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Amazon to shut checkout-free UK grocery shops
Amazon to shut checkout-free UK grocery shops
Economy
by  AFP

Amazon plans to shut all its grocery stores in Britain, after the shops without checkout registers failed to compete with online delivery demand. It is set to completely shut 14 Amazon Fresh stores, and convert the remaining five into Whole Foods Market shops, the organic grocery chain it bought in 2017.

Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shift
Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shift
Economy
by  AFP

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday rejected claims his government was undermining the climate change fight, but insisted that industry also needed to be protected to revive the crisis-wracked economy. In a fiery debate in parliament marked by loud heckling from the opposition benches, the chancellor noted his critics claimed he was "undermining climate protection".