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Mail order: Europe's new tariff on parcels: How the Berlin start-up eClear is helping China out of its misery

Since July, customs duties have been due on even the smallest shipments to the EU. A German company in which two former federal ministers have a stake wants to make money from it.

By ship to Scoresbysund: Greenland: On a cruise to the largest fjord in the world

Glaciers, polar bears, the autumnal tundra: only 2,000 people per year are allowed to visit the world's largest fjord system. Most come in midsummer - by expedition ship.

Exclusive: Data protection advocate wants to overturn EU data agreement with the USA

Data protection activist Max Schrems wants to legally overturn the transfer agreement between the EU and the USA. A ruling by the US Supreme Court gives him a good chance of doing so.

Changing consumer habits: bakery bankruptcies increased by 40 percent

More and more bakery businesses in Germany are having to give up. An expert sees several reasons for the development.

Guest Comment: AI companies achieve the greatest increase in value before going public

If investors want to participate in the euphoric valuations, they have to fundamentally rethink their strategy. Investor Carsten Puschmann explains what will be important in the future.

Beauty: How indie brands are shaking up the skin care market

The sales of small skin care brands are growing three times faster than those of companies such as Beiersdorf and L'Oréal. What do they do better than the big guys and why does dm benefit from it?

Trendy districts: Interested parties should take advantage of these Leipzig districts

The Saxon metropolis is one of the boom cities in eastern Germany. This causes prices to rise sharply. Exclusive figures reveal which areas are now particularly in demand.

The situation at a glance: Attacks and sanctions are putting the Iran agreement to the test

Washington blames Tehran for renewed attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz - and counters with sanctions and new attacks. The timing of the attacks is explosive.

Chinese autonomous-driving firm Momenta rises 3% in Hong Kong stock debut

Chinese autonomous driving firm Momenta debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday, rising 3%.

Woodworkers buried as landslide death toll rises to 21 in weather-ravaged China

A total of 21 people out of 33 have died and seven injured in a landslide in northwestern China, as typhoon, flooding and other geological disasters continue to ravage the country. The victims, who were mostly woodworkers hired to trim trees in Longnan, Gansu province, were buried on Tuesday. Local government said in a press conference that as of Wednesday morning, everyone involved in the incident had been rescued. Rescue parties are continuing to search for those trapped in unprecedented...

Oil jumps as U.S. 'powerful strikes' against Iran risk unraveling fragile Mideast truce

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after the U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Train travel: Deutsche Bahn relies on AI for faster information in the event of delays

More AI, more clarity: The railway promises passengers faster information about delays and track changes in the future.

Is Johor ready for new power balance? Malaysia’s Loke implores voters to curb BN dominance

Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke says success in Johor’s state polls will be measured by how many seats can be clawed away from Barisan Nasional (BN), imploring voters to seek a better power balance if they want a surer footing with Singapore, the economic powerhouse across the causeway that has soaked up its workers and industry. Loke leads the Chinese-majority Democratic Action Party (DAP), a small but punchy partner in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition...

Sometimes, it pays to be a backward country

Who would have thought that Leon Trotsky inadvertently offered a theory to explain China’s economic leapfrog into the 21st century after bouncing back from history’s worst famine and the Cultural Revolution? In recent decades, some people thought China was done for and would eventually collapse. They might have done better if they had read at least the first chapter of Trotsky’s The History of the Russian Revolution. Here, he expounds on what he calls “the privilege of historic backwardness”,...

China's rare missile test will push wary Asia-Pacific countries to close ranks, analysts say

China's rare launch of a ballistic missile launch into the Pacific will push regional powers to deepen their defense ties.

Risk management for the home investor?

I know enough about investing to know that to do it properly, you need to consider your return in the context of the risk you took to make it. Riskier investments might return more but they might also bankrupt you and being blind to that leads to chasing returns and ultimately inevitable bankruptcy. Now, a proper investing firm will have trained people with math degrees and decent computers doing risk management for them. How is an average person at home supposed to calculate their risk? Is ther

Need help deciding an investing app

I currently use Robinhood as I only started truly investing a year ago into ETFs. I always hear people say “open a brokerage account with Fidelity, Schwab, etc.”. My fiancé used Fidelity and said it sucks for easy investing. Looking for opinions of Fidelity or if I should even switch. I only have about 2k in Robinhood right now. Should I keep what I have there or pull everything out and throw it into a different app? submitted by /u/PeachTurtlette [link] [comments]

Invest: Goldman banker: “Europe has a real need for investment in football stadiums”

In the podcast, Stacy Sonnenberg talks about the billion-dollar stadium financing business and ways to combine premium seats with cheap tickets.

