Author: Daniel snow

[ad_1] Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen at the European Political Community summit, in Tirana on May 16, 2025. Leon Neal | Afp | Getty ImagesHopes are high that the U.K. and European Union could finally agree to reset relations Monday, after Britain’s acrimonious exit from the EU in 2020.U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other senior officials in London for a much-anticipated summit which is taking place against a backdrop of unpredictable global dynamics — led by the U.S.Talks between both sides intensified…

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[ad_1] An H&M store in New York City on Nov. 19, 2024.Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty ImagesWhen Gilberto Loureiro spent summers working in a textile factory as a teenager growing up in Portugal, he discovered that he felt “hate and love” for how clothes were produced.The work was tough: Loureiro’s job was to spend long days standing and watching for flaws in woven fabric as it ran through machines at a rate of about 15 to 20 meters per minute.”I really love the textile industry and problem solving, but I hate this … inspection working and inefficiencies and the…

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[ad_1] China’s trajectory couldn’t be more different.It already leads global production in multiple industries — steel, aluminum, shipbuilding, batteries, solar power, electric vehicles, wind turbines, drones, 5G equipment, consumer electronics, active pharmaceutical ingredients and bullet trains. It is projected to account for 45 percent — nearly half — of global manufacturing by 2030. Beijing is also laser-focused on winning the future: In March it announced a $138 billion national venture capital fund that will make long-term investments in cutting-edge technologies such as quantum computing and robotics, and increased its budget for public research and development.The results of China’s approach have…

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[ad_1] Citizens are shopping at a supermarket in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, on March 9, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChina’s retail sales growth slowed in April, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday, signaling that consumption remains a worry for the world’s second-largest economy. Retail sales rose 5.1% from a year earlier in April, missing analysts’ estimates of 5.5% growth, according to a Reuters poll. Sales had grown by 5.9% in the previous month.Industrial output grew 6.1% year on year in April, stronger than analysts’ expectations for a 5.5% rise.Fixed-asset investment for the first four months…

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