China enforced heavy tariffs on Australian wine in 2020 due to political grievances, among them Australia's backing of a global inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
Deutsche Post will no longer use aircraft to carry letters within Germany after more than six decades of doing so. The move aims to cut costs and reduce CO2 emissions — but it will also mean slower delivery.
French President Emmanuel Macron told Brazilian business leaders that a proposed trade deal between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc is outdated and needs to be reworked.
The agreement means an end for now to mass strikes of ground personnel that had paralyzed German airports. Earlier strikes caused mass cancellations of Lufthansa flights.
Chipmaker Nvidia has released a new superchip that it says will turbocharge artificial intelligence. Is this the start of a new power-hungry industrial revolution?
A combined report from leading economic think tanks in Germany has revised 2024 growth forecasts from 1.2% down to 0.1%. The country is also expected to dip into a technical recession after the first quarter.
Thailand is on track to become Southeast Asia's first country to recognize LGBTQ+ unions. The bill, passed in the lower house, still needs Senate approval and the king's endorsement before it becomes law.
Chinese authorities are seeking to spur growth in the world's second-largest economy, which is facing decreasing demand for exports. US companies in China have increasingly complained of an unfair business environment.
The two countries say they will raise an investment fund over the next four years to protect the Amazon rainforest. Relations between Paris and Brasilia have improved since the Lula da Silva's became president again.
The European Commission asked big social sites, like TikTok and Facebook, to clearly label political advertising and reduce "virality of content" that threatens the integrity of European elections this summer.
Researchers in South Korea have created a hybrid rice with lab-grown beef cells. They say their 'beef rice' could become a sustainable source of protein.
US and UK officials accused Chinese hacking group APT31 — an abbreviation for "advanced persistent threat"— of targeting political figures. The US said their aim was to "repress" critics of Beijing.
Two New York legal cases against Donald Trump developed on Monday. The GOP frontrunner will likely face trial for alleged hush-money payments before the election, but got a financial lifeline in his fraud conviction.
Many countries in Europe and around the world regularly test the driving skills of older people. But such tests are voluntary in Germany. Is that a safety risk?
Sweden's Northvolt hopes to make batteries for a million electric vehicles each year. Chancellor Olaf Scholz attended the groundbreaking and welcomed the project as a model for Germany and Europe's industrial futures.
Dumped Chinese solar products are flooding the German market, forcing most domestic manufacturers to move abroad or close down. So why is German startup Sunmaxx expanding its production in the country?
Boeing's CEO will step down by the end of the year as part of a broader management shakeup at the company, which has been rocked by a series of safety mishaps in recent months.
European Union regulators have opened investigations into the tech giants in the first application of the new Digital Markets Act. The tech lobby has slammed the probe as "rushed."
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said high-level talks with North Korea are "important to resolve issues," such as the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea decades ago.
Donald Trump's social media company is going public after shareholders approved a merger. On paper, the move could net the former US president as much as $3 billion.
Grass, weed, cannabis: Smoking dope has become legal in Germany. A government plan to liberalize rules on recreational cannabis has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle, Who will benefit financially — and who won't.
Kejriwal was arrested in a probe into the alleged corrupt allocation of liquor licenses. He is the latest opposition leader detained ahead of next month's elections.
Desalination is known for being energy-intensive, expensive and polluting. But is it vital in regions such as East Africa and the Middle East facing increasing drought and dwindling freshwater?
China's Eurasia envoy cited a "significant gap" between the two countries on the subject of peace talks. Meanwhile, Ukraine reported some 15 blasts in its Kharkiv region. DW has more.
The two-day summit has drawn to a close as Europe confronts hostility from Russia, as well as the humanitarian crisis amid Israel's ground invasion of Gaza.
Australia will jointly build and operate a new class of submarines, SSN-AUKUS, with Britain by 2040. The AUKUS agreement was made to help counter Chinese control in the Asia-Pacific.