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Zylox-Tonbridge to acquire German medical technology company Optimed
Will Alphabet's Cloud Division Fuel $20 Billion in Income?
Analysts See Over 30% Upside in DoorDash Inc. (DASH) Despite Margin Uncertainty
A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births – tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing condoms to eliminating a tax on matchmakers and day care centers. The efforts haven't paid off yet as figures released Monday show that China's population of 1.4 billion continued to shrink, marking the fourth straight year of decrease. The total population in 2025 stood at 1.404 billion, which was 3 million less than the previous year. FRANCE 24's Jan Camenzind Broomby reports.
Trump administration’s abduction of a head of state throws into question the future of international law.
Activist arrested over protesting US actions in Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump's has threatened a rising wave of tariffs on several European allies, sounding the alarm for businesses across the region.
John Cuddihy told BBC Scotland News his late daughter's experiences "must continue to echo beyond her lifetime".
Maryam Eslamdoust, the leader of the TSSA transport union, says GMB officials tried to push her out of her jobThe GMB union is facing fresh claims of bullying behaviour, after the female leader of a rival Labour-linked union accused its officials of trying to push her out of her job in a way that affected her health.Maryam Eslamdoust, the first ever female leader of the TSSA transport union and a former mayor of Camden council, said the actions of GMB officials caused her significant stress and suggested that a male leader would not have been treated in the same way. Continue reading…
Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. A fire broke out and was promptly extinguished. At least six people were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region from Russian attacks, the emergency service said. Russia has hammered Ukraine’s power grid, especially in winter, throughout the nearly four-year war. The strikes aim to weaken Ukrainians’ will to resist in a strategy that Kyiv officials call “weaponizing winter.”
Zylox-Tonbridge to acquire German medical technology company Optimed
Will Alphabet's Cloud Division Fuel $20 Billion in Income?
Analysts See Over 30% Upside in DoorDash Inc. (DASH) Despite Margin Uncertainty
A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births – tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing condoms to eliminating a tax on matchmakers and day care centers. The efforts haven't paid off yet as figures released Monday show that China's population of 1.4 billion continued to shrink, marking the fourth straight year of decrease. The total population in 2025 stood at 1.404 billion, which was 3 million less than the previous year. FRANCE 24's Jan Camenzind Broomby reports.
Trump administration’s abduction of a head of state throws into question the future of international law.
Activist arrested over protesting US actions in Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump's has threatened a rising wave of tariffs on several European allies, sounding the alarm for businesses across the region.
John Cuddihy told BBC Scotland News his late daughter's experiences "must continue to echo beyond her lifetime".
Maryam Eslamdoust, the leader of the TSSA transport union, says GMB officials tried to push her out of her jobThe GMB union is facing fresh claims of bullying behaviour, after the female leader of a rival Labour-linked union accused its officials of trying to push her out of her job in a way that affected her health.Maryam Eslamdoust, the first ever female leader of the TSSA transport union and a former mayor of Camden council, said the actions of GMB officials caused her significant stress and suggested that a male leader would not have been treated in the same way. Continue reading…
Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. A fire broke out and was promptly extinguished. At least six people were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region from Russian attacks, the emergency service said. Russia has hammered Ukraine’s power grid, especially in winter, throughout the nearly four-year war. The strikes aim to weaken Ukrainians’ will to resist in a strategy that Kyiv officials call “weaponizing winter.”