Amazon makes first Big Tech challenge to EU online content rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon is challenging its inclusion in a group of companies subject to tough…
Europe
NATO allies agree language on Ukraine membership pathway to NATO – sources
VILNIUS (Reuters) – NATO leaders have reached agreement over how to define their future relationship with Ukraine, including its membership…
Deutsche Bank expects 50-bps Bank of England August rate hike
LONDON (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank said on Tuesday it now expects the Bank of England to raise interest rates by…
Volkswagen faces fresh investor doubts on independence of planned Xinjiang audit
By Victoria Waldersee and Jan Schwartz BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen was challenged by an investor association on Tuesday about the…
EU looks to take lead in metaverse world, avoid Big Tech dominance
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Tuesday set out a plan in a bid to…
Frontline videos offer grim, close-up view of Kyiv’s counteroffensive
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Vivid helmet camera videos filmed by Ukrainian soldiers at the front line can give…
UK firms most upbeat in 10 months despite economic headwinds – survey
(This July 9 story has been corrected to remove the ‘Make UK’ reference and to show that the survey was…
North Korea condemns US plan to send cluster munitions to Ukraine as ‘criminal’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine as…
OECD sees scope for profits to absorb wage hikes
PARIS (Reuters) – Companies in most countries have enough profit to be able to absorb an increase in wages needed…
World’s biggest gallium buyer says clients stockpiling
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – China’s planned export controls on gallium have caused frantic stockpiling of speciality semiconductor wafers…