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Germany plans imminent tax cuts to boost stagnant economy
The Local - Germany
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June 2, 2025
The German government is planning to push through imminent tax cuts to help kick-start growth, a spokesman announced on Monday. The German government is planning tax cuts to help kick-start growth. The government is looking at new tax credits for...
Could Germany force online giant Amazon to change its prices?
The Local - Germany
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June 2, 2025
The German competition regulator is investigating whether Amazon is abusing its dominant market position to keep prices artificially high – a move which could lead to changes in how the tech giant does business in the country. The Federal Cartel...
HJS Emission Technology SA strengthens mining industry commitment through strategic acquisition in South Africa
Engineering News
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HJS Emission Technology South Africa (SA), a branch of HJS Emission Technology GmbH & Co. KG, a global leader in advanced on-road, off-road, mining and maritime emission control solutions, has taken a significant step toward expanding its...
Cambridge researchers awarded £7.5 million to build programmable plants
University of Cambridge News
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June 2, 2025
Imagine a plant with entirely new abilities – more nutritious food, crops that survive heatwaves, or leaves that grow useful materials. With new ARIA funding Cambridge researchers hope to unlock the technology to fast-track crop development and...
Reliance only Indian firm in highly valued global technology companies list
The Economic Times
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June 2, 2025
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is the only Indian firm to have made it to the listing of top 30 publicly traded global technology companies, as per a 340-page report, titled 'Trends - Artificial Intelligence', that delves into the...
Reliance Industries only Indian firm in highly valued global technology companies list
Newsd
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June 2, 2025
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the only Indian company featured in the top 30 publicly traded global technology firms, according to a comprehensive 340-page report titled ‘Trends – Artificial...
Germany's Annalena Baerbock gets top UN job
Deutsche Welle
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June 2, 2025
Annalena Baerbock knows how to land on her feet. Just a few weeks after it became clear that her Green Party was unlikely to be part of the next German government, the country's first-ever female foreign minister was already lining up a new job....
What and Why RI: When a German U-boat met its fate in RI waters
Newport Daily News - Rhode Island
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The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S....
More than a million Muslims in Germany with a 'migrant background' are at risk of being radicalised, study finds
Daily Mail
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June 2, 2025
One in five Muslim migrants living in Germany is susceptible to radicalisation, according to a new study conducted by one of the nation's foremost socio-political research organisations. Experts at the University of Münster's Research Centre for...
Supplying fresh produce to German retailers and wholesalers with passion and market know-how
Fresh Plaza
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June 2, 2025
For as long as anyone remembers, Belgian fresh produce has been shipped from Sint-Katelijne-Waver to Germany. Frans Michiels Belgium (FMB) delivers tomatoes, lettuce, fruit, and open-field vegetables from there to cities like Berlin and Munich...
Tennessee soldiers take over US training of Ukrainians at Army base in Germany
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Color guard soldiers stand at attention at Tower Barracks in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on June 1, 2025, during a ceremony transferring a U.S. Army mission in Bavaria to train Ukrainian troops from a Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit to one from...
Outcry over 'disrespectful' chicken show in cathedral attended by German president
Female First
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June 2, 2025
2 June 2025 A bizarre stage performance featuring raw chickens in nappies has caused uproar in Germany, after it was hosted inside a historic Catholic cathedral. A bizarre performance featuring chicken in nappies has not gone down well in Germany...
Limerick research asks doctors to explain their ills
Limerick Post
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June 2, 2025
A LIMERICK academic duo have received €6million in funding for a research project that aims to better understand why nurses and doctors are experiencing high stress and burnout, and what can be done about it. Dr Trina Tamrakar, a postdoctoral...
German watchdog finds no abuse in companies' pre-results calls with analysts
Yahoo Finance
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By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) -An investigation by Germany's financial watchdog has found no reason to change companies' practice of communicating with analysts before publishing results, following media concerns about the potential disclosure...
Researchers sue New Jersey to obtain DNA evidence in Lindbergh baby kidnapping case
The University of Kansas
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LAWRENCE — In 1932, Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of the famous American aviator, was abducted from his home in East Amwell, New Jersey. His corpse was discovered months later. A suspect, German immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was...
Amazon price rules anti-competitive: German regulator
The Economic Times
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June 2, 2025
Amazon's pricing rules are an abuse of its market power, Germany's competition watchdog said Monday, paving the way for possible demands for changes to its business practices in Europe's biggest economy. Amazon forces third-party sellers who use...
Germany struggles with rising prices, low purchasing power
Automotive World
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June 2, 2025
Despite the challenges it faces, some commentators believe the German automotive sector is ready to compete in an increasingly complex global industry. However, there’s trouble brewing for consumers at home: a May 2025 automotive pricing study...
German PropTech startup Lumoview raises €3 million for technology that captures building data in 2 seconds per room
EU Startups
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June 2, 2025
Cologne and Berlin-based PropTech company Lumoview Building Analytics GmbH has successfully completed a Seed financing round and secured a VC investment of €3 million to further accelerate the transformation toward energy-efficient and sustainable...
‘Astronomical Dream’: Johannes Kepler wrote the first science-fiction story
Astronomy Magazine
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June 2, 2025
Written around the turn of the 17th century, In Somnium Astronomicum imagines a strange journey to the Moon and what one might find there. Credit: Evgeny Ostroushko/Dreamstime.com Four centuries ago, Johannes Kepler established three laws of...
Top Surgeons from India and Germany Collaborate to Excel in Complex Revision Knee Replacement Procedures
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 2, 2025
PNN New Delhi [India], June 2: In a landmark event held at Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh leading Indian Orthopaedic & Robotic Joint replacement Surgeon Dr Simon Thomas collaborated with world-renowned specialist in Revision Knee replacement surgeon...