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29 November, 2024
China-EU relations
German far-right party wants to limit Chinese role in ports, digital networks
The Alternative for Germany has added the demands to its election manifesto, saying key infrastructure should remain under local control.
12 Jan 2025 - 2:03AM
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Russia
Germany races to save a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker to prevent an oil spill
11 Jan 2025 - 11:12PM
Viral stories
German firms hire private detectives to probe if sick staff are really unwell
11 Jan 2025 - 2:00PM
US-China relations
US national security adviser fears Trump might push some nations toward China
Jake Sullivan is concerned that future questions about US reliability will lead countries to say, ‘maybe we need to hedge with China’.
11 Jan 2025 - 6:28AM
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TSMC
Apple and Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates, boosting AI in 2025
The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported a 39 per cent rise in October-December revenue to US$26.3 billion.
10 Jan 2025 - 5:57PM
European Union
Musk promotes German far-right leader in wide-ranging online chat
X spaces event was Elon Musk’s latest foray into European politics, where he has become a loud advocate for far-right parties.
10 Jan 2025 - 9:51AM
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Espionage
Germany charges 3 with spying on naval tech for China
They allegedly gathered information on boat engines, sonar, drones and other technologies and illegally exported specialised lasers to China.
10 Jan 2025 - 2:30AM
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Donald Trump
EU stays mum as Trump eyes Greenland and Musk courts far-right
Told to cease ‘lecturing and moralising’, Brussels officials ready for ‘strong transatlantic agenda’ as they ‘defend’ trade interests.
9 Jan 2025 - 3:16PM
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US-China relations
Trump may declare national emergency so he can impose tariff plan: US report
Such a move would allow the incoming US president to take control of imports and place new duties on countries like China, Canada and Mexico.
9 Jan 2025 - 4:52AM
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Celebrity children
Meet Anna Ermakova, who’s more than Boris Becker’s ‘broom cupboard’ daughter
The 24-year-old was born after Becker notoriously stepped out on his marriage in a 1999 one-night-stand, but now, she’s carving her own path as a model, reality TV dance champion and singer.
7 Jan 2025 - 6:00AM
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Middle East
Opinion
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Syria a chance for Middle East to shape its own, better future
The stability of Syria, at the heart of the Middle East, is in the interests of all. It is time for regional actors, not external ones, to lead the change.
7 Jan 2025 - 5:32AM
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France
Macron affirms Trump has ‘solid ally’ in France, urges realism from Ukraine over territory
President Emmanuel Macron outlined France’s foreign policy for the coming year.
7 Jan 2025 - 11:43AM
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China-Germany relations
Will Merz’s tough talk on China fizzle out if he becomes leader of Germany?
With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany’s next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough China stance will hold.
6 Jan 2025 - 8:01PM
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Business of climate change
China’s Trina Solar sets world record for solar conversion technology
The company’s solar module beat the decades old solar cell efficiency record held by University of New South Wales laboratory.
6 Jan 2025 - 5:21PM
Olaf Scholz
Germany’s Scholz outraged over ‘indecent’ Moscow visit speculation
CDU lawmaker claimed that the chancellor would go to Moscow or meet with Vladimir Putin before Germany’s elections.
6 Jan 2025 - 1:25PM
Extreme weather
Heavy snow brings widespread disruption across UK and Germany
Snow and ice disrupt the end of the busy New Year holiday travel season.
6 Jan 2025 - 1:22PM
Britain
Musk turns on Farage, calls for him to quit as Reform UK leader
World’s richest man Musk says Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ in his latest intervention in UK politics.
6 Jan 2025 - 1:55PM
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Ukraine war
Ukraine to ask allies for boost to air defences at Germany meeting, Zelensky says
Ukrainian PM said dozens of partner countries will take part in meeting of the Ramstein group in Germany this week.
6 Jan 2025 - 12:46AM
Austria
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer to quit as coalition talks collapse
Collapse underlines difficulty of forming governments in European countries where far-right on rise but parties refuse to partner with them.
5 Jan 2025 - 6:33AM
Elon Musk
‘Starmer must go’: Elon Musk turns his gaze on Europe’s far-right politics
From Britain to Germany, the Tesla chief’s influence grows in Europe’s politics as he backs the hard-right and challenges democratic institutions.
4 Jan 2025 - 11:35AM
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Education
German school introduces US$5 fine for latecomers. And it’s working
A Nuremberg high school’s fine for students who are regularly late led them to change their ways. It highlights a growing problem in Germany.
3 Jan 2025 - 10:20AM
Middle East
Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Britain and Germany on January 13
The 3 European nations had accused Iran of growing its stockpile of high-enriched uranium to ‘unprecedented levels’.
2 Jan 2025 - 12:35AM
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Britain
Opinion
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Britain’s pivot towards Beijing is an economic imperative
Britain desperately needs China’s help to revive its economy, but London risks trading Brussels for Beijing as the overseer of its fortunes.
1 Jan 2025 - 8:08AM
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Crime
Man goes on rampage with excavator in Germany before being shot dead by police
Meanwhile, two people were hurt by a knife-wielding man in Berlin, with the country still reeling from a deadly car attack in Magdeburg.
1 Jan 2025 - 10:28AM
Crime in Hong Kong
3 arrested after 30kg of ketamine seized at Hong Kong airport
Three Hong Kong passengers had flown from Frankfurt in Germany and were detained in two separate drug trafficking cases.
29 Dec 2024 - 11:48PM
Elon Musk
Elon Musk backs right-wing AfD party in German newspaper opinion piece
Soon after article was published online, editor of the opinion section said she had submitted her resignation, with a link to the commentary.
29 Dec 2024 - 7:34AM
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Olaf Scholz
Germany set for February 23 snap election after president dissolves parliament
Election campaigning has begun in earnest, with conservatives having a comfortable lead of more than 10 points over the SPD.
27 Dec 2024 - 6:54PM
China-EU relations
How friendly will Europe’s right wing be to Trump on China? It’s complicated
Leaders like Viktor Orban of Hungary and Giorgia Meloni of Italy embrace US president-elect but may not hold with his entire agenda.
24 Dec 2024 - 11:45PM
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