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The global supply chain is grinding to a halt, under the pressure of soaring consumer demand for goods and insufficient technology at ports and for shipping. – this offers an opportunity ...

The Taliban have appointed an acting head of Afghanistan’s central bank to help ease growing economic turmoil, more than a week after the Islamist movement seized the capital Kabul, ...

General Motors Co (GM.N) has expanded the recall of its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to a risk of fire from the pouch-type lithium-ion battery cells made by South ...

Four out of five German companies are struggling with a shortage of raw materials, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) announced on Thursday. Global supply chains ...

Bitcoin’s price surged past $50,000 on Monday for the first time since May, but the rebound from a months-long slump later ran out of steam. The world’s largest cryptocurrency ...

There is real danger that Europe will see shortages of natural gas this winter, combined with sharp increases in price for the commodity. “Going into the current winter with less ...

KEDIPES is expected to move forward in its transformation into an asset management company (a ‘bad bank’), StockWatch reported on Monday. The company, which was set up to manage non-performing ...

Britain’s post-lockdown economic rebound slowed sharply in August as companies struggled with unprecedented shortages of staff and materials, though strong inflation pressures cooled a bit, a survey showed on ...

“Gas cannot be used as a weapon,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian president, in Kyiv. “We are for new sanctions if Russia uses ...

PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) will allow customers in the UK to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies starting this week, the company said on Monday. The roll-out, ...

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A third dose of Pfizer (PFE.N)‘s Covid-19 vaccine has significantly improved protection from infection and serious illness among people aged 60 and older in Israel compared with those who ...

Amid economic disruptions from Covid-19, global trade on the whole held up relatively well in 2020 and moved on to greater strength in 2021, according to a report by United Nations Conference ...

Bitcoin rose 5.01 per cent to $49,106.4 at 22:04 GMT on Friday, adding $2,342.1 to its previous close. The price of bitcoin on Sunday is $49,239.20 or €42,095.58. There is an analyst consensus that a move ...

At a dam 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) high in the Alps, construction has begun on Switzerland’s largest alpine solar plant aimed at helping the small country secure renewable energy throughout the ...

Lebanese fuel prices are expected to double after the state decided on Saturday to change the exchange rate used to price petroleum products in a bid to ease crippling shortages ...

Moscow pledged retaliatory measures after a new set of sanctions imposed by the United States on a Russian ship and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Russia’...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or ...

Sterling touched one-month lows against a robust dollar and the euro on Friday, capping the pound’s worst week in months as global risk aversion propelled investors towards currencies considered ...

Tunisia is seeking an urgent review of a trade agreement with Turkey in order to cut a widening deficit, two Tunisian trade ministry officials said on Friday. Nabil Arfaoui, director ...

Ryanair’s latest challenge to state aid for European airlines took a step forward on Wednesday when the European Court of Justice agreed to hear in its General Court a ...

Astrobank is offering free cash withdrawals at more than 330 ATMs nationwide for AstroBank customers, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. AstroBank continues its cooperation with the company Euronet ...

Digital twins—digital representations of real-world entities such as sensors, devices, machines, systems, and even people—have evolved from a niche concept to an integral part of the industrial landscape. ...

An asphalt-paved road runs for 2,000 kilometers along the Mediterranean linking up the most important cities of Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. The conflict in Libya has left this key artery broken ...