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The German railway system has become a ‘national embarrassment’ amid Euro 2024—and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel
Being punctual is considered synonymous with being German. Yet, Germany’s connective tissue—its national railway system, Deutsche Bahn (BD)—struggles with it. …
Can Gen Z save tea? How young Brits are reigniting love for the classic cuppa amidst a crisis of relevance
In May, the parent companies of two leading British tea brands reported record sales: Kallo Foods, which owns Clipper Teas,…
A WFH ‘culture war’ has broken out across Europe, with the U.K. leading the charge as the most WFH-friendly country, while France lags behind
Sometime between March 2020 and the end of 2021, ‘office workers’ ceased to be a thing. Offices didn’t, of course,…
The most anticipated sporting event is only a month away—and it happens to be in the most visited city in…
Businesses are using ‘sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists’ to work out how to get staff back to the office
Bosses have tried everything to convince staff they’ll be happier working in the office than at home, from free lunches…
A Great Resignation 2.0 is simmering as employees feel overworked and underpaid, forcing them to look for greener pastures
More people are now mulling their options as they increasingly feel overworked and underpaid amid relentless cost pressures. Employees feel…
The CEO behind Singapore’s largest realtor thinks the city’s housing market will stay cool through the year—but he’s ‘very excited’ about 2025
Singapore’s housing market, running hot just a few years ago, is starting to cool off. Prices for private-sector property jumped…
Forget STEM. Head of Paris’s top tech university says the secret to France’s AI boom is a focus on the humanities
France’s universities are fast becoming a hunting ground for investors hungry to unravel the source of the next AI revolution.…
Europe and China agree to talk about EV tariffs, a ‘first step’ to avoid a potential trade war between two of the world’s largest economies
Beijing and Brussels are taking the “first step” towards resolving a months-long trade dispute over Chinese electric cars with new…
Tiger mosquitos, Asian hornets and bed bugs: What climate change means for Europe’s ‘pest demographics’ haunting the Paris Olympics
About an hour outside Vienna, the Penny Markt in Krems an der Donau prides itself on two things: low, low…












