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Trucks queue to enter the United States from Mexico

On the brink of recession

Mexican economy shrinks for first time in three years

Volkswagen plans to axe 35,000 positions across its German locations by 2030

Brussels under pressure

EU vows 'action plan' for beleaguered auto sector

Europe's economy is stagnating compared to faster growing rivals the United States and China

Political instability

France, Germany stall eurozone growth in fourth quarter

Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London to support 16 Just Stop Oil activists

Between 15 months and 5 years

UK prosecutors defend jail terms of environmental activists

The US economy grew at a 2.3 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter last year

GDP rises 2.8 percent

US economic growth steady in 2024 as Trump takes office

Dubai's airport is the busiest in the world for international passenger traffic

Despite regional tensions

Dubai airport clocks record 92.3m passengers, extending hot streak

The European Central Bank has been gradually easing interest rates since last year

Confidence on the rise

ECB cuts rate again as eurozone falters, with eye on Trump

El Salvador declared bitcoin legal tender in 2021

Economic reform

El Salvador merchants no longer obliged to accept bitcoin

This month in AI news: the race is on

Inoxtag, whose real name is Ines Benazzouz, has 8.7 million subscribers on YouTube

Six arrested over plot to kidnap French YouTube star

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government has lowered the country's economic growth forecast for 2025

Official data released

French economy shrinks as political crisis eclipses Olympic boost

Almost 80 percent of cars made in the UK last year were exported, mostly to the European Union, according to industry data

Short of mandated targets

UK car sector fears for Trump tariffs as output falls

A student reads a book at the bitcoin community center in the mountain town of Berlin in El Salvador

Salvadoran town hopes Trump brings 'good times' for bitcoin

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed support for US President Donald Trump

Wrongful censorship?

Meta agrees to pay Trump $25 mn to settle account ban lawsuit

The emergence of DeepSeek's lower cost breakthrough particularly threatens US-based AI leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic, which have invested billions in developing leading AI models

The battle for AI

With China's DeepSeek, US tech fears red threat

Tesla projected a return to auto volume growth in 2025 after production fell in 2024

From cheers to jeers

Tesla results miss estimates as company projects 2025 auto volume growth

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp saw its net income soar 59 percent to $62.36 billion in 2024

Ambitious plans

Meta posts big profit, aims to take AI lead

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been criticized by President Donald Trump, who has suggested he knows more about interest rates than Fed officials

Not bowing down

Powell says US Fed in no hurry to cut rates after pause

Trump picked Howard Lutnick, billionaire CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, to lead the Commerce Department

Trump commerce pick says favors broad tariffs, vows tough China stance

Microsoft executives say they are on pace to spend $80 billion this fiscal year on artificial intelligence and are innovating to help customers make money from the technology

A 'fine quarter'

Microsoft profit rises but cloud business misses mark

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is battling several economic headaches

Struggling to curb inflation

Brazil central bank hikes interest rate as Lula's woes mount

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, which is expected to cut interest rates

Global stocks mixed as market awaits ECB decision

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged a more business-friendly Brussels

Business-friendly Brussels

Facing Trump and China, EU unveils pro-business roadmap

Germany's leading industry associations organised demonstrations in several cities to send a 'distress signal'

'Stuck in stagnation'

German industry sounds alarm as government cuts growth forecast

Greenpeace has warned that expanding Heathrow will increase 'noise, air pollution and climate emissions'

Controversial plans

UK backs third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid

ASML left guidance unchanged for this year's sales

Between opportunity and risk

'Good news': Dutch chip giant ASML welcomes DeepSeek

Tourists stand in front of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona on July 5, 2024

Exceeding expectations

Spanish economy shines in 2024 with 3.2% growth

After surging ahead in the global AI race this week, DeepSeek faces an uncertain future in China, its home country

Trumping tech titans

Upstart DeepSeek faces heightened scrutiny as AI wows

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