Although the US economy rebounded much faster than the euro zone’s after the global economic crisis, the rate of GDP growth in both economies has converged in recent years, with neither regularly besting the other from quarter to quarter. Indeed, economists recently marveled at how synchronous global growth had become.
John Oliver didn’t buy the genteel, faux-conciliatory tones of Facebook’s recent apologies, which have included a TV ad saying it was going to change. So he made his own version.
Germany is about to get a lot more free wifi. One of the country’s highest courts has upheld a 2017 law designed to put an end to the effect of a peculiar legal concept known as Störerhaftung as it applies to public wifi networks.
“Humid, muggy, sultry, sweltering, steamy, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, sweaty, soupy, like a Turkish bath, like a sauna.”
The 21st century’s longest lunar eclipse, lasting 1 hour and 43 minutes, is coming tonight (July 27), as the moon passes through the center of the Earth’s shadow. Here are some key facts:
Lyudmila Rudenko was only the second person ever to claim the title of Women’s World Chess Champion—and she helped spark more than 40 years of Soviet dominance of the competition. Today (July 27), on what would have been her 114th birthday, she has been honored with a Google Doodle.
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker went to the White House yesterday (July 25) hoping to avert an all-out trade war with the US. He came away having seemingly cajoled Donald Trump into a remarkable climbdown—and mainly by promising to do things that the EU has been planning to do for years.
Although German businesses’ optimism about the future dropped for an eighth straight month, according to data released this week, execs have been much gloomier before. German firms are also still pretty buoyant about the current state of Europe’s largest economy, according to a long-running survey conducted by the Ifo Institute.
Starting July 30, you’ll have the chance to become the owner of surplus property from the US embassy in London.
When European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker meets president Donald Trump at the White House today (July 25), he won’t be putting a trade deal on the table. Instead, he will simply be hoping that Trump will show a willingness to put an all-out global trade war on pause.
Today (July 24), the UK’s houses of parliament go into their summer recess period. Neither the House of Commons nor the House of Lords will meet again until September 4.
At least 50 people have died and more than 150 have been injured by a wildfire that has swept through a resort region popular among families and pensioners, near Athens, Greece.
Around 112 metric tons of cobalt—worth around $10 million—were stolen from a warehouse in the Netherlands this month.
Just about everyone seems to be doubling down on preparations for the Brexit horror scenario: Britain crashing out of the European Union with no deal.
One of Britain’s largest supermarket chains has introduced a weekly quiet hour for customers who struggle with the noise associated with grocery shopping, like those on the autism spectrum.
The European Union has hit Google with a record antitrust fine of €4.34 billion ($5.04 billion) after it found that the company unfairly used its Android operating system to maintain the dominance of its own apps and services—and particularly its search engine.
After a very public feud, Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thai cave rescue a “pedo guy.”
Russia’s last tsar, his wife, and their five children were murdered amid the tumult of the Bolshevik revolution 100 years ago today (July 17).
The official campaign that contributed to Britain voting to leave the European Union is in trouble again. But don’t be fooled into thinking that this will lead to a second Brexit referendum.
The EU and China are edging closer together—and that’s almost entirely because of Donald Trump’s trade wars.
President Donald Trump will cap off a whirlwind few days in Europe today (July 16) by meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin. He’ll likely do so by upending more norms.
Without much fanfare, the US Justice Department has reopened its investigation into the 1955 lynching of an African American teenager, Emmett Till. That’s thanks in part to a book published in 2017, which revealed that the white woman he was accused of flirting with and accosting in a grocery store lied about what happened, the Associated Press reports.
President Donald Trump presumably never wants to be seen wearing a diaper, and least of all while floating over Britain’s Houses of Parliament. But—right at this very moment—the now-fabled Trump baby balloon is soaring high, close to the historic Palace of Westminster in London.
Less than 24 hours into his four-day visit to Britain, president Donald Trump has already caused a huge ruckus within the UK government by threatening to kill off a US trade deal with Britain. Considering he chose to spend the first night of his working visit launching a diplomatic grenade, the next three days will undoubtedly prove to be explosive.
