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“Even if we only walk, we are faster than others,” says Sun as he laughs mischievously. He is using the run-walk imagery to describe the state of the Chinese economy compared to its competitors. The businessman had been doing well selling real estate in China. Still, he doesn’t want to see his full name published because his business is currently not doing well. There are vacant properties all over, and many apartments are just too expensive. What about the future, what’s next? Sun shrugs, suggesting that everything will turn out fine. The salesman in his fifties is hoping for some…

A woman with a bob cut wearing oversized sunglasses sits in the front row of nearly every major fashion show. She is of course the iconic Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. For nearly four decades, Wintour has been at the helm of US Vogue. On Thursday, she announced that she would no longer run the day-to-day editing of the fashion bible. But this does not mean retirement for the 75-year-old British style mogul. Conde Nast, the magazine group owner, confirmed that she would continue to hold senior roles at the group and remain Vogue’s global editorial director. Wintour has not only influenced how people dress…

What you need to know The US was the biggest funder of global HIV initiatives until the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president Experts told DW cuts to domestic health institutions and foreign aid are likely to jeopardize efforts to stop an increase in HIV infections They said the risk was real despite lencapavir, a highly promising, preventative drug that’s now approved in the US for HIV prevention The battle against HIV has been dealt repeated blows in 2025 with cuts to funding for major global aid programs by the United States. There have also been budget cuts…

FIFA is “not taking the dangers of extreme heat seriously enough” and is on course for a “perfect storm” of unsafe conditions at major events like the 2026 World Cup, according to Peter Crisp from environmental advocacy group Fossil Free Football. Speaking after Bayern Munich lost to Benfica in temperatures of 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) at the Club World Cup in the US city of Charlotte on Tuesday, Crisp told DW that such an outcome, which has become commonplace in recent days at the Club World Cup, should have been entirely predictable to football’s global governors. “This was a very obvious risk. It only…

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, in the country’s first use of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi — dubbed the “Twitter killer” — strangled eight women and one man to death in 2017 after contacting them on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The victims — aged between 15 and 26 — had posted about having suicidal thoughts. Shiraishi told them he could aid them in their plans or even die alongside them. He was also convicted of sexually abusing female victims. Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2020.  No prior notice ahead of…

In the wake of a damning EU review of Israel’s human rights record in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez slammed his colleagues for not moving to suspend a trade deal with Israel despite what he called “the catastrophic situation of genocide.” More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave over more than 18 months of Israeli bombardment, according to Hamas-run Gazan authorities. Israel vehemently denies accusations of genocide, maintaining that it is at war with the ruling militant Islamist group Hamas following a massive terror attack on Israeli territory in 2023. In a report distributed to the…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently announced that his company would reduce its workforce as artificial intelligence (AI) replaces human employees.   He also warned that AI will affect a wide range of jobs and sectors. Jassy is not alone, as many other tech firms have issued similar warnings about how AI breakthroughs could reshape their workforces. In May, the CEO of the AI startup Anthropic told the Arlington, Virginia-based American news website Axios that AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next one to five years. US public companies have reduced the number of their white-collar staff by a…

06/26/2025June 26, 2025German consumers hold back spending despite signs of recoveryGerman consumers are holding back on spending, a study has shown, slowing the recovery in private consumption. Consumer sentiment stagnated in June, halting its recent recovery, according to the data from research groups GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM). The consumer climate index has slipped by 0.3 points to -20.3. Although expectations for both the economy and income have improved, GfK and NIM state that “a rising propensity to save is preventing the consumer climate from continuing its recovery.” “After three consecutive increases, the consumer climate has now taken…

What you need to know NB.1.8.1. — also called “Nimbus” — is a subvariant of the dominant Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. It has been detected in South and Southeast Asia and circulating in many EU/EEA countries. It may lead to hospitalizations over the summer. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) recommends boosters for at-risk groups or those working in high-risk settings. Testing is recommended for people who are sick and have symptoms that worsen. European health authorities are warning there may be an increase in COVID-19 infections in the coming months amid the spread of the new…

FIFA are “not taking the dangers of extreme heat seriously enough” and are on course for a “perfect storm” of unsafe conditions at major events like the 2026 World Cup, according to Peter Crisp from environmental advocacy group Fossil Free Football. Speaking after Bayern Munich lost to Benfica in temperatures of 36 degree Celsius (97 Fahrenheit), at the Club World Cup in Charlotte on Tuesday, Crisp told DW that such an outcome, which has become commonplace in recent days at the Club World Cup, should have been entirely predictable to football’s global governors. “This was a very obvious risk. It only took…