Jim Tankersley

German software giant SAP is betting that employees can reinvent jobs instead of eliminating them. Read more at straitstimes. Read more at straitstimes.

BERLIN — Something was off at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. It was a chilly Saturday night in January.

The German automaker has struggled to compete with fast-growing Chinese companies that offer more affordable and sophisticated electric vehicles.

Volkswagen said Thursday it would cut the number of models it offers by as much as half to reduce costs and better compete with Chinese companies. But the German carmaker did not say what those changes would mean for workers who have been bracing for large job cuts and factory closures.

By and Volkswagen said Thursday it would cut the number of models it offers by as much as half to reduce costs and better compete with Chinese companies.

The German automaker has struggled to compete with fast-growing Chinese companies that offer more affordable and sophisticated electric vehicles.

The German software giant SAP says it is betting that employees can reinvent jobs instead of eliminating them. Experts are divided on whether it will work.

France and Germany want to quit relying on America and China for key technology like artificial intelligence, but they’re having to choose where to do it.

Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing having had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.