Ahead of his visit to Berlin today, Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron defended his statements on ground troops in Ukraine on Thursday evening. He also took a swipe at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
By Gabriel Bub
A dispute between China and Vietnam looms in the Gulf of Tonkin. Beijing has drawn new baselines far from the coast. Vietnam criticizes this move.
By Michael Radunski
The Digital Services Act also applies to online marketplaces – and one particularly controversial one has now attracted the attention of the EU Commission: the Chinese provider AliExpress.
By Falk Steiner
After CATL, Great Wall Motor now wants to build a plant in the EU country. This could tie Hungary even closer to Beijing.
By Amelie Richter
After the explosion in a house near Beijing, the police prevented a CCTV crew from reporting live. The attack on loyal Party colleagues sparked criticism.
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China criticizes the US crackdown on TikTok. A US bill could force TikTok's parent company ByteDance to sell the app.
By Michael Radunski
The Packaging Ordinance continues to cause debate. Now Minister for Transport Volker Wissing is once again opposing it. He does not want to support the outcome of the negotiations in Brussels.
By Till Hoppe
According to a new report by the aid organization Bread for the World, civil society's scope for action is decreasing in Germany as climate protests, for example, are treated "disproportionately harshly." Civil rights are also coming under greater pressure worldwide.
By Lukas Bayer
A recent report found that Germany's four largest asset managers still hold over 28 billion US dollars in coal, oil and gas companies with plans to expand production.
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A study on business travel by multinational companies shows: Most companies hardly make any effort to reduce their carbon emissions from air travel. Only a handful of companies disclose their flight emissions.
By Nicolas Heronymus