Low-income Chinese girl aces gaokao, inspires live-streamers offering financial help

A girl from a disadvantaged rural family in central China topped this year’s gaokao, attracting numerous live-streamers eager to finance her education, which she declined. The home of 18-year-old secondary school graduate Han Yaping in a Henan province village was recently bustling with live-streamers. This attention came after Han achieved an impressive score of 699 out of 750 in the gaokao, China’s national college entrance exam. She has received offers from China’s two leading universities,..

Why America’s most advanced warships are struggling with fires and electrical faults

A Chinese military magazine has highlighted a spate of non-combat losses across the US Navy, claiming they have eroded the fleet’s capabilities and exposed “systemic pressure and shortcomings”. The report in Naval & Merchant Ships pointed to fires, electrical failures and propulsion issues on America’s most advanced warships in recent months. They include the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the USS Zumwalt destroyer, Nimitz-class carrier the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arleigh Burke-class.

Deportations: ICE officer shoots Mexican immigrant during operation

In the USA, deportation raids against undocumented immigrants continue. Now another person has died.

Energy: Exxon promises billions in profits thanks to high oil prices

Exxon Mobil expects a profit jump of around five billion dollars in the second quarter - a benchmark for the industry. The reason is the increased oil prices as a result of the Iran war.

+++ USA +++: ICE officer shoots Mexican immigrant during operation

Walmart indirectly contradicts Trump's representation on price cuts +++ USA criticizes China's missile test +++ Nancy Pelosi's husband charged with hit-and-run +++ The news blog.

Hong Kong universities snap up office and retail sites amid classroom crunch

At least six universities in Hong Kong have moved into office buildings or shopping centres over the past three years as classroom space has tightened amid rising non-local enrolment, according to the latest data. Among them is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which spent HK$345.4 million (US$44 million) in 2025 to acquire a 31,410 sq ft campus in Admiralty for its business school teaching centre. The university unveiled the centre on Tuesday on the fourth floor of...

Japanese anime's production costs jump as global viewership booms

Fiber-optic demand helps Japan's Fujikura move on from failed expansion

South Korea loses Canada submarine deal but cements top-tier defence status

South Korea may have lost Canada’s multibillion-dollar submarine order, but analysts say its close-run contest with Germany has handed Seoul a different prize: proof that it can challenge one of the world’s traditional undersea warfare powers on a stage watched closely by defence buyers. Canada chose Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as the preferred bidder for a programme worth about US$40 billion to build up to 12 diesel-electric submarines, along with long-term maintenance and...

Why the AI Boom Is About to Break the U.S. Power Grid

The American power grid is about to fail the most important industry it has ever been asked to support. In fact…the dominoes in this potentially disastrous scenario have already begun to fall. Large companies that right now depend heavily on the grid are making behind-the-scenes moves that are key to understanding what’s about to happen next. Microsoft just signed a 20-year deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, a facility that has been offline since 2019. Amazon paid $650 million

Charges against US dad who drove family off cliff dropped after mental health treatment

All charges against a radiologist accused of trying to kill his family in 2023 by driving his car off a cliff along the Northern California coast have been dismissed by a judge following his completion of a mental health programme. Prosecutors charged Dharmesh Patel, 45, with attempted murder after he drove his Tesla off a 276-metre (50ft) cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway known as “Devil’s Slide,” injuring his wife and two young children. All four survived the January 2, 2023, crash in what

Barrage of explosions rocks Kyiv after Ukraine says drones attacked Russia ‘shadow fleet’

A series of explosions rocked Kyiv early on Wednesday as Russia keeps up its barrage of attacks on the Ukrainian capital while Nato leaders meet for a summit in Turkey. A first large blast was heard even before the city’s air alert sirens sounded, followed by four more, Agence France-Presse journalists in the city said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said warehouses were on fire in one district because of a missile strike, and in another a “non-residential building” was ablaze. Two ‌people were...