Category: 3. Europe

Germany-based mobility platform Freenow has been acquired by US ride-hailing specialist Lyft from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility in a deal worth €175 million.

Nasdaq-listed Lyft, which is one of the major rivals to Uber in the US, said…

Navigating bedtime with a teenager is, in many homes, a nightly battle with a constant refrain: “Get off your phone! Go to bed!”

But bedtime routines aren’t just for toddlers. Teenagers need them too, says Denise Pope, an expert on child development and a senior lecturer at the…

Toys and other Chinese products made up the largest part of 4,127 instances of dangerous non-food products alerted to the EU’s Safety Gate market tracker last year – the highest number of alerts since the rapid alert system was put in place in 2003, and double the figure seen…

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state…

The UK has put a temporary ban on travellers from Europe (including returning British citizens) bringing meat and dairy products into the country.

The restrictions came in on 12 April in response to the uptick in cases of foot-and-mouth disease on the continent.

Visitors in…

In an effort to tiptoe the reputational path in a highly uncertain business environment, such as the current geopolitical landscape, companies must watch out not to be associated with or criticised by Elon Musk, as these are among the top reputational risks.

This is according to a…