European companies double down on China manufacturing despite EU de-risking push

Steam cracker units at the BASF Zhanjiang Verbund site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — More European companies are maintaining or expanding their supply chains in mainland China to remain competitive globally, according to a survey released Wednesday by the European Union Chamber…

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The hidden reason plane windows have tiny holes: What travellers should know before their next flight |

Most airline passengers spend very little time looking closely at aircraft windows. The shades go up after take-off, clouds drift past for a while, then attention shifts elsewhere. Yet almost every commercial aircraft window contains a small opening near the bottom, something many travellers only notice during a long flight or while leaning against the…

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Trump vows to protect crypto, ensure prediction markets ‘thrive’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday stressed the importance of establishing the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s “exclusive authority” over prediction markets and vowed to protect the cryptocurrency industry. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “It is critically important that the CFTC’s exclusive authority over Prediction Markets…

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