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“The catalyst was about mid-2024,” said Stephanie Wilks-Wiffen from eToro, an online broker. That was when she read the annual Boring Money report, which showed that the gender investment gap had widened in the United Kingdom, with men making up almost 60% of investors. That inspired eToro to start developing its Loud Investing campaign, which aims to educate and empower women to invest. Launched in October 2025, it isn’t the only initiative targeting women investors, by far. Wilks-Wiffen has noticed a rise in female-led initiatives over the past six to 12 months across the industry. Online brokers are launching new brand campaigns, producing “female…

It’s one of the first warm days of the year. The first harbingers of spring are cautiously poking their heads out of the ground, the cappuccino in the street cafe tastes of new beginnings. Winter seems to be over. Everything seems easier — if only it weren’t for that one feeling that seems to plague many people (at least in the German-speaking countries) every year: spring fatigue. In German, spring fatigue is known as Frühjahrsmüdigkeit. But — and this may be good news for some — researchers from the University of Basel and the University Hospital of Bern in Switzerland say…

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), confirmed on Thursday that it will be cutting funding for its breakaway LIV Golf tour at the end of the current golf season, citing a change in investment strategy and “current macro dynamics” amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The PIF launched LIV Golf in 2022 as a rival to the established US PGA Tour, which has organized professional golf across North America since 1968. It followed similar billion-dollar Saudi sports investments across Formula 1, boxing, snooker, tennis, e-sports and football, with PIF purchasing a majority stake in Premier…

While they’re not representative, comments like these have been increasingly popping up on DW’s social media accounts when the posts concern the United States: “Should we really be interested in what’s happening in the US? (…) Please, DW, stop fixating on everything American,” or “It might be worth mentioning that Europeans — and actually, the whole world — are currently suffering from ‘America fatigue.'” Long seen as land of promise For decades, the US and the American Way of Life held a special promise for young people around the world. Take Germany as an example: After the end of World…

The dramatic rise in energy prices in the wake of the Iran war has led to calls for the European Union to introduce a so-called windfall tax on oil and gas companies, to use some of their profits to help governments fund relief schemes. Earlier this month, the finance and economy ministers of Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain wrote a joint letter to EU Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, asking for such a levy. They wrote that it would “send a clear message that those who profit from the consequences of the ​war must do their…

After years of fleeing, fighting, advocating and training, Afghanistan’s women have won the right to compete for football’s biggest prizes as their country’s official national team. An unprecedented decision made by world football’s governing body, FIFA, in Toronto on Tuesday paves the way for the current squad to try to qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 and then future World Cups and Asian Cups. It is another huge step for a team who have had to fight for their right to play, with the Taliban-run football association refusing to sanction an Afghanistan national women’s team. “It’s something really…

The Cologne fire service was mobilized on Wednesday afternoon after a churchwarden reported noticing the smell of fire inside the Cologne Cathedral, a spokesperson for the fire service told public broadcaster WDR. The fire department mobilized all its resources, and firetrucks were on the premises of the twin-spired cathedral for about two hours. About 70 firefighters were called in to make sure that there wasn’t a blaze or danger to the cathedral. But the major operation was called off after no threat was detected. The church remains closed, but the public square outside the church remains open to tourists. Fire teams carried out a full-scale…

Why has the UAE decided to quit OPEC now? OPEC, the global cartel of oil-producing nations, operates a quota system that limits how much oil each member can produce. For years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has clashed with Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s most powerful member, over these quotas. The UAE has invested heavily to expand its oil industry and grow its market share, but OPEC limits have repeatedly held it back. Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told the New York Times on Tuesday: “The world needs more energy. The world needs more resources, and [the] UAE wanted to be unconstrained by any…

After the news that FIFA is set to allow domestic football leagues to play one game a season abroad, German football faces a familiar battle between tradition and growth. English newspaper The Guardian exclusively reported that new FIFA proposals will allow domestic leagues to have one game a season hosted in a foreign country. The host country will reportedly be allowed to host a maximum of five games from other countries, with the US the favored target. “I think the German members would object to that and there would be mass protests in the stadium,” Martin Endemann, head of policy at Football Supporters…

A man accused of plotting a terror attack at one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in 2024 pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Austrian outlets Kurier and Kronen Zeitung reported the trial proceedings against the Austrian man identified as Beran A. Prosecutors also tried the man on various terrorism-related offenses and ties to a terrorist organization. But it was not clear yet what other charges he pleaded guilt to. Austrian man accused of attack threat at Taylor Swift concert Beran A. was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the superstar singer in Vienna. Those concerts were among…