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A staff member produces flags at a production workshop of Qingdao Wandelong Textile Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, May 13, 2026.Textile factories here have been busy producing flags as the 2026 FIFA World Cup is around the corner. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)A staff member

Interest rate hikes are becoming increasingly likely if inflation expectations remain elevated, the German central bank chief has said.The European Central Bank (ECB) will be more likely to raise interest rates if the inflation expectations do not change fundamentally, Joachim Nagel, president of

Germany's automotive industry could lose 125,000 jobs by 2035, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) said on Wednesday, urging the European Union to adopt a more technology-open approach to car regulation.The VDA said the employment in the sector could fall by a total of 225,000

The final of the 25th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students in Tunisia was held on Tuesday, with the attendance of 10 Tunisian students majoring in Chinese.Grand prize winner Raouene Chouk, a third-year student majoring in Chinese at the Higher Institute of

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade welcomes the US business representatives accompanying US President Donald Trump on his state visit to China from May 13 to 15, spokesperson of the CCPIT said on Wednesday.

A 150,000-tonne Chinese smart aquaculture vessel reeled in its first batch of 3,000 Atlantic salmon on Monday, marking the world's first commercial-scale production of salmonids onboard a mobile fish farm.The harvest represents a major boost for China's offshore fish farming ambitions, the Science

Moscow hopes Washington will stop linking the development of cooperation with Russia to the Ukraine issue, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press conference on Wednesday.Peskov said that Russia and the United States have a number of promising mutually beneficial cooperation projects in the

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced on Wednesday that the global oil demand is forecast to grow by a "healthy" 1.2 million barrels per day year on year in 2026.