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President Donald Trump is expected to announce a trade agreement with the United Kingdom at a news conference Thursday morning in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.

Die Internationale Energieagentur (IEA) hat am Mittwoch ihren neuen Bericht zum weltweiten Ausstoß von Methan vorgelegt, das als weitaus klimaschädlicher als CO2 eingestuft wird. Demnach ist der Methanausstoß im Energiesektor 2024 annähernd auf Rekordniveau, nur 2019 sei der Wert höher gewesen. Auch zeigen die Daten: Stillgelegte Öl-, Gas- und Kohleförderanlagen sind Methanquellen in unvermutetem Ausmaß.

Chinese electric vehicles are losing momentum in Europe, but the nation’s automakers are selling more cars than ever in the region by throttling up deliveries of hybrids and combustion engine-powered models.

For more than 20 years, Chinese entrepreneur Sandy Zeng built a pet products business selling feeding bowls and toys to American homes. He’s now looking hard at cats and dogs in other markets.

Talks between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin this week will include negotiations around a much-delayed natural gas pipeline connecting the two economies, reviving discussions hampered for years by disagreements on the cost, route and urgency of the project.

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Roman Catholic cardinals from across the globe are heading to the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, who will set the moral compass for the Church’s 1.4 billion faithful and become a reference point for much of the world.

China reduced its policy rate and lowered the amount of cash lenders must keep in reserve, as Beijing ramps up efforts to help an economy caught in a second trade war with the US.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will travel later this week to Switzerland for trade talks with China led by Vice Premier He Lifeng, seeking to de-escalate a tariff standoff that has threatened to hammer both economies.

India said it conducted military strikes against “terrorist camps” in Pakistan, an expected move after it pledged retaliation for a militant attack last month in Kashmir that killed 26 people.

India and the UK agreed a trade deal aimed at boosting economic ties between the world’s fifth and sixth-largest economies, as Washington’s disruptive tariff policies continue to reshape global trade.

Friedrich Merz secured parliamentary backing as Germany’s new chancellor on the second attempt, paving the way for the conservative leader, finally, to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with his authority considerably diminished.

Nach dem Scheitern im ersten Kanzlerwahlgang im deutschen Bundestag will sich CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz noch am Dienstag einer zweiten Abstimmung stellen. Trotz der historischen Niederlage bekundeten die Koalitionsparteien CDU/CSU und SPD ihre Unterstützung für Merz.

Friedrich Merz wird heute zum Bundeskanzler gewählt. Auf ihn warten viele Herausforderungen in den Bereichen Migration, Wirtschaft und Außenpolitik.

China’s trade flows increased at the end of April, indicating the damage from US tariffs has yet to manifest in actual shipments even though the trade war is widely expected to eventually slow the world’s second-largest economy.

US stocks fell Monday with the S&P 500 on track to snap its longest winning streak in two decades as mixed messages on trade policy clouded the market outlook.

The European Union is set to propose measures to ban Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, as the bloc pushes to sever ties with the country that was once its biggest energy supplier.

Eine neue Studie der TU Wien im Auftrag der Arbeiterkammer (AK) zeigt: Der Wiener Altbau-Mietwohnungsmarkt ist fest in der Hand von Spekulanten und Immobilienfirmen. Während Investoren Millionengewinne erzielen, geraten Mieter zunehmend unter Druck.

President Donald Trump suggested that his administration could strike trade deals with some countries as soon as this week, offering the prospect of relief for trading partners seeking to avoid higher US import duties.

Oil slipped after OPEC+ agreed to another bumper output increase, raising concern that additional supply could lead to a global glut just as demand looks to be under threat from the trade war.

Things are getting awkward for the Federal Reserve.

China has quietly started to exempt some US goods from tariffs that likely cover around $40 billion worth of imports, in what looks like an effort to soften the blow of the trade war on its own economy.

Global food prices rose to a two-year high in April, a sign that tariff uncertainty is starting to put a squeeze on trade.

Euro-area inflation unexpectedly held steady and an underlying measure jumped in an awkward report for officials weighing how to respond to the economic hit from US tariffs.