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BMW recalls 1.5 mn cars over bad brake, cuts outlook
BMW recalls 1.5 mn cars over bad brake, cuts outlook
by  AFP

BMW said Tuesday it was recalling about 1.5 million vehicles due to problems with their brakes and cut its outlook for the year, sending the German luxury carmaker's shares tumbling. Last month BMW also recalled 1.4 million vehicles in China due to faulty airbags, the country's market regulator announced.

Europe's fight with big tech over tax, data and disinformation
Europe's fight with big tech over tax, data and disinformation
by  AFP

The European Union scored two major legal victories on Tuesday in separate cases that left Apple and Google owing billions of euros. On Tuesday, the EU's top court upheld a 2.4-billion-euro fine first issued against Google in 2017 for illegally favouring its own price comparison service.

UK's Starmer vows 'partnership' with unions but warns on pay
UK's Starmer vows 'partnership' with unions but warns on pay
by  AFP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday pledged to reset industrial relations strained by widespread strike action, as he became the first UK leader to address the annual meeting of Britain's trade unions in 15 years. "Partnership is a more difficult way of doing politics," Starmer said, seeking to draw a line under years of strike action and tensions between unions and the previous administration.

Djibouti says offering port-sharing deal to Ethiopia
Djibouti says offering port-sharing deal to Ethiopia
by  AFP

Djibouti said it has offered a port-sharing deal with Addis Ababa, a move aimed at easing tensions between Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Somalia. The Ethiopian prime minister had warned Sunday that his country would "humiliate" any nation that threatens its sovereignty, after Addis Ababa accused unnamed actors of seeking to "destabilise" the Horn of Africa.

China's Huawei unveils triple-folding phone
China's Huawei unveils triple-folding phone
by  AFP

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its new smartphone, billed as the world's first trifold phone, hours after US competitor Apple lifted the curtain on its new iPhone built for AI. The Mate XT was officially launched in a keynote presentation by Huawei executive Richard Yu at the firm's headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen.