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Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s recent visit to China attracted considerable attention worldwide, especially within business communities. Negotiations with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a speech at the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence (WAIC 2026), and more than 70 commercial documents worth over $15 billion (€13.2 billion). The visit came at the time of booming cooperation between China and Kazakhstan. According to data cited by Tokayev at his meeting with Xi, bilateral trade last year reached a record €42.9 billion ($49 billion), cumulative Chinese investment reached €26.3 billion ($30 billion), and more than 8,500 Chinese-owned companies operate in the country. The…

The gender pay gap in the EU is real, and it is costly according to the numbers. Women’s gross hourly earnings are on average 11.1% less than men’s per Eurostat, meaning that for every €100 a man earns in the bloc, a woman only earns €88.9. Annualised, the gap becomes clearer as the average woman is paid almost €3,900 less than men a year in the EU according to estimates from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), also based on Eurostat data. That means the 92.5 million women working in the EU are collectively losing more than €358 billion a…

While The New York Times crossword has been a staple in many households for decades, plenty of alternative games have captured our attention in recent years. Sporcle. GeoGuessr. Wordle. And if you consider yourself an AV geek and a geography nerd, we think you might just want to take a look at FlightQ. First launched in March, the flight and geography platform has numerous games aimed at those who love to travel. Like Wordle, which took the world by storm in 2021, some of the games have puzzles that are released daily, whereas others you can play continuously. Here are…

Friedrich Merz und Markus Söder einigen sich auf den engen Merz-Vertrauten Thorsten Frei als Nachfolger von Jens Spahn. Maximilian Stascheit über die anstehende Kabinetts-Rochade rund um womöglich Nina Warken im Kanzleramt und vielleicht Carsten Linnemann bald im Gesundheitsressort. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ordnet Felix Schreiner, parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der CDU/CSU-Fraktion, die Personalentscheidung ein. Er sieht in Frei den richtigen Mann, um die Fraktion als Stabilitätsanker der Koalition zu führen und Großprojekte wie die Wahlrechtsreform anzugehen. Ein autonomes KI-Modell von OpenAI bricht aus einer Testumgebung aus und macht sich an der Plattform „Hugging Face“ zu schaffen. Larissa Kögl von „Technologie & KI am Morgen“…

The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a nuclear agreement that would allow the kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme. The Trump administration did not release details of the deal, but the framework could potentially provide the kingdom with a facility that would allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman formally signed the agreement, along with “bilateral safeguards” against non-proliferation. “These agreements reflect our two nations’ shared commitment to strengthening US-Saudi commercial relations, delivering prosperity at home and security to our allies abroad,” Wright said in a…

Google could be hit with the largest fine yet under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson explain why Brussels believes the tech giant is unfairly pushing its own services in Google Search and limiting what app developers can tell customers — and why the case is becoming another source of tension with Washington. Then, the EU’s startups commissioner, Ekaterina Zaharieva, heads to Sofia for an unusual visit to Bulgaria’s new leaders. We look at the government’s mixed signals on Ukraine, the billions in EU recovery money still at stake, and why Zaharieva’s former job as Bulgaria’s…

Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthis have claimed on Thursday a missile and drone attack on two Saudi oil tankers transiting through the Red Sea. The Iran-backed group wrote on Telegram that it “carried out a qualitative military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers that violated the blockade”, naming the vessels as the Encelia and the Layla. Earlier, the British naval security monitor UKMTO reported that a projectile struck a tanker in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. “The Master of a tanker reports being struck by an unknown projectile which has caused a fire onboard that the crew are currently…

The approval notice lays out extensive conditions. For example, employees of Rosatom and TVEL are barred from entering the plant. “Access is only permitted in justified exceptional cases and when accompanied by the nuclear regulatory authority,” explained a spokesperson for the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment.  The regulations also stipulate extensive safety inspections of the licensed machines supplied by TVEL and Framatome subsidiary ANF. Framatome employees must adhere to rules governing their interactions with TVEL and Rosatom employees, particularly regarding protection against espionage, sabotage, and recruitment attempts. The green light comes as nuclear power is increasingly seen as essential to wean the…

Now he controls the coffers — and insists he’s “burning with a passion” for the Treasury. Wes Streeting Wes Streeting had long been seen as coveting the top job. So when he quit as health secretary in May, criticizing the government’s “drift” and lack of “vision,” many expected a rapid bid to replace the prime minister himself. Streeting’s allies claimed he had the backing of 81 Labour MPs necessary to launch a challenge to Starmer — but a few weeks later he announced he would back Burnham to become Labour leader and prime minister. There were questions then over what…

Published on 22/07/2026 – 14:43 GMT+2 German carmaker Volkswagen will be focusing more on self-driving technology in China in the coming months. The company revealed on Wednesday that its automated driving branch CARIZON, based in China, would be strengthening its tie-up with Horizon Robotics, according to Yahoo Autos. This is in an attempt for Volkswagen to develop its own sophisticated self-driving technologies more quickly, by using Horizon Robotics’ artificial intelligence model. This includes Level 3 autonomous driving technologies, where drivers can take their eyes off the road, and Level 4 technology, which will be driverless robotaxis. The company plans to…