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Volkswagen plans major layoffs, to shut at least three German plants, works council head says
Staff of Europe's largest automaker Volkswagen AG work at the factory at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION FROM "COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS" TO "FACTORY AT THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS\
inside the market
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
world
Biden says Western allies must keep aiding Ukraine as he meets with European partners
President Joe Biden talks to the media during a joint statement to the press with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
world
Biden heads to Germany for talks on Ukraine war, expanding conflict in Middle East
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee Autumn Dinner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
world
Zelensky unveils ‘victory plan’ as Ukraine faces precarious moment amid war with Russia
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses lawmakers as he presents the so-called 'Victory Plan' during a parliament session, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Andrii Nesterenko
international business
Volkswagen, unions to start further talks on planned cuts to German operations
A Volkswagen logo is seen on media day at the 2024 Paris Auto Show in Paris, France, October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
soccer
France and Germany beat fierce rivals in Nations League
world
EU delays new biometric travel checks as IT systems in Germany, France and the Netherlands not up to speed
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
soccer
Harder’s late hat trick lifts Bayern Munich to 5-2 win over Arsenal in Women’s Champions League
Manchester City's English defender #03 Naomi Layzell vies for the ball with Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas during the UEFA Women's Champions League Group D football match between Manchester City and Barcelona at the Joie Stadium in Manchester on October 9, 2024. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
european business
Germany’s economy expected to contract again in 2024, ministry says
FILE PHOTO: People with shopping bags walk near a shopping center in Berlin, Germany December 21, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
world
German court acquits suspect in disappearance of Madeleine McCann of unrelated sexual offence charges
Christian B (R), defendant and prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, stands next to his lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher prior to the verdict in his trial on five unrelated sex crimes, at the courtroom of the District Court of Braunschweig, northern Germany, on October 8, 2024. Christian Brueckner, the German prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, was cleared of all charges in a separate sex crimes trial on October 8, 2024. Brueckner, 47, could "not be convicted of the acts he is accused of", presiding judge Uta Engemann told the court, clearing him of five counts of rape and child sex abuse. (Photo by Michael Matthey / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL MATTHEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
european business
German industrial orders slump more than expected in August
FILE PHOTO: A general view of a machine in the factory in Kuenzelsau, Germany, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo
world
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds rally across the world on the eve of Oct. 7 anniversary
Women wave flags and chant slogans in support of Gaza and Lebanon during a protest in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
report on business
‘Hype’ meets reality as Canada’s plans to export hydrogen to Germany stall
Construction the White Rose offshore oil production platform at the Argentia Port Authority in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Site of proposed hydrogen production facility. GREG LOCKE / The Globe and Mail
book review
The Weimar Years is a monumental recreation of life in Germany
european business
Commerzbank fully supports strategy built on independence, new CEO tells staff
FILE PHOTO: Bettina Orlopp, CFO of Germany's Commerzbank AG attends the Commerzbank AG annual results news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
world
What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Arnoun on October 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Commerzbank, UniCredit to meet Friday morning, source says
FILE PHOTO: Unicredit credit cards are seen in front of a displayed Commerzbank logo in this illustration taken September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
first person
Years after she saved my life, I finally met my genetic twin
international business
Commerzbank to begin talks with UniCredit as it woos investors with profit goals
FILE PHOTO: A 3-D printed Commerzbank logo is seen near Unicredit credit cards in this illustration taken September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo