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JobAgri Ghana holds stakeholder workshop to leverage evidence for decent work in Agrifood systems
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) is promoting evidence-based policies and strategic investments that generate decent employment across Ghana’s...
Understanding the impact of private equity on employees
The ten-fold growth of the private equity (PE) industry since the Global Financial Crisis has triggered a flurry of attention to its consequences. Academic consensus about the role of this financial intermediary has been elusive. A series of...

Germany’s Pension Ponzi Scheme Is Collapsing: What Comes Next
If you’ve ever wanted to witness the slow-motion collapse of a Ponzi scheme, you might want to keep an eye on Germany’s public pension system. Rhetorically and politically sugar-coated as a “pay-as-you-go” system — where today’s workers finance...

German Chancellor Merz Insulted Javier Milei. He Needs to Apologize.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly accused Javier Milei of ruining his country and “trampling people underfoot.” The leading German historian Rainer Zitelmann has now called on Merz to apologize to Milei. Dear Chancellor Merz, I used to...

Germany's AfD accuses Chancellor Merz of election fraud as it bids to reform image
By Euronews Published on 07/07/2025 - 14:12 GMT+2 The co-chair of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, has again accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz of electoral fraud, without providing evidence. "They are continuing...

German companies in Malaysia remain strongly optimistic: MGCC survey
PETALING JAYA: German companies operating in Malaysia remain highly confident in the country’s business environment, according to the latest World Business Outlook Spring 2025 Survey conducted by the Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and...

Top German Universities Offer Free Education For All College Students.
Have a look at In Germany: germany offers lessons-unfastened education thru its public universities to college students regardless of their nationality. Both domestic and worldwide students can take a look at Undergraduate (UG) programs for free...
My family of 4 moved to Germany for my husband's job. We've become closer, but miss our relatives back home.
I was lucky to grow up in Maryland, within 45 minutes of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. This guaranteed near-monthly family birthday parties and plenty of 'just because' events to gather. After I married my husband, we moved to nearby...

Rev. Moore Defends Controversial Gaza Aid Operation, Tells TML Almost a Million Fed
In an exclusive interview, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation chairman debunks misinformation around the Gaza aid distribution and says it will take $150 million per month to service all of the enclave Reverend Johnnie Moore has spent most of his...

NIIT Learning Systems acquires Germany-based managed learning services provider
NIIT Learning Systems (NIIT MTS) has acquired Germany-based managed learning services provider MST Group. The company was acquired through NIIT MTS' wholly owned subsidiary NIIT (Ireland) for €22.37 million (~$26.15 million). With this...

Dick Advocaat’s incredible post-Rangers career in focus as legendary Dutch boss into 20th job at age of 77
FORMER Rangers boss Dick Advocaat has had an incredible career. The Dutch coach has threatened to retire at least FIVE times from the game, but at the remarkable age of 77, the Little General, as he is known, has just extended his contract with...

UAE’s Eisa Ahmed breaks down what went wrong for Brazil against Germany
Eisa "Santo" Ahmed, the Al Wahda and UAE international defender, invited me to his mother's place in Dubai to watch the Brazil versus Germany semi-final. Midnight football with Arabic coffee, dates and Emirati sweets? Yes, please. Invitation...

Masdar-Iberdrola EUR 5.2bn UK Offshore Wind Deal and Full Energization of 476MW German Offshore Wind Farm
Masdar, a global clean energy leader, and Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest energy companies, have reached two major milestones with a EUR 5.2 billion co-investment in the UK’s East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm – one of the largest offshore...

German polls show Merz gaining ground as SPD loses
Does Germany still need the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and if so — on what issues? This question was clearly hanging in the air at the party conference at the end of June. The center-left Social Democrats were shaken to their core by the...

How Genomics Is Changing the Way We Grow Wine Grapes
Introduction The European Union (EU) is the world’s leading wine producer, accounting for approximately 45% of the global wine-growing area.1 This dominant role places European viticulture at the heart of the global wine industry, supporting...

Fact-check: Are immigrants in Germany taking advantage of the welfare state?
Germany’s Bundestag debated the national budget on Wednesday and the far-right AfD party leapt at the chance to blame immigrants for feeding off the welfare state. The data, however, suggests that the reality is quite different. What is the...

Former ASML employee gets jail sentence for leaking tech files to Russian contact
ROTTERDAM :A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced a former employee of semiconductor firms ASML and NXP to three years in prison for sharing sensitive company technology with a contact in Russia, in violation of European Union sanctions. The...
Germany's Pension Ponzi Scheme Is Collapsing: What Comes Next
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If you’ve ever wanted to witness the slow-motion collapse of a Ponzi scheme, you might want to keep an eye on Germany’s public pension system. Rhetorically and politically sugar-coated as a “pay-as-you-go” system — where...

BAE Systems rejects claims from union that Lancashire jobs are at risk
BAE Systems employs 12,000 people across its Samlesbury and Warton sites 5,600 at Samlesbury and 6,400 at Warton. At Warton the final assembly of Typhoons takes place, The Samlesbury plant manufactures the UK workshare of Typhoon major units which...

Recruiter Page Group sees profits plunge amid jobs market slowdown as UK firms cut back on hiring
UK profits sank 13.4% to £46.5m in the first half of the year By JANE DENTON Updated: 05:49 EDT, 10 July 2025 Page Group has posted a sharp drop in half year profits as the recruitment sector suffers a slowdown in the jobs market and economic...