Martin Shields and Nick Diable are accused of tax fraud in ‘cum-ex’ scandal that exposes City’s pursuit of profit They have been called “the men who plundered Europe”: a group… Read more »
Exclusive: Job has left some ‘addicted’ to extreme material and pushed others to far right The task of moderating Facebook continues to leave psychological scars on the company’s employees, months… Read more »
Wikipedia was forced offline in several countries Friday after a cyber attack hit the global encyclopedia. Users across Europe and parts of the Middle East experienced outages shortly before 7pm,… Read more »
Getaround, a used car marketplace and winner of TechCrunch Disrupt New York Battlefield 2011, will enter the unicorn club with a roughly $200 million equity financing. The deal values Getaround,… Read more »
By the end of 2019, the global gaming market is estimated to be worth $152 billion with 45% of that, $68.5 billion, coming directly from mobile games. With this tremendous growth… Read more »
French president tells Boris Johnson he must present concrete proposals for UK exit Emmanuel Macron has described the Irish backstop as “indispensable” to a Brexit deal and urged Boris Johnson… Read more »
British PM’s proposal to ditch backstop likely to be firmly rebuffed when he visits Berlin Angela Merkel is likely to give a friendly but firm rebuttal to Boris Johnson during… Read more »
New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to the bloc’s online privacy rules last year casts an unflattering… Read more »
Fiona Kolbinger, 24, rode from Bulgaria to France in 10 days, two hours and 48 minutes A German cancer researcher has become the first woman to win one of the… Read more »
German MPs condemn comments on Eritrean-born man accused of pushing boy in front of train Germany’s interior minister has called for restraint after far-right politicians sought to exploit for political… Read more »
China is BMW’s largest market, and the German automaker knows in order to capture the country’s demanding consumers, its future models must support robust autonomous driving capability. But to build… Read more »
German chancellor also says she feels solidarity with targets of Donald Trump’s racism Angela Merkel has sought to assuage concerns about her health after a spate of shaking bouts at… Read more »
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer succeeds new EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen as German defence minister Angela Merkel’s favoured successor as chancellor has been appointed Germany’s new defence minister in an… Read more »
Doctours, a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries. Founded by serial travel… Read more »
Some staff in London reported to be in tears after hearing their jobs have gone What went wrong at Deutsche Bank? Profile of Deutsche Bank boss Christian Sewing Nils Pratley:… Read more »
From Alaska to Europe the world has spent the past few weeks roasting under temperatures never before seen in recorded history. In Alaska, all-time high record temperatures were set across… Read more »
Ursula von der Leyen to head European commission and Christine Lagarde to lead ECB Two women have won the backing of the EU’s leaders to head the European commission and… Read more »
German chancellor will travel to G20 despite visibly shaking at public event in Berlin Angela Merkel will travel to the G20 summit in Japan despite experiencing a second bout of… Read more »
Temperature records expected to be broken as minister warns heatwaves could become norm National high temperature records set mostly in late July or August are likely to be broken across… Read more »
Temperatures could hit 40C from Spain to Switzerland, with authorities urging children and older people to stay indoors Authorities have urged children and older people to stay indoors and issued… Read more »
Chancellor warns against losing credibility after arrest over murder of Walter Lübcke Angela Merkel has said Germany must rigorously fight rightwing extremism after the murder of a prominent politician. The… Read more »
New details keep trickling out about the Honda e, the compact electric vehicle that’s coming to market in spring 2020, from pop-out door handles and internal side view mirrors to… Read more »
CDU’s Walter Lübcke was found with a gunshot wound to his head on the terrace of his home Detectives have questioned a man in connection with the mysterious death of… Read more »
Less than a decade ago IPOs, acquisitions, and global expansion by African startups were more possibility than reality. March saw all three from the continent’s tech scene. Pan-African e-commerce company… Read more »
BA blames paperwork error after pilot flies 500 miles in wrong direction A British Airways plane scheduled to travel from London for Düsseldorf mistakenly flew its passengers to Edinburgh instead…. Read more »
Demands to halt campaign featuring model wearing a helmet and just underwear An advertising campaign by Germany’s transport ministry to persuade cyclists to wear helmets has sparked accusations of sexism,… Read more »
European governments have been bringing the hammer down on tech in recent months, slapping record fines and stiff regulations on the largest imports out of Silicon Valley. Despite pleas from… Read more »
A study of tracking cookies running on government and public sector health websites in the European Union has found commercial adtech to be operating pervasively even in what should be… Read more »
In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market —… Read more »
Volkswagen has added another member to its ever-expanding I.D. line of concept electric vehicles that’s meant to showcase the automaker’s electric future. This time it’s the I.D. Buggy, an all-electric… Read more »