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The European Union needs to move with far more agility in a rapidly changing geopolitical environment to compete with the US and China, Germany’s top diplomat said as he laid out a series of reform proposals.

President Donald Trump said he would pause a US-led effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if an agreement with Iran to end the war could be finalized.

Wer heute bei Klimamaßnahmen kürzt, zahlt morgen doppelt. Das ist die Kernbotschaft einer am Dienstag veröffentlichten Studie der Uni Graz anlässlich des geplanten Doppelbudgets. Der Auftraggeber der Studie, die Naturschutzorganisation WWF, forderte von der Regierung daher einen drastischen Kurswechsel. Zuvor hatte auch Umweltminister Norbert Totschnig (ÖVP) auf die Notwendigkeit zusätzlicher Investitionen im Umwelt- und Klimabereich verwiesen – schließlich würden die Emissionen hierzulande immer noch steigen.

Alphabet Inc. is selling its biggest-ever euro-denominated bond and tapping the Canadian dollar debt market for the first time just months after record-breaking deals in other currencies, showing the huge funding needs of its ambitions in artificial intelligence.

Value of shipments hit the highest since the conflict began on higher flows, prices

The US and Iran exchanged fire in the Persian Gulf in a flareup of violence on Monday that also drew in the United Arab Emirates, casting doubt on the fate of a four-week ceasefire.

European Union Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned of the stagflationary effect that the Iran war is creating for the bloc.

Nach der Ankündigung Russlands einer einseitigen Waffenruhe rund um den Weltkriegsgedenktag am 9. Mai hat der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj seinerseits eine Feuerpause verkündet. Diese werde in der Nacht von Dienstag auf Mittwoch um Mitternacht beginnen.

The European Union is in talks with Anthropic PBC about getting its companies and banks tested for any vulnerabilities that the new Mythos AI model uncovers.

Euro-zone inflation will jump to 2.7% on average this year but return close to the European Central Bank’s 2% target already next year, according to the institution’s quarterly survey of professional forecasters.

It’s highly likely that the European Central Bank will have to raise interest rates at its next meeting in June due to the Iran war, Governing Council member Peter Kazimir said.

President Donald Trump said the US will begin guiding some neutral ships trapped in the Persian Gulf out through the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday.

398.342 Menschen waren Ende April beim Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) arbeitslos oder in Schulung gemeldet. Das entspricht einem Anstieg von 1,5 Prozent beziehungsweise 5.711 Menschen gegenüber dem Vorjahresmonat. Der Zuwachs betrifft laut AMS-Daten ausschließlich Frauen.

President Donald Trump said the US will help ships stranded in the Persian Gulf transit the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as a “humanitarian gesture” and testing his ability to restore traffic through the strategic waterway for the first time since the war with Iran began.

Major OPEC+ nations agreed a modest and symbolic increase in their June production quota levels, as the group sends a business-as-usual message following the surprise exit of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi at the same moment touted its own growth plans.

US President Donald Trump said he’ll review Iran’s latest peace proposal while not ruling out a resumption of military strikes should the Islamic Republic’s rulers “misbehave.”

President Donald Trump said he was raising tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25%, claiming that the bloc had failed to fully comply with a trade agreement negotiated with the US.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said yesterday’s initial assessment of the euro-area economy’s health, combined with weaker consumer and business confidence, suggests “near-term headwinds” to growth.

Oil held its second weekly gain as US President Donald Trump said he was sticking with a naval blockade of Iranian ports, elevating concerns the vital Strait of Hormuz would not reopen anytime soon.

President Donald Trump said he was sticking with a naval blockade of Iranian ports amid concerns the vital Strait of Hormuz would not reopen anytime soon.

Die Inflation im Euroraum steigt wegen der Folgen des Irankriegs weiter an. Die Energiepreise lagen laut Statistikern 10,9 Prozent höher als im Vorjahr.

European Central Bank policymakers are likely to raise interest rates at their next meeting in June unless there are positive developments on energy prices and ending the Iran war, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Iran war is accelerating a shift toward renewable energy as governments race to reduce supply-chain vulnerabilities, according to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell.

Der Krieg, den die USA und Israel Ende Februar gegen den Iran begonnen hatten, kommt der iranischen Wirtschaft teuer zu stehen: Zahlreiche Menschen wurden infolge arbeitslos, die bereits zuvor hohen Lebenshaltungskosten stiegen weiter. Der Wirtschaftsexperte Mahdi Ghodsi sah die Wirtschaftstätigkeit im Gespräch mit ORF.at auf einem „Tiefpunkt“. Eine baldige Besserung ist nicht in Sicht: Wie das „Wall Street Journal“ („WSJ“) am Dienstag berichtete, soll US-Präsident Donald Trump eine längere Blockade des Iran vorbereiten lassen.

France’s economy failed to grow in the first quarter, displaying vulnerability to stagflationary threats emanating from the Iran war.

Der Krieg im Iran ist aktuell der größte Unsicherheitsfaktor für die globale Wirtschaft. Die Länder Zentral- und Osteuropas (CEE) zeigen sich laut einer am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Prognose des Wiener Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) bisher widerstandsfähiger als die Euro-Zone. Die Wirtschaft dort befindet sich allerdings in einem deutlichen Strukturwandel weg von der „verlängerten Werkbank“ internationaler Unternehmen.

Oil climbed from the highest close in almost four years as the US ramped up pressure on Iran, signaling no letup in its naval blockade and seeking the forfeiture of seized tankers linked to the Islamic Republic.