Opinion: Australia’s Big Tech crackdown is no model to emulate
When Facebook removed Australian news sites from its platform last week, politicians and many media commentators rushed to outdo each other…
COVID: Is working from home really here to stay?
When Kelly Sutamto* moved from Germany to China in 2019 for her husband’s job, the Indonesian graphic designer had to…
How Taiwan beat China to be Asia’s top-performing economy
The world gasped in amazement at China’s impressive 6% to 11% annual GDP growth over the past decade as the…
EU takes step to help ‘gig’ economy workers
The European Commission on Wednesday launched a public consultation to look into the legal employment status and conditions of gig economy workers.…
COVAX: How vaccines for all will help the global recovery
Ghana on Wednesday became the first country to receive vaccines as part of the United Nations-led COVAX program, which is…
How vaccine nationalism will hurt the global recovery
Germany’s coronavirus vaccination drive is now accelerating after a slow start and a series of production delays by producers BioNTech-Pfizer…
Adidas announces plan to sell Reebok subsidiary
The German sportswear retailer Adidas announced on Tuesday that it plans to sell off its US subsidiary Reebok. The Reebok…
Coronavirus: Mallorca caught in mass tourism trap as poverty rises
Tom Mardorf considers himself to be among the wealthier and more privileged parts of the population in Mallorca. He owns…
Slow government support pushes German retailers to the edge
A few steps from Berlin’s most famous shopping street, Kurfürstendamm, there is a small shoe store run by Udo Robakowski.…