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BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Germany is drafting new regulations to ensure Chinese discount retailers such as Temu and Shein comply with standards for product safety, environmental protection, consumer rights, …
Germany drafting regulations for Chinese online discounters, Capital reports Read More
When one of China’s once-popular electric vehicle startups went bust, car owners encountered an unexpected problem: Their vehicles went “offline.” Richard Qian didn’t know what to expect when he heard …
When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work? Read More
Last Monday, Punjabi farmworker Satnam Singh suffered critical injuries in an accident on an Italian farm — and then his boss left him to die. The shocking case showed how …
Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means – Copy Read More
Mina Hamid*, who hails from Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the Netherlands at the age of 11, says she will never forget the first time she sent money to help …
Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means Read More
It is the job of the government to keep a country’s economy in check. But sometimes policies don’t work out as planned. Governments often take economic decisions that follow specific political …
How a currency devaluation in Kazakhstan made the country’s poor worse off Read More
BEIJING, Aug 16 (Reuters) – A Chinese mother went on television to seek justice for her 19-year-old intellectually disabled son after scammers tricked the desperate jobseeker into having breast augmentation …
Scammers prey on young Chinese desperate for jobs in bleak economy Read More
For more than 16 years, Indonesian fisherman Dedi Arianto relied largely on his instinct as he ventured out into the Java Sea every day on his boat. But he could …
Indonesian fishermen are using a government AI tool to find their daily catch Read More
If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend …
One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management Read More
By 2050, the annual nickel supply will have to increase by 208%, and annual copper supply by 156% relative to 2020 production levels, if global net-zero emissions goals are to be …
EU faces green dilemma in Indonesian nickel Read More
Amid the ongoing U.S.-China tech rivalry, high-stakes stories are happening beyond either country’s borders. I’m particularly interested in how a decoupling of U.S. and Chinese technology partnerships and supply chains …
How Microsoft and the UAE got caught in the crossfire of the U.S.-China tech war Read More