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The Quest for ‘Technological Sovereignty’ in Europe (and Why It’s So Hard)

16 juillet 2026 à 09:24
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.

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Sébastien Lecornu, the French prime minister, has called for France to increase its independence from American technology firms, announcing plans to replace Zoom with a French-developed version.
Reçu — 9 juillet 2026 NYT > World News

For Ukraine, Other Patriot Makers Are a Cautionary Tale

Two American allies, Germany and Japan, already have permission to build the American interceptors, a license that President Trump says he will also grant to Kyiv.

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Japan’s defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, second right, inspecting a Patriot missile interceptor unit in Tokyo in December.
Reçu — 8 juillet 2026 NYT > World News

Germans Don’t Love Budweiser. It Won’t Take No for an Answer.

8 juillet 2026 à 11:09
Not for the first time, Budweiser is trying to make it in Germany. But this is a tough time to sell German drinkers on the image and taste of American beer.

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A box of Anheuser-Busch Bud beer at a supermarket in Berlin.
Reçu — 2 juillet 2026 NYT > World News

As Far Right Rises, German Leaders Look to Jump-Start the Economy

2 juillet 2026 à 08:21
An agreement between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his center-left partners bets on politically painful compromises in hopes of holding off hard-line rivals.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, second from left, in Berlin with his governing partners on Thursday.

Can Companies Embrace A.I. Without Layoffs? This One Says It Is Trying to.

2 juillet 2026 à 00:01
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.

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Matthias Deindl, a product management executive for the company SAP, at an A.I.-enhanced production line in Walldorf, Germany.
Reçu — 30 juin 2026 NYT > World News

World Cup Loss Dominates German News, Displacing Even a Mass Shooting

30 juin 2026 à 17:01
A day after a deadly attack in northern Germany, the news media’s attention largely shifted to the country’s poor performance at the World Cup.

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Forensic police officers on Tuesday at the site of a shooting in Stade, Germany.
Reçu — 29 juin 2026 NYT > World News

6 Are Killed During a Rare Mass Shooting in Germany

29 juin 2026 à 22:13
The authorities said a 45-year-old man opened fire at a youth facility after a quarrel about the custody of his baby daughter. The dead were all facility employees.

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The scene where five people were killed on Monday in a shooting in Stade, in northern Germany. A sixth victim died at a hospital.
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