathers business leaders from around the world to discuss global economics and environmental issues under the theme of ‘Confronting the Unknown’. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BHP sees ‘early signs’ of China recovery as falling commodity prices hit revenue

By Tech Reporter

Airport personnel check humanitarian aid supplies after 60 tons of aid from USAID were unloaded from a plane at the airport in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 2, 2014. About 700,000 Iraqis have gathered in the Kurdish north after being driven from their homes by jihadist fighters, the United Nations said as it stepped up a massive aid operation to the region. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP) (Photo by SAFIN HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)

Norway announces $855 million funding for humanitarian NGOs amid Trump’s dismantling of USAID

By Financial Writer

The logos for the DeepSeek AI service, top, and Tencent Holdings Ltd. next to a Chinese flag arranged in Beijing, China, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Optimism over AI’s potential has sparked a blistering rally in China’s stock market over the past month, turning the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index into the world’s best-performer. Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images

China’s Tencent says its trialling own AI reasoning model alongside DeepSeek to make responses more ‘human’

By Luna Lin and AFP

Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, waits to greet Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, is touring European capitals, including Berlin, Paris, and Brussels, to discuss the issue and boost defense spending on the Arctic island. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images

European leaders meet in response to Trump’s negotiation with Russia, as U.K. raises possibility of ‘troops on the ground’

By Valerie Leroux and AFP

ERFURT, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 20: A warehouse of German online shoes and clothing retailer Zalando stands among delivery trucks of German state postal carrier Deutsche Post and DHL on November 20, 2014 in Erfurt, Germany. Zalando recently launched an initial public offering (IPO) on the Frankfurt stock exchange. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

AI-powered selfies and robots are taking on European retail’s returns crisis

By Eva Gabriel and AFP

10 February 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: An intercity train travels on the Gäubahn line. The inner-city section of the Gäubahn is also known as the Panoramabahn because of its view of the city of Stuttgart. The Panoramabahn could be shut down forever because of Stuttgart 21. Photo: Bernd Weißbrod/dpa (Photo by Bernd Weißbrod/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Germany’s $11 billion rail disaster: How Stuttgart 21 became a never-ending infrastructure nightmare

By Sam Reeves and AFP

This photo illustration taken on February 17, 2025 in Goyang shows screens displaying web pages of the Chinese AI DeepSeek. South Korean authorities said on February 17, 2025 that DeepSeek would not be available from local app stores pending a review of the Chinese AI startup’s handling of user data. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

China’s DeepSeek is no longer on South Korea’s app stores due to user data concerns

By News Correspondent

Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline at sunset in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Japan is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures on Feb. 17. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Japan’s economy grew by just 0.1% last year, despite strong exports in the final quarter

By Industry Analyst

MARIUPOL, UKRAINE – 2022/03/29: A Russian bmp-3 infantry fighting vehicle on the streets of Mariupol. The battle between Russian / Pro Russian forces and the defending Ukrainian forces led by the Azov battalion continues in the port city of Mariupol. (Photo by Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Russia will ‘wage war’ against NATO if the US weakens its support for the alliance, Zelensky warns

By Digital Assets Editor

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